Business in Brief: Transneft Hikes Rates $84Bln Trade Surplus Ruble...
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Swiss police evacuated the Geneva offices of Russian oil giant LUKoil following a bomb alert Tuesday, but a suspicious package was discovered to be harmless.
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Business & money: Â·  British Gas owner Centrica may be target of Russians Â·  Putin shrugs off warning by Blair on economic ties
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The central bank raised its overnight repo rate on Tuesday for the first time in more than four years, citing concerns about a rise in inflation in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
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Treasury prices rallied on Friday in  technical buying and talk of possible foreign central bank  buying that overshadowed a rising stock market and stronger  U.S. retail sales and consumer sentiment.
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Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities rose in yesterday's auction. The Treasury Department sold $19 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 2.20 percent, up from 2.16 percent last week. An additional $17 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 2.40 percent, up from 2.37 percent.
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Ljubljana-based trade hub BTC reported SIT 4.18bn (EUR 17.43m) in sales in the first six months of this year, up by 7 percent from the same period last year.
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US Treasury prices rose on Friday, with a rally in Japanese government bond (JGB) prices helping the market recover some ground from the previous day&#39;s sell-off.
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Black Sea resorts, fuel retailer Petrol and veterinary drug maker Biovet rallied Monday pushing Bulgaria's stock index SOFIX 1.67 points or 0.28% up to 607.24 points.
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The net profit of the Transneft company under Russian accounting standards fell by 2.1 times to RUR4.97bn ($173.23m) over the first 9 months of 2004, compared to that in the corresponding period of 2003, the ...
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U.S. Treasury prices climbed on  Tuesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a  quarter percentage point as expected and its post-meeting  statement offered few surprises.
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The U.S. current account trade gap  widened slightly to a record $164.71 billion in the third  quarter, data showed on Thursday, but U.S. dependence on  overseas capital was not as great as feared, fueling a big  dollar rally.
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Stock prices are higher in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 60 points in today&#39;s early going. Advancing issues on the New York Stock Exchange hold a better than 3-1 lead over decliners.
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MOSCOW Crude oil prices shot higher Thursday after a court here froze bank accounts at production units of Yukos, Russia&#39;s largest producer, and a pipeline was sabotaged in Iraq.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Nat&#39;l Assn. of Purchasing Management&#39;s regional business activity surveys rose in June. The Chicago-area gauge eased to 60.2 vs. 61.7, but still remains solid. The Milwaukee index jumped to 66 from 58. Better auto production and exports helped, and could boost national activity. The index for New York City rose to 451.5 from 450.2, and the outlook improved as well.
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Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities rose in yesterday's auction. The Treasury Department sold $19 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 2.155 percent, up from 2.075 percent last week. An additional $17 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 2.365 percent, up from 2.280 percent.
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U.S. interest rate futures showed an  increased chance of a 50 basis-points June rate hike on  Thursday after a stronger-than-expected June New York Fed  Empire State Manufacturing Survey and weekly U.S. jobless  claims.
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BEIJING -- China's trade surplus jumped nearly 33 percent in August to its second-highest monthly level, according to data released Tuesday, adding to pressure on Beijing to ease currency controls and narrow its yawning trade gap.