Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Tuesday | November 17, 2009
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Fed keeping watch on sliding dollar
United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday said the central bank will keep a close eye on the sliding US dollar even as he pledged anew to keep interest rates at record lows to nurture the economic recovery. In remarks to the Economic...

Steel makers ask EU to block mining deal
European steel makers called Monday on European Union antitrust regulators to block a joint venture between the world's No 2 and No 3 iron ore miners, BHP Billiton Limited and Rio Tinto PLC, that they claimed could hike prices for iron ore. Eurofer...

CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION
The article 'NWC floats $900m bond' published in the Financial Gleaner, November 13, stated that the National Water Commission made an operating loss of $2.4 billion for the fiscal year 2008/09.


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