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  ECB cuts eurozone growth forecasts, raises inflation estimates
FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank on Thursday slashed its eurozone growth forecast for 2008 to 1.4 percent from 1.8 percent and cut its 2009 estimates to 1.2 percent from 1.5 percent.
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Italian machinery manufacturers to promote ties with SMEs
LAHORE: Italian machinery manufacturers and Small and Medium Enterprisers (SMEs) in Pakistan will enhance cooperation to promote their businesses. Italian Ambassador in Pakistan Vincenzo Parati said w .....more
  Oil prices fall after US inventory data
LONDON: Oil prices fell on Thursday as the market digested the latest weekly snapshot of US energy stockpiles which recorded a bigger than-expected drop.
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Stocks plunge after retail, unemployment data
NEW YORK: Wall Street tumbled on Thursday on more disappointing economic news retailers posted sluggish back-to-school sales reports and the government said the number of workers seeking unemployment .....more