The Nikkei average is expected to fall on Friday after a major earthquake rocked northeast Japan the night before, sending Wall Street and the Nikkei futures lower and reigniting fears about the crisis at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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Factbox: What a government shutdown would look like
(Reuters) – The White House and the Congress have until Friday to reach agreement on an elusive federal spending-cut bill — or face a partial shutdown of the U.S. government beginning the next day.
Factbox: What government shutdown would look like
(Reuters) – The White House and the U.S. Congress have until Friday to reach agreement on an elusive federal spending-cut bill — or face a partial shutdown of the U.S. government beginning the next day.
Boehner, Reid had "productive" budget meeting: aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, had a “productive” meeting with Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid to try to reach a budget deal that would keep the government running beyond a Friday deadline, an aide said.
Telecoms ministry obtains stay order on IdeaSpice deal
The telecoms ministry has obtained an order to stay the takeover of Spice Communications by the country’s sixthlargest mobile carrier Idea Cellular, two sources said on Friday, but Idea said it will oppose the move.
Union Bank revises interest rates for NRIs deposits
Public sector Union Bank of India on Friday revised interest rates for deposits by nonresident Indians (NRIs) across maturities and currencies.
Volkswagen sells 8,095 units in March
Carmaker Volkswagen on Friday said it has sold 8,095 units in March, 2011 as against 987 units in the same month last year.
TPC stops 200 MW power supply to RInfra from Apr 1
Tata Power Company (TPC) on Friday said that it has discontinued supply of 200 MW of power to Anil Ambaniled Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) from April 1.
Pawar shouldn’t have attended cab meet on tax sop to ICC
BJP on Friday said ICC chief and Union Minister Sharad Pawar should not have participated in the union cabinet meeting which approved income tax exemption to the cricketing body for the World Cup matches and demanded the government explain how the relief was being given.
US markets end higher on jobs report; euro, oil up too
US blue chips surged to an early 3year high on Friday as encouraging jobs growth kicked the second quarter off to a strong start for world stocks, even as a Fed official’s cautious views on the economy hurt the dollar.
Wilmington Trust suit says 3 took trade secrets
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Wilmington Trust Co on Friday sued three former bankers who defected to Citigroup Inc’s private bank, claiming they took trade secrets and are using the information to attract clients.
Factbox: Listing fees a tiny part of U.S. IPO cost
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nasdaq OMX and IntercontinentalExchange unveiled an $11.3 billion bid for NYSE Euronext on Friday, in an effort to trump Deutsche Boerse’s earlier bid.
NMDC 2010/11 volumes up 9%, raises ore prices
India’s top iron ore miner NMDC Ltd on Friday reported a 9.3% jump in its 2010/11 sales volumes and said it has increased lump ore prices by 10% over March quarter prices, with immediate effect.
Oil slashes gains after US payrolls data
Oil prices cut back gains of over a dollar on Friday after strongerthanexpected US jobs data indicated the improving economic recovery of the world’s largest oil importer was firmly on track, boosting the dollar.



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