الأربعاء، 30 نوفمبر 2011

News Alert: Stock Market Indexes Up 4% at the Close

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Stock Market Indexes Up 4% at the Close

Stocks rallied in the United States on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve and other central banks took action to try to contain the debt crisis in the euro zone, with market indexes gaining more than 4 percent and the Dow Jones industrial average ending up 489 points.

As the exuberance set in, bond prices fell, as did swap rates, reflecting the decline in the cost of obtaining dollars. Commodity prices rallied and financial shares also benefitted as funding pressures appeared to ease.

But analysts noted that the move, which is meant to ensure that European banks have funding amid the sovereign debt crisis, addressed the symptoms and not the root causes.

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Afternoon Update: Central Banks Take Joint Action to Ease Debt Crisis

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Central Banks Take Joint Action to Ease Debt Crisis

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

Six central banks, including the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, said they had agreed to lower the cost of borrowing dollars for foreign banks.

China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending

By KEITH BRADSHER

Commercial banks will be allowed to keep a slightly lower percentage of their deposits at the Chinese central bank as reserves.

Stocks Surge on Action by Central Banks

By CHRISTINE HAUSER

Shares were buoyed by the effort to address the debt crisis in the euro zone.

It's the Economy

Europe's Financial Crisis, in Plain English

By ADAM DAVIDSON, JACOB GOLDSTEIN and CAITLIN KENNEY

Simple answers to complicated questions about what's wrong with Europe and whether it can be fixed.

Clinton Arrives in Myanmar to Assess Pace of Change

By STEVEN LEE MYERS

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit is both a reward for Myanmar's progress and an attempt to press for more significant reforms.

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives in Myanmar; Britain downgrades diplomatic ties with Iran; and six central banks take joint action.

Opinion

Campaign Stops

The Huntsman Handicap

By ROSS DOUTHAT

Why isn't Jon Huntsman the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney?

BUSINESS

Boeing Reaches Deal With Machinists

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The agreement secures a new four-year contract nine months before the current one expires and calls for the 737 Max aircraft to be built at union facilities in Renton, Wash

DealBook

In Rajaratnam Hearing, Judges Focus on Flight Risk

By PETER LATTMAN

A lawyer for Raj Rajaratnam appeared before a judicial panel in a Lower Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday in a final attempt keep her client out of prison while he appealed his insider trading conviction.

Media Decoder Blog

Time Warner Picks New Head for Time Inc. Magazine Unit

By AMY CHOZICK

The selection of Laura Lang, the head of the digital ad agency Digitas, would add online expertise to the country's largest magazine publisher.

Britons Strike as Government Extends Austerity Measures

By SARAH LYALL and ALAN COWELL

Public sector workers on Wednesday began Britain's biggest strike in a generation, a day after the government said that it was falling behind with its deficit reduction plan.

A New Shot at Mortgage Relief

By MOTOKO RICH

The two-year-old Home Affordable Refinance Program would double in size to assist about 900,000 more homeowners.

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News Alert: Britain Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Iran; Orders London Embassy Shut

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 -- 9:17 AM EST
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Britain Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Iran; Orders London Embassy Shut

Britain said on Wednesday that it had closed its embassy in Tehran, withdrawn all its diplomats and ordered Iran to do the same within 48 hours at its own diplomatic mission in London in the worst rupture of relations in decades.

The measures were announced in Parliament by Foreign Secretary William Hague a day after Iranian protesters shouting "Death to England" stormed the British Embassy compound and a diplomatic residence in Tehran, tearing down the British flag, smashing windows, defacing walls and briefly detaining six staff members in what appeared to be a state-sponsored protest against Britain's tough new economic sanctions against Iran.

The attack was the most serious diplomatic breach since the traumatic assault on the American Embassy after Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979.

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News Alert: Six Central Banks Take Joint Action to Enhance Global Liquidity

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 -- 8:52 AM EST
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Six Central Banks Take Joint Action to Enhance Global Liquidity

The Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and four other big central banks took coordinated action on Wednesday to ease the strain of the European debt crisis on the world economy.

The Fed, the E.C.B., the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank agreed to reduce the interest rate on so-called dollar liquidity swap lines by 50 basis points, among other measures.

"The purpose of these actions is to ease strains in financial markets and thereby mitigate the effects of such strains on the supply of credit to households and businesses and so help foster economic activity," the Fed said in a statement.

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Afternoon Update: Protesters Storm British Embassy in Tehran

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Protesters Storm British Embassy in Tehran

By ALAN COWELL and RICK GLADSTONE

In an assault Britain called "utterly unacceptable," Iranian protesters entered the British Embassy on Tuesday, chanting "death to England," pulling down a flag and ransacking offices.

The Caucus

Amid Talk of Affair, Cain Is Reassessing Campaign, Aide Says

By JEFF ZELENY

Herman Cain tells aides he is reassessing whether to stay in the presidential race.

DealBook

American Airlines Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy

By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED

AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, said on Tuesday that it has filed for Chapter 11, in an effort to reduce labor costs and shed its heavy debt load.

In Myanmar, Government Reforms Win Over Some of the Country's Skeptics

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives in the country on Wednesday as a show of support for the country's transformation to nascent democracy.

Facebook Agrees to F.T.C. Settlement on Privacy

By SOMINI SENGUPTA

Accusing Facebook of "unfair and deceptive" business practices, the government announced a proposed settlement that compels the company to obtain consent before making changes to users' privacy settings.

Arts

Slide Show: Miami's Still-Maturing Art Scene

Art Basel Miami, which begins Thursday, has helped bolster the city's galleries and develop local artists.

Opinion

Campaign Stops

Why Are Primaries Hard To Predict?

By ANDREW GELMAN

Presidential elections often come down to the state of the economy the year before the votes are counted. Why are presidential primaries so much more volatile?

BUSINESS

Euro Zone Finance Ministers Try to Deliver on Promises

By STEPHEN CASTLE

The talks highlighted the contrast between Europe's tortuous decision making and the breakneck speed with which financial markets are pushing the currency zone toward a moment of truth.

Lowering Growth Forecast, Britain Extends Austerity Measures

By JULIA WERDIGIER

The chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, said growth this year and next would be slower than forecast in March and "debt will not fall as fast as we'd hoped."

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Zynga Readies for I.P.O. Roadshow

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The online gaming company behind the popular Cityville and Farmville franchises is planning to kick off its I.P.O. roadshow on Monday,

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Empire State Building on Track for I.P.O.

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The Malkin family, which controls the famed 102-story tower at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, plans to create a publicly traded real estate company that will include the skyscraper.

Hacking Scandal Widens to Government Secrets, Report Says

By ALAN COWELL

British police are investigating whether the Murdoch media empire hacked into the computer of a government minister, a newspaper report said.

News Alert: Herman Cain Is Reassessing His Bid for Republican Presidential Nomination, an Aide Says

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 -- 11:54 AM EST
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Herman Cain Is Reassessing His Bid for Republican Presidential Nomination, an Aide Says

Herman Cain told members of his campaign staff on Tuesday that he was reassessing whether to proceed with his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, an aide confirmed, a day after an Atlanta woman disclosed details of what she said was a 13-year affair with him.

In a morning conference call with his advisers, Mr. Cain said that he would make a decision in the coming days about whether to stay in the presidential race after his campaign was rocked by another round of allegations about his sexual conduct.

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Expressions with jour and journée
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Possessive adjectives are the words used in place of articles to indicate to whom or to what something belongs. Their usage is similar to English, but there are some differences in form.

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