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Campaigners are battling to build a transatlantic coalition to back proposals for a "Tobin tax" as a US congressman prepares to table a bill that would use such a levy on financial transactions to pay for banking bailouts.
'Tobin tax' gains transatlantic support

It could take five years to get government borrowing down to a more manageable level after the ravages of the recession, a member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee said.
Rebalancing UK economy will take five years, says MPC's Andrew Sentance

Shoppers will spend less this Christmas for the first time since the late 1980s, as sales of non-food items fall by a massive ?1.3bn, retail experts predicted yesterday.
Christmas sales 'will be worst for shops since 1980s'

Japan's economy grew at its strongest pace in more than two years in the latest quarter, smashing market forecasts and extending a recovery from the worst downturn in decades.
Japan's economy posts strongest growth since 2007

Government stimuli and vigorous exports made Japan the fastest-growing economy in the Group of Seven leading industrial nations for the second successive quarter, yet the Government stands ready to admit that the country has toppled over the precipice and into deflation.
Japan worries about growth's dark side

Car sales in China are booming, but gasoline consumption seems to be stuck in the slow lane.
A car sales mystery in China

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Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow ended up 136 points at 10,407, the Nasdaq added
30 points at 2,198 and the S&P500 was ahead 16 points at 1,109.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 49.21 points at 9,741.97, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning off 101.15 points at 22,842.83.

Crude oil traded at $78.53 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy trading!

G.

kyoto,
could you look at the oil chart you post on this thread please as it hasn't updated since sept?
thanks
Alex

BT.A JPMorgan: downgraded to neutral from overweight, tp cut to 170 from 175
LMI Deutsche: reiterated sell, tp raised to 1325 from 1279
RBS ING: upgraded to hold from sell, tp cut to 40 from 46
TSCO Deutsche: reiterated buy, tp raised to 480 from 465

Alex - yes, I need to look at that because they've stopped supporting it. If anyone knows where else I can grab an intraday/short-term oil chart I'm open to suggestions.

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