Regions News
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Chile’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged yesterday for the fourth straight month, while indicating it may reduce borrowing costs if the global economy deteriorates further.
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Portugal plans to deepen budget cuts next year as it faces a moment of “national emergency,” Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said.
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Apple Inc. is poised to sell as many as 4 million units of its new iPhone 4S this weekend after customers around the world queued to buy one of the last products developed under Steve Jobs.
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U.S. stock futures rose, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will extend its longest streak of weekly gains in three months, as investors awaited reports that may show retail sales and consumer sentiment rose.