China's growth slows to 10.1 per cent
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The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was up 2.7 per cent to 1,146.34, bringing its gains from the past two days to 3.2 per cent as the hardest hit stocks recovered lost ground. (article 8)
Allied Irish Banks surged 14.6 per cent to €8.34, Anglo Irish Bank added 14.9 per cent to €5.02 and Bank of Ireland climbed 10.2 per cent to €5.39. (article 8)
Global equity markets enjoyed another broadly positive session on Thursday as encouraging US earnings reports - most notably from the investment bank JPMorgan - and a further drop in oil prices offset weak regional US economic data. (article 4)
Foreign investment into London has soared to a record high in spite of the credit crunch, the capital's inward investment agency will reveal on Thursday. (article 7)
An unprecedented 178 international companies set up or expanded business in the capital in the year to March, contributing $710m ($1.42bn) to the capital's economy. (article 7)
(CBC) Travel in and out of the country increased modestly in May, according to a report released Thursday by Statistics Canada. (article 1)
The world's fourth biggest economy expanded by 10.4 per cent in the first half and 10.1 per cent in the second quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics said, down from the 11.9 per cent recorded for 2007. (article 5)
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Source articles
- Travel to and from Canada inches up: StatsCan (cbc.ca, 07/17/2008, 188 words)
- Economic outlook clouds Sarkozy success (ft.com, 07/15/2008, 500 words)
- IMF plays down fear of global slump (business.timesonline.co.uk, 07/16/2008, 438 words)
- Overview: Equities rally as oil sinks (ft.com, 07/17/2008, 757 words)
- China's growth slows to 10.1 per cent (business.timesonline.co.uk, 07/16/2008, 635 words)
- Confidence in European equities is dented (ft.com, 07/16/2008, 290 words)
- London attracts record foreign investment (ft.com, 07/17/2008, 435 words)
- Extended bank rally lifts European shares (ft.com, 07/17/2008, 556 words)
- US worries hit bank shares (ft.com, 07/15/2008, 382 words)
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