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Lagarde joins call for growth, economic reform (AP)

AP – The International Monetary Fund’s managing director and top global finance officials are urging the world’s political leaders to avoid budget cuts that would hinder economic growth.

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Microsoft’s Windows battles slack PC sales (Reuters)

Reuters – Microsoft Corp’s fiscal second-quarter profit fell very slightly as lagging computer sales to cash-strapped consumers in the United States and Europe hurt its core Windows business.

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GM becomes world’s top selling automaker in 2011 (Reuters)

Reuters – General Motors Co reclaimed its title as the world’s top selling automaker for the first time since 2007, after sales of more than 9 million vehicles globally in 2011.

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Perry: the candidate who couldn’t shoot straight (Reuters)

Reuters – Rick Perry rode into the Republican nomination high in the saddle, with Marlboro Man good looks, strong financial backing from home state loyalists and a record of economic success as Texas governor.

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Momentum to drain from world economy in 2012: poll (Reuters)

Reuters – The world economy will lose momentum in 2012 but it will keep moving in the right direction, according to Reuters polls of around 600 economists who said crisis-hit Europe would drag on global growth.

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SEC Inspector General Kotz leaving agency (Reuters)

Reuters – David Kotz, the tough internal watchdog at the Securities and Exchange Commission, is leaving the agency at the end of January to join a private investigative service.

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Hackers disrupt Israel airline, stock market sites (AP)

AP – Hackers disrupted the websites of Israel’s stock exchange and national air carrier El Al on Monday in a deepening cyber war launched earlier this month by a group claiming to be Saudis.

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Venezuela will not recognize World Bank ruling in Exxon case (Reuters)

Reuters – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that his country would not recognize any ruling by a World Bank tribunal in a multibillion-dollar arbitration case with Exxon Mobil Corp.

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Global regulators signal leeway on new bank liquidity rules (Reuters)

Reuters – Global regulators vowed on Sunday to press ahead with tough new liquidity rules for banks from 2015, but in a move to head off opposition from industry, also said lenders can tap into safety buffers in times of stress.

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Why Hungary’s New Constitution Could Be Bad for Europe (Time.com)

Time.com – Sparking protests and bringing together bickering opposition parties, Hungary’s new constitution also threatens the country’s economy and its place in the European Union

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