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South China Sea Protests

China-Philippines Territorial Standoff Leads To Clampdown on Trade; Economic Sanctions Likely

Trade relations between China and Philippines are likely to go downhill unless territorial dispute between the two governments over the South China Sea is resolved, believe experts. The standoff has apparently extended to economic crisis, with fruit trade and tourism sectors already taken a hit, the China Daily reported. Unless bilateral tensions ease over disputed ownership of Huangyan Island, the problem may likely worsen with economic sanctions imposed.
The Reserve Bank of India logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai

India April Inflation Rises To 7.23%

India's inflation rose unexpectedly in April compared to last year denting prospects further loosening the monetary policy to regain the economic growth momentum.
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MetaTrader 5 Integrated With Integral?s FX Grid

MetaQuotes Software Corp, a developer of software applications for financial markets, Monday announced the integration of its MetaTrader 5 Forex Trading Platform with Integral Development Corp's FX Grid.
A drachma coin is seen on display in this photo illustration taken in Athens May 9, 2012.

'Greece' Is The Word In The Risk-On/Risk-Off Trade

Financial-market participants around the world have reasons for both optimism and pessimism at the dawn of this trading week. But nobody appears to care, really. Unless the reason centers on Greece -- and, by implication, the future of the euro zone.
California Governor Jerry Brown introduces his state budget proposal at the State Capitol in Sacramento January 5, 2012.

California Budget Gap Widens To $16B From $9B [TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO]

The estimate of California's budget deficit in its next fiscal year has ballooned to $16 billion from $9 billion, state Gov. Jerry Brown divulged in a YouTube video posted this weekend. Brown said the widening gap was caused by changing conditions on both the revenue and the cost sides of the ledger.
JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Dimon speaks at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University in Palo Alto

JPMorgan Chase Exec Ina Drew Resigns, $2B Trading Debacle Claims Its First Scalp

First JPMorgan Chase & Co. lost an estimated $2 billion in derivatives trading, and now it has lost one of CEO Jamie Dimon's top lieutenants: Ina R. Drew, JPMorgan Chase's chief investment officer and a bank employee for three decades, will step down on Monday. Matt Zames will take over for Drew, Bloomberg News reported.
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Ally Financial's Mortgage Unit Reported To File Bankruptcy

Ally Financial Inc's Residential Capital unit is nearing a bankruptcy filing, sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday, in a move that could help the taxpayer-owned auto lender to shed its troubled mortgage business but also spur drawn-out legal fights.
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Ally Financial's Mortgage Unit Reported Near Bankruptcy

Ally Financial Inc's Residential Capital unit is nearing a bankruptcy filing, sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday, in a move that could help the taxpayer-owned auto lender shed its troubled mortgage business but also spur drawn-out legal fights.
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Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Reported Quitting

Scott Thompson is stepping down after a controversy over a fake computer science college degree on his biography, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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Dimon Says JPMorgan CEO Missed Red Flags

JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon said his bank reacted badly to warning flags last month that it had large trading losses in complex financial derivatives, according to a transcript of an interview broadcast on Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press television program.
Greek Protest

New Election Looms in Greece As Parties Hit Impasse

Greece's president met with party leaders on Sunday in a final bid to form a coalition and avert a new election, but the talks immediately appeared doomed because of deep splits over the EU/IMF rescue plan.
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China, Japan, S. Korea Agree On Trade Pact Talks

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called on northeast Asia's powers to cooperate more in the face of global economic headwinds, as China, Japan and South Korea agreed at a summit on Sunday to soon launch negotiations on a three-way free trade pact.
Zhou Xiaochuan, left, China's central bank governor, leaves after a news conference as a part of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, May 3, 2012.

People's Bank of China Cuts Reserve Requirement Ratio By 0.5%

China's economic growth has been comparatively anemic lately, so the People's Bank of China will give it a transfusion by cutting the banks' reserve requirement ratio by 0.5 percentage point (50 basis points) on May 18, according to the country's official Xinhua News Agency.
Adam Mayes and The Bain Sisters

What Happened To Alexandria Bain and Kyliyah Bain? Details Of The Heroic Rescue [VIDEO]

In the aftermath of the recovery of Alexandria Bain and Kyliyah Bain, authorities are now releasing information about the details that led them to the girls and their kidnapper, Adam Mayes. In a press conference held by the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Master Sgt. Steve Crawford explains how days of searching for the Bain sisters and Adam Mayes, who killed their mother and sister, led them to a red-brick church perched on a hill.

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