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Asian stocks are modestly lower as investors look to this week's Federal Reserve meeting for more clues about the strength of the U.S. recovery. A number of markets across the region including Japan were closed for holidays. Oil prices fell, while the dollar... Sponsored Topics: Federal Reserve System - United States - Price of petroleum - Japan - Business

WORLD FOREX: Dollar Up A Tad Vs Euro, Yen; Key Markets ClosedWall Street JournalMitul Kotecha, head of global forex strategy at Calyon, said in a research note that a correction in equity markets is looking increasingly likely following ...Banking and Credit Issues Could Trigger Dollar Rally Next Week International Business TimesGlobal Financial System Concerns Could Limit Demand for Higher ...FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Marketall 6 news articles raquo;

While a majority of Wall Street analysts still rate Verizon a buy, others are paying closer attention to the telecom industry's shaky fundamentals

Mark O'Byrne submits: Gold Gold closed above the $1,000/oz level for a fourth session and is currently trading at $1,014/oz. During Thursday’s trading it touched a new 18 month high of $1,023/oz. The gold open interest on the COMEX rose another 3764 contracts to 478,172 which is still a long way from the record 593,953 contracts seen in mid January 2008. Indeed such open interest figures were seen for much of the final quarter of 2007 and the first half of 2008. This contradicts those who claim that the gold market is in a speculative fever and would suggest that gold has further room to run prior to the much anticipated correction (by both the media and most gold analysts). Many traders are likely looking for gold to reach new record (nominal) highs prior to ‘selling on the news’ and taking profits. But some may look to buy on the breakout in anticipation of further gains. Recent resistance at the $970/oz to $980/oz mark will likely now become strong support, and

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LINC Energy has been slapped with another speeding ticket by the Australian Securities Exchange after its shares soared on comments by its chief executive that the company was close to finalising the much-awaited sale of its coal assets.

US Closing Some Bolivia Programs, New Sign Of Tensions

News Analysis: TechCrunch reported Sept. 16 that Twitter is close to taking in $50 million, with private venture round valuations of $1 billion. Then Newsweek columnist Steve Lyons proclaimed Sept. 17 that Twitter, for all the hype, traffic and investment attention it commands, is, well, stupid. Lyons sounds surprised that Twitter is doing so well, but he shouldn't be. In fact, once you acknowledge the similarities between the Twitter zeitgeist and TV, you shouldn't be surprised at how popular it is, or that investors would want to pay the startup for a slice of the stupidity pie. There is good money in bad TV. - Two things happened this week with Twitter that underscore what a fascinating phenomenon is as a simple, 140-character-per-message Web service. First, TechCrunch reported Sept. 16 that Twitter is close to taking in $50 million, with private venture round valuations of $1 billion. Then Newsweek c...

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UAE stock markets DFM and ADX in Dubai and Abu Dhabi will be closed from Sunday September 20 until Tuesday 22 after the UAE moonsighting committee decided that Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the end of the Holy Ramadan, will be on Sunday, September 20. The NASADQ Dubai will reopen trading on Thursday 23. Markets in Qatar and Bahrain will be closed until Tuesday September 22. The Tadawul exchange in Saudi Arabia will resume trading on Thursday September 24. Stock markets in Kuwait and Oman will be closed for the entire week efter Eid and will reopen their trading floors on Sunday September 27.