Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was last up 24.65 points at 9,315.71, while the Hang
Seng ended the morning up 20.01 points at 17,810.6.

Crude oil traded at $60.39 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy Friday!

G.

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This is Money

The Bank of England rattled markets yesterday with a surprise decision not to expand its 125 billion scheme to jump-start growth by printing money. The unexpected verdict sparked speculation that it could halt its massive purchases of bonds used to pump extra cash into the economy.
Surprise as Bank stalls on its printing money policy

China has launched its highest-profile criticism of the dominant role of the US dollar as a global reserve currency at a meeting of the worlds biggest economies.
China attacks dollars dominance

Gordon Brown has issued a veiled warning to China over its calls to replace the US dollar as the global reserve currency, cautioning that it risks "destablising" the international financial system.
Gordon Brown warns China over trying to usurp the dollar

Chinas accusation that four Rio Tinto employees stole state secrets has spread fear among the expatriate business community and threatens to chill Australias relations with its largest trading partner.
Foreign businesses take fright as China alleges Rio Tinto staff stole state secrets

NIKKEI 225	AUSTRALIA ASX200	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

KOSPI	VIX	GOLD	NYMEX CRUDE

CBAY Jeffries: upgraded to buy from hold
COLT Morgan Stanley: downgraded to equalweight from overweight, tp cut to 110 from 115
DGE Bernstein: marketperform, tp raised to 1260 from 1160
GKN Citigroup: upgraded to buy from hold, tp raised to 95 from 84
LII UBS: upgraded to neutral from sell, tp reiterated 380
SAB Bernstein: outperform, tp cut to 1730 from 1750

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