The U.S current account deficit shrank to 6.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter, down from 7 percent of GDP in the fourth quarter of 2005
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Jun. 17, 2006

The U.S current account deficit shrank to 6.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter, down from 7 percent of GDP in the fourth quarter of 2005, the U.S. Commerce Department reported June 16. The current account deficit is a broad measure of trade that includes transfer payments and investment income. Even with the decline, this is the second-largest deficit on record.

The U.S current account deficit shrank to 6.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter, down from 7 percent of GDP in the fourth quarter of 2005
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The current account deficit is a broad measure of trade that includes transfer payments and investment income. Even with the decline, this is the second-largest deficit on record.
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Philip Green and Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the maverick retail and leisure entrepreneurs, have received knighthoods
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Philip Green and Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the maverick retail and leisure entrepreneurs, have received knighthoods alongside other prominent - if less colourful - City and business figures recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours.
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Cadillac’s attempt to break into Europe’s luxury car market has hit a bump in the road
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Cadillac’s attempt to break into Europe’s luxury car market has hit a bump in the road after the first Swedish-built car from General Motors’ flagship brand missed sales targets.
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Noel Forgeard, the controversial French co-chief executive of EADS, has been silenced by two of his biggest shareholders
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Noel Forgeard, the controversial French co-chief executive of EADS, has been silenced by two of his biggest shareholders as mounting tensions inside the Franco- German aerospace company threaten to destabilise further its troubled Airbus subsidiary.
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Bill Gates was considering his eventual departure from Microsoft for two years
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Bill Gates was considering his eventual departure from Microsoft for two years before he made the decision public on Thursday, he said in an interview.
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Can Home Depot survive option scandal?
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Home Depot has become the largest US company to acknowledge having awarded backdated stock options to executives, extending the scandal further beyond the technology sector where the controversial practice was most common.
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Foreigners have boosted their share of Japan’s stock market to a record high for the third straight year
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Foreigners have boosted their share of Japan’s stock market to a record high for the third straight year, in a trend that further increases their power within the country’s boardrooms.
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Buy Mining stocks on weakness : Marks and Spencer
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Marks and Spencer powered up the FTSE 100 leader-board yesterday after a leading broker advised clients to take advantage of recent weakness and buy.
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