BERLIN a ' The European Central Bank raised its growth projections for the 16-nation eurozone on Thursday, but stressed that the outlook remains uncertain and said its effort to keep banks supplied with credit would stay in place for the rest of the year.
The biting restrictions that Singapore introduced earlier this week to cool the city's property prices will likely affect credit growth at the city's lenders and restrict their share gains.
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Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from improving U.S. housing and jobs data amid lingering worries over the pace of the global economic recovery.
Democrat Virg Bernero said Thursday he'll stop the state from doing business with banks that won't lend in Michigan if he's elected governor.
Treasury prices edged lower Thursday following the auction of $10 billion in ten-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, and a slight decline in weekly jobless-claims data.
The Toronto stock market was higher Thursday as further signs of U.S. economic growth helped lift commodity prices while bank stocks ran ahead even as TD Bank delivered quarterly earnings that narrowly missed expectations.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 5 points in late afternoon trading. Broader indexes also rose.
An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.
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