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By Sebastian Tong LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Emerging assets drifted lower on Friday in trade kept largely listless by a U.S. market holiday and following Thursday's weak employment data from the world's largest economy. South Africa's rand fell over 1 percent against the dollar, backing off from recent one-year highs, on softening commodity prices and worries over weaker government revenues. The benchmark emerging equities index eased 0.1 percent by 1050 GMT while sovereign debt spreads widened 1 basis point to trade at 430 basis points over U.S. Treasuries. Weaker oil prices dragged Russian shares down 1.5 percent while Czech stocks sank to five-week lows. Profit-taking on emerging equities was further fuelled by U.S. payrolls data on Thursday showing employers cutting far more jobs than expected in June. 'The markets are... [read full story]
ČTK The used-car dealer AAA Auto reported a consolidated profit of EUR 1.6 million for Jan-Sept this year compared to a loss of EUR 8.1 million last year. The company's revenues dropped by 46% to EUR 128.7 million.
By Paul Virgo VITERBO, Italy, Nov 28 (IPS) - ‘Angry’ is not the adjective that comes to mind when you first meet Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei. Food production is down by three-quarters," she told IPS at the ‘Greenaccord’ conference...
“Wow! So you just pull two fingers apart on the screen to zoom in on the site?” This was my mother’s reaction last week to seeing the power of pinch-to-zoom on her new iPhone 3GS. Yes, just last week my mother, a successful...
Source: IRIN "My first kid died because I breastfed him after my husband had had an affair," Tina Kollie, mother of a seven-month-old in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, told IRIN. She has not breastfed any children since. "[If...
