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World stock markets fell as investors sought safety amid fresh worries about the fragile economic recovery, helping propel the yen to a 15-year high against the dollar

World stocks drop as investors seek safety

AFP - 1 hour 39 minutes ago

LONDON (AFP) - - World stock markets fell on Wednesday as investors sought safety amid fresh worries about the fragile economic recovery, helping propel the yen to a 15-year high against the dollar, analysts said. Full Story »

German industrial output edges higher: ministry

AFP - 2 hours 48 minutes ago
An employee works on a car on the assembly line at the Mercedes Benz plant in the southern German city of Sindelfingen, Germany. German industrial output edged 0.1 percent higher in July from the June level, adjusted data showed after a sharp drop in orders suggested that the economy could be cooling down.

FRANKFURT (AFP) - - German industrial output edged 0.1 percent higher in July from the June level, adjusted data showed on Wednesday after a sharp drop in orders suggested that the economy could be cooling down.

BP report on Gulf oil disaster to accept 'some blame'

AFP - Wednesday, September 8
Visitors enter the BP-sponsored Childrens' Village at the 75th Annual Shrimp and Petroleum Festival in Morgan City, Louisiana. An internal BP inquiry due on Wednesday into what caused the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is expected to accept that BP staff made mistakes before the disaster, the Financial Times reported.

LONDON (AFP) - - An internal BP inquiry due on Wednesday into what caused the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is expected to accept that BP staff made mistakes before the disaster, the Financial Times reported.

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