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Celebrations as Croatia becomes the 28th country to join the EU
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For Croatia, it's a remarkable milestone, given the country was in the middle of a brutal war of independence just two decades ago. But the celebrations have been overshadowed by Croatia's economic woes, leading some to question joining a bloc … For …

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Special Report: The Bundesbank's fight to be heard
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Seated two places to the right of ECB President Mario Draghi in the grand, gilded room was Jens Weidmann, chief of Germany's Bundesbank and, in his country's post-war tradition, an inflation-fighting hardliner. … "A stable currency," he told Reuters.

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Syrian War Cost Up To $15 Billion In Losses, Official Says
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When the conflict began, the government had some $17 billion in foreign currency reserves. Those have dropped from blows to two main pillars of the economy: oil exports, which used to bring in up to $8 million per day, and tourism, which in 2010 earned …

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Old-time price war? Not so much
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Fears that the auto industry could become embroiled in an old-fashioned price war have fizzled. Automakers are holding firm in their post-recession pricing discipline, even as rising demand, rapid production increases and currency fluctuations create …

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War causes $15 billion in losses, says Syrian official
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AMMAN, Jordan, June 30, (Agencies): More than two years of fighting in Syria's civil war has damaged some 9,000 state buildings and run up $15 billion in losses to the public sector, a government minister said Sunday, shining a light on the devastating …

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Land market at 5-year high
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The transactions and price of high–end residential apartments, in particular, saw a marked increase. He Meng, a marketing director at Maoyuan Real Estate Co, said the latest tightening policies have had a limited effect on high–end projects. "Wealthy …

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Great Hall of the party
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A high–end nightclub named Tianshang Renjian (meaning paradise on earth) during day time in Changshu, Jiangsu province. … Jin, a native of Yiwu, Zhejiang province, runs businesses ranging from entertainment to real estate and digital gadgets. The …

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BlackBerry shares plunge 27.8% on quarterly loss
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Macquarie analyst Kevin Smithen cut his rating on BlackBerry to underperform from neutral and said he saw a break-up or sale of the company as a likely end game. BlackBerry … The gadgets allowed the company to corner the lucrative market serving …

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Pilot Briefing: New York to Tokyo in two hours
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That and other efforts are funded in part by NASA, which is also collaborating with Boeing. SonicStar has upped the ante from Mach 3.3 to Mach 4 at …. Despite the economic challenges of recent years, Fujino is confident that a U.S. gross domestic …

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