Stocks Lower At Midday After Fitch Downgrades Greece

Stocks were lower at midday Wednesday after Fitch downgraded Greece’s credit rating, saying that Athens was likely to default even after it received a new round of bailout funds. The Dow Jones industrial average, the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 each slipped 0.2%. Volume was slightly lower compared with the same time Tuesday, down 1% [...]

Dollar rises to 7-month high against Japanese yen (AP)

AP – The dollar rose to a seven-month high against the Japanese yen, a week after the Bank of Japan announced a surprise increase of its economic stimulus program.

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Summary Box: Bank of England split on stimulus (AP)

AP – STIMULATING DISCUSSION: Minutes of their last meeting showed Bank of England rate-setters were divided about injecting another 50 billion pounds ($79 billion) into the economy. Two members argued for a bigger stimulus.

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Strauss-Kahn freed after French police questioning (AP)

AP – The former chief of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been released from a French police station after two days of questioning over a suspected hotel prostitution ring.

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Dollar rises to 7-month high against Japanese yen
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Summary Box: Bank of England split on stimulus
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Summary Box: Bank of England split on stimulus (AP)

AP – STIMULATING DISCUSSION: Minutes of their last meeting showed Bank of England rate-setters were divided about injecting another 50 billion pounds ($79 billion) into the economy. Two members argued for a bigger stimulus.

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Dollar rises to 7-month high against Japanese yen
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Summary Box: Bank of England split [...]

Greek lawmakers rush to clear promised austerity (AP)

AP – Greece scrambled Wednesday to push through a batch of emergency laws that will further cut incomes and state spending, a day after securing a new bailout and debt relief deal designed to stave off bankruptcy.

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EU Council Prez Van Rompuy set to get 2nd term (AP)

AP – Herman Van Rompuy, who has attempted to guide the European Union through severe financial turmoil, will likely be reappointed president of the European Council at a meeting of the bloc’s leaders next week, an EU official said Wednesday.

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