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Japan nuclear safety agency: No significant change in radiation levels at troubled nuclear plant after smoke at NO3 reactor

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Japan a “buying opportunity”, will recover : Buffett

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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett believes Japan's devastating earthquake is the kind of extraordinary event that creates a buying opportunity for shares in Japanese companies.

Japan nuclear operator: Confirms some workers withdrawn from nuclear plant after smoke detected at reactor 3

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Spokesman says unsure how many workers evacuated; 420 workers had been at the site as of Monday morning.

European stocks off to good start

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DAX up hefty 1.8% in early trade. FTSE +1.1%, CAC 40 +1.5%.

USD/JPY touch firmer in early European trade

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USD/JPY up at 81.17 from around 80.95 when I arrived. I personally haven't heard any talk of central bank intervention so far this morning. Rather the move seems related to slightly better news concerning the nuclear reactors. Buy orders seen clustered down at 80.50/60. There is talk this interest includes BOJ interest. ...

Workers at Japan nuclear plant have connected power cables to NO 3&4 reactors

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All six reactors now rigged to power cables.

Japan PM says situation at striken nuclear plant improving slowly – Kyodo

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Germany Fin Min: February Tax Revenue Boosted By Base Effect

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BERLIN (MNI) - German tax revenue in February rose strongly for the second month in a row, mainly due to a base effect, the Finance Ministry said Monday. Tax revenue in February of last year was still weak due to ...

Agenda: Prepare for a divided euro zone

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Twenty seven divided by two equals 17, with 10 left over. That's the new Euromath Thoughts from Irwin Stelzer in WSJ.

EUR/USD sees steady trade in Asia

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EUR/USD sits at 1.4165 having experienced relatively calm trade in Asia. No major euro zone data releases today. Talk of 1.4200 barrier option interest, protection of which is slowing euro's ascent. Buy orders seen 1.4140/50. Probably stops just below there, but don't have confirmation of such as yet. European stocks look set to open ...

World Health Organisation: Contaminated food in Japan is a “serious situation”

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Contamination is "clearly not" a localised problem No evidence of contaminated food from Fukushima reaching other countries

ForexLive Asian market wrap: Steady consolidation on Tokyo holiday

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UN forces increase attacks on Libya Nuclear crisis in Japan eases, though situation still critical AT&T to buy T-mobile from Deutsche Telekom Angela Merkel does well in regional German elections UK house prices increase by 0.9% YoY in February BoE quarterly bulletin offers moderately optimistic outlook ECB's Mersch: Inflation risks on rise Schaeuble: ESM may require EUR80 ...

AUD/USD breaking higher again

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The only pair that's moving this afternoon is the AUD/USD and it only wants to go higher. More stops have just been triggered above 1.0015 but dealers tell me that the buying is not coming from any particular direction; more that the market is caught short and stops are getting ...

Japan GDP To Slow By Up To 0.5 Pct Pt By Mid-2011: World Bank

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SINGAPORE (MNI) - The earthquake and tsunamis that hit Japan March 11 will likely shave 0.25 to 0.50 percentage point off of Japanese GDP by mid-2011 but growth is likely to rebound strongly after that on rebuilding efforts, the World Bank said Monday. ...

Quick look at the order book

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EUR/USD: We suspect option protection ahead of 1.4200 but no confirmation Cable: Bids around 1.6170; interbank prop trader stops below 1.6160 USD/JPY: Heavy offers 82.00; semi-official bids expected around 80.50 EUR/CHF: Stops reported above 1.2850

AEP heads off on a Sabbatical

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Love him or loathe him, he at least had an opinion on most matters. Now he's taking some time off to spend in the Mayan uplands. If you always wanted to know a lot about Thorium and were afraid to ask, AEP's last article (for a while) will solve your ...

Taking a risky short in AUD/USD

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I'm bearish AUD on the crosses and I think the fall below .9950 last week was a sign of things to come. EUR/USD looks a bit toppy at 1.4200 as does cable at 1.6270 AUD/USD technical retracement at 1.0012 is holding thus far I'm taking a risky short at 1.0005 with a fairly ...

Oil higher as Libyan attacks intensify

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This morning's attacks by Western forces against Libya have led to a 2% increase in the oil price, with US crude up almost $2 to $103/bbl. Gold is +0.75% at $1427/oz and most regional stockmarkets are around 1% higher.

AUD/USD pops through technical resistance levels

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Perhaps the teflon coat has been repaired. Light stops triggered through .9990 and 1.0000. The 61.8% retracement of 1.0200/.9705 comes in at 1.0012.

EUR/JPY slightly higher but not much going on

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EUR/JPY is trading at 114.75, up 25 pips from session lows, but the going is slow. Resistance levels are still a ways away, Friday's high was 115.55 and the high earlier this month was at 116.00.

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