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FT.com - Indian stocks fell sharply Monday after the Reserve Bank of India caught the market by surprise by aggressively tightening monetary policy in an effort to head off inflationary pressures. More Info...  

FT.com - Wall Street was set for a positive start on Monday, as investors digested a flurry of deal activity and sought to place a tough first quarter for stocks behind them. More Info...  

AFP - Europe's main stock markets mostly rose in morning trade Monday, boosted by takeover news in the telecoms sector, dealers said.

FT.com - London equities recovered from initial losses on Monday, as banking, telecoms and property stocks made headway . More Info...  

AP - Japanese stocks dropped Monday, led by exporters like machinery and auto issues, hurt by the release of a key survey showing worsening business sentiment among Japanese companies. More Info...  

FT.com - Japanese stocks reversed early gains to end sharply lower on Monday, as investors digested the softer-than-expected results from the Tankan survey of business confidence. More Info...  

FT.com - Japanese stocks rose on Monday morning, spurred by upbeat projections for capital spending contained in the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey of business confidence. More Info...  

Stock Markets News AP - Stocks finished a volatile session mixed on Friday as investors remained nervous about rising inflation and dollar weakness. They also gleaned some hope from data showing resilient consumer spending and steady economic growth. The Dow Jones industrials finished the session 5 points higher, but closed the first quarter down about 108 points. More Info...  

AP - Stocks finished a volatile session mixed on Friday as investors remained nervous about rising inflation and dollar weakness. They also gleaned some hope from data showing resilient consumer spending and steady economic growth. The Dow Jones industrials finished the session 5 points higher, but closed the first quarter down about 108 points. More Info...  

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AP - Stocks rose, dropped and then recovered Friday — just as they did over the course of the first quarter, as Wall Street showed nervousness about rising inflation and dollar weakness but took solace in resilient consumer spending and slow economic growth.

AP - Stocks rose, dropped and then recovered Friday — just as they did over the course of the first quarter, as Wall Street showed nervousness about rising inflation and dollar weakness but took solace in resilient consumer spending and slow economic growth.

Reuters - U.S. stocks ended the last session of a turbulent quarter little changed on Friday as word the United States had imposed duties on some Chinese imports offset strong economic news and a pullback in oil prices.

FT.com - World stock markets retreated this week against a backdrop of rising oil prices and fresh uncertainty about the outlook for US growth, inflation and interest rates. More Info...  

FT.com - The FTSE 100 retreated by the close of trade on Friday, dragged lower by weakness in market heavyweight Vodafone and amid concerns over mounting tensions between Britain and Iran. More Info...  

AP - Man Group PLC, the world's largest publicly traded hedge fund company, said Friday it plans to split off its brokerage business, making it an independent company through an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. More Info...  

FT.com - Wall Street stocks were slightly higher on Friday as investors welcomed data showing an unexpectedly sharp rise in consumer spending and a strong corn planting forecast. More Info...  

AFP - Europe's main stock markets mostly fell in late morning trade as oil prices remained high and amid fresh takeover announcements, dealers said Friday.

AFP - Man Group, the world's biggest listed hedge fund, announced Friday plans to demerge its brokerage unit, Man Financial, and list it on the New York Stock Exchange, as it forecast in-line annual profits.

AP - Stocks ended higher in volatile trading Thursday as investors weighed fears about mounting tension in Iran against a report that indicated better-than-expected U.S. economic growth.

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Reuters - U.S. blue chips ended higher on Thursday, as investors scooped up large-cap, defensive stocks such as Altria Group Inc. , against a backdrop of mounting global tensions.