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EU pledges $140 mn to Jordan
IANS | 21 May, 2012
The European Union will give 110 million euros (about $140 million) in financial assistance to Jordan in 2012.
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Moody's downgrades credit ratings of 16 Spanish banks
IANS/EFE | 19 May, 2012
Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the credit ratings of 16 Spanish banks - including the country's largest financial institutions, Banco Santander and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria - by between one and three notches.
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Spain for stronger economic ties with Brazil
IANS/EFE | 18 May, 2012
Spain's foreign minister lobbied here Thursday for strengthening "economic diplomacy" to tighten economic and trade links between his country and Brazil.
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Spain's borrowing costs rise sharply in bond auction
IANS/EFE | 18 May, 2012
Spain's Treasury auctioned 2.5 billion euros ($3.18 billion) worth of bonds maturing in 2015 and 2016 Thursday, but was forced to pay sharply higher interest rates.
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Moody's cuts 26 Italian banks' ratings
IANS | 15 May, 2012
Moody's Investors Service cut the long-time credit ratings of 26 Italian banks Monday, underlining the banking woes in both the country and the euro zone.
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Spain to nationalize No. 4 bank, inject capital
IANS/EFE | 10 May, 2012
The Spanish government will nationalize the parent company of Bankia, the country's fourth-largest bank, and plans to inject additional capital into the troubled institution, the economy ministry said Wednesday.
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Russia lifts embargo on arms supplies to Libya, says official portal
IANS/RIA Novosti | 08 May, 2012
Russia has lifted an embargo on the arms supplies to Libya, according to an official legal information portal.
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Unemployed Italians become shepherds
IANS/AKI | 03 May, 2012
Thousands of young Italians are becoming shepherds as a way to make a living after facing the worst employment opportunities in more than a decade, according to a new report.
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Britain's manufacturing growth declines
IANS | 02 May, 2012
Britain's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for manufacturing sector declined to 50.5 in April from 51.9 in the previous month.
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Russia to raise liquor, cigarette tax
IANS/RIA Novosti | 30 Apr, 2012
Russia, a country of vodka drinkers, may raise tariffs on hard liquor to about 20 percent a litre by 2015, according to a draft tax document issued by the finance ministry. Tax on cigarettes will also increase.
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Currency Import Export
US Dollar
53.10
52.25
UK Pound
86.00
84.15
Euro
70.35
68.70
Japanese Yen 65.50 63.85
As on 22 May, 2012
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