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* MSCI world index, FTSEurofirst 300 hit five-year peaks * China reports stronger-than-forecast April trade data * March German industrial output also beats estimates * Euro rises, Australian dollar rebounds * Copper climbs By Marc Jones LONDON, May 8...

May 7 (Reuters) - Basis bids for corn shipped by barge to the Gulf of Mexico were mostly steady to weak early on Tuesday, weighed down by a lack of demand from Gulf exporters, traders said. * CIF soybean basis bids were mostly steady to firm,...

By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson on Tuesday warned the U.S. Export-Import Bank could be forced to stop operations in two months unless the Senate quickly approves the nomination of Fred Hochberg...

By Fayen Wong SHANGHAI, May 7 (Reuters) - Brazil, the world's No. 2 soy exporter, will lobby top buyer China to speed approval for imports of three new gene-modified varieties of soybean, and one of corn, in a bid to prevent another lost season of...

TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures eased on Tuesday to below $96 a barrel on profit-taking, after gaining more than $5 in the previous three sessions as Mideast tensions raised supply concerns. FUNDAMENTALS * NYMEX crude for June delivery...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average soared 2.8 percent on Tuesday morning to break above 14,000 for the first time since June 2008 as the market played catch-up from an extended holiday, with last week's strong U.S. jobs data easing concerns over the...

MEXICO CITY, May 6 (Reuters) - Latin American commodity exporters have largely failed to take full advantage of surging raw material prices to boost savings and a recent deterioration in external accounts bears watching, the International Monetary Fund...

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China has released new rules to curb currency speculation amid signs that hot money inflows have helped push the yuan to a series of record highs in recent weeks. The rules tighten limits on long yuan positions that banks can...

Deadly industrial accidents in the developing world are tragically common, but the recent collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh that took the lives of more than 500 workers has captured the American public's attention, and no wonder. Knowingly or...

* Canada fears oil exports could be harmed by EU plan * Canada sits on world's third largest oil reserves * Ottawa keen to find new buyers for its crude By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, May 5 (Reuters) - A European Union plan to label crude from the Alberta...

(Corrects to show complaints were filed, not charges) By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul DHAKA, May 5 (Reuters) - The wife of a Bangladeshi garment worker who was killed when a building collapsed filed a murder complaint against the building's owner on...

By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul DHAKA, May 5 (Reuters) - The wife of a Bangladeshi garment worker who was killed when a building collapsed filed a murder charge against the building's owner on Sunday as the death toll from the country's worst...