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    Geithner rallies stocks but Citi still ailing (Reuters)

    An Indonesian money changer holds rupiah notes to attract customers on a street in Jakarta, November 21, 2008. (Beawiharta/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama wants New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as his Treasury secretary, news that sparked a stock market surge on Friday and fostered confidence that Obama may be taking up the U.S. economic reins before his inauguration in January.


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    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:06:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    Balkan leaders hold regional economic summit (AP)
    AP - Croatia's president urged Balkan leaders on Friday to boost economic cooperation as a means of limiting regional fallout from the global economic crisis. -- read full article
    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:28:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    IMF ready to help Latvia in economic crisis: IMF chief (AFP)

    File photo shows the skyline of Latvian capital, Riga. The International Monetary Fund is AFP - The International Monetary Fund is "ready to rapidly assist" Latvia deal with its economic crisis, in close cooperation with the European Union, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Friday in a statement.


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    Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:41:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    UK home repossessions up 12 pct in 3Q from 2Q (AP)
    AP - Home repossessions in Britain jumped 12 percent to 11,300 in the third quarter from the previous quarter, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said Friday, more evidence that the financial crisis is taking its toll on households and the ailing housing market. -- read full article
    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:49:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    Survey shows euro-zone economy shrinking in Nov (AP)
    AP - The downturn in the euro-zone economy, particularly within the manufacturing sector, gathered pace in November amid mounting recession fears and the deepening financial crisis, a closely watched survey showed Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:26:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    US dollar down, gold up in Europe (AP)
    AP - The U.S. dollar was mostly lower against other major currencies in European trading Friday morning. Gold rose. -- read full article
    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:28:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    Germany to borrow an extra euro8 billion in 2009 (AP)
    AP - Germany will have to borrow an extra euro8 billion ($10 billion) next year, as it expects to spend more even while revenues slump, the parliamentary budget committee said Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:05:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    Pelosi vows stimulus, auto aid as economy falters (Reuters)

    A man pulls up his pants in front of a shop sign advertising discounted trousers in central Sydney, November 20, 2008. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)Reuters - House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi pledged support for a U.S. stimulus package and aid for sputtering carmakers on Friday, stepping into a Washington power vacuum that analysts fear may be contributing to the global financial crisis.


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    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:50:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    FTSE-100 up 27.94 at 3,902.93 (AP)
    AP - Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were higher at midday Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:23:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    Greece: economy to slow to 2.7 pct growth in 2009 (AP)
    AP - Greece's economy will slow to a 2.7 percent growth rate next year as the global economic crisis takes its toll, the conservative government predicted on Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:25:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    Ford 'wants 40bn euros in EU loans' for industry (AFP)

    The Ford Motor Company logo outside a car dealership in Hudson, Wisconsin, United States, July 2008. The European Union should make around 40 billion euros (50 billion dollars) in loans available to the continent's ailing auto sector, the head of Ford Germany said in comments published Friday.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - The European Union should make around 40 billion euros (50 billion dollars) in loans available to the continent's ailing auto sector, the head of Ford Germany said in comments published Friday.


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    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:49:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    Report: Ford Germany needs no state bailout money (AP)
    AP - Bernhard Mattes, chief of Ford Motor Co.'s German unit, said that while the company can survive without a bailout from the German state, it hopes the European Union will help the ailing auto industry with a loan package. -- read full article
    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:02:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    French consumer spending slides in October (AP)
    AP - French consumer spending, the main driver of growth in the euro zone's second-largest economy, fell abruptly in October, suggesting France may yet follow its neighbors Germany and Britain into recession. -- read full article
    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:01:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    Report: 215,000 German jobs threatened by crisis (AP)
    AP - The German economy could lose up to 215,000 jobs in 2009 amid the global economic crisis, Germany's Bild newspaper said Friday, citing a survey it compiled. -- read full article
    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:12:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
    Michael Jackson's assistant: Sheik gave him gifts (AP)

    Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, center, leaves the High Court in London, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. The Sheik, the son of an Arab monarch, has taken US singer Michael Jackson to court, charging that the King of Pop took US$7 million (5.5 million euro) as an advance on an album and an autobiography that he never produced. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Michael Jackson's former personal assistant told a British court Friday that a Bahraini sheik who is now suing the singer was a generous friend, eager to give Jackson money and other gifts.


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    Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:17:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
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