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First time homebuyer share jumped in March

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First-time buyers accounted for nearly half of all U.S. home sales in March as they took advantage of tax credits and more affordable prices resulting from distressed transactions, according to a real estate survey on Monday.
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Halliburton profit off as Latin America weighs

Halliburton Co , the world's second-largest oilfield services company, reported a 46 percent drop in first-quarter profit on Monday, hurt by charges in Venezuela and weak demand across Latin America.
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In Asia, Goldman clients stay loyal for now

For now, clients of Goldman Sachs are standing behind the bank after the top U.S. securities regulator slapped charges against the Wall Street powerhouse over its marketing of a subprime mortgage product.
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EUR/USD - will it further fall ??

Good morning dear traders,welcome in a new trading week. How was your weekend? Did you celebrate your profits of last week, or ...? I was satisfied with my last week´s trading results. Friday´s trading day was great.
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Asian stocks, commodities slip as profit takers pile in

Asian stocks suffered their biggest loss in 10 weeks on Monday after U.S. regulators filed fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and China clamped down harder on property speculation, giving investors an excuse to take profits after markets had rallied to multi-month highs.
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Toyota expected to pay $16.4 million U.S. fine: source

Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to pay a record $16.4 million fine to U.S. safety regulators in response to the government's claim that it knowingly delayed a massive accelerator pedal recall in January, a government official said.
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Goldman clients stay loyal to the bank, for now

Clients of Goldman Sachs are standing behind the bank after the top U.S. securities regulator slapped fraud charges against the Wall Street powerhouse over its marketing of a subprime mortgage product.
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Stocks, commodities slip as profit taking sets in

Asian stocks and commodities fell on Monday as fraud charges against Goldman Sachs, disappointing company earnings and a surprise drop in U.S. consumer sentiment gave investors an excuse to take profits from a recent rally to multi-month highs.
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Europe hopes half of flights will operate Monday

European officials said they hoped half of flights would operate across the continent on Monday as they sought to ease four days of airline paralysis caused by a sprawling ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano.
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Daily Forecast - 19/4/2010

A renewed bout of risk aversion sent the Australian Dollar lower late on Friday night and opens the new week trading at 0.9210, having gapped lower from Friday night's closing level of 0.9250.

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