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Bernanke sees 2014 end for QE3

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Monetary policy on hold as US central bank issues optimistic forecast

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China cash crunch deepens as PBOC stalls

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Japan exports data offer boost to Abe

Rise in value hits three-year high on back of yen moves

US President Barack Obama speaks to the media about sequestration in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on March 1, 2013 following a meeting with US Speaker of the House John Boehner and Congressional leaders. Obama summoned congressional leaders but the talks were more for the sake of appearances rather than a deadline day bid to avert a damaging $85 billion in arbitrary budget cuts. Obama was bound by law to initiate the automatic, indiscriminate cuts, which could wound the already fragile economy, cost a million jobs and harm military readiness, in the absence of an deficit-cutting agreement. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ©AFP From WORLD 6:52pm

Obama ready to cut US nuclear weapons

President calls for push on disarmament and climate change

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Indonesian fires fuel Singapore pollution

Haze soars to ‘very unhealthy’ levels

(FILES)The Apple logo is seen in this September 11, 2012 file photo at the Yerba Buena Center for Arts in San Francisco. Apple denied May 21, 2013 using "gimmicks" to dodge taxes and said it welcomes a review of US fiscal laws after a Senate investigation found it used offshore loopholes to save billions in taxes. Apple, in a statement ahead of a hearing in Washington on strategies to shift profits to minimize taxes, argued that it "carefully manages its foreign cash holdings to support its overseas operations in the best interests of its shareholders. ©AFP From COMPANIES 8:51pm

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Judge scrutinises price movements after tech group entered the market

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