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* Stocks rise to highest since May 2009 * Rise due to arrival of delayed shipments * Drop seen in coming months as power savings end, outputpicks up (Adds comments, table) TOKYO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Aluminium ...

Americans spent more money in July than they took in, largely on auto purchases, and the personal savings rate fell.

After months of unrelieved gloom and discord, Congress and President Barack Obama are starting to make a dent in the federal budget deficit. It's projected to shrink slightly to $1.28 trillion this year, and bigger savings from this month's debt ceiling deal are forecast over the next decade.

The federal budget deficit will hit $1.28 trillion this year, down slightly from the previous two years, with even bigger savings to come over the next decade, according to congressional projections released Wednesday.

(Adds background) NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve onThursday set criteria for banks and savings associations to becounterparties eligible to participate in reverse repurchasetransactions, ...

(Repeats to fix typo in headline) NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve onThursday set criteria for banks and savings associations to becounterparties eligible to participate in reverse ...

U.S. savings bonds, available as paper documents since 1935, are joining the digital age. They will no longer be sold as paper beginning Jan. 1, Treasury officials said on Wednesday.

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TAIPEI, April 25 (Reuters) - Taiwan's M2 money supply inMarch rose 5.97 percent from a year earlier, the central banksaid on Monday. M2 is cash, checking accounts, passbook deposits, savingsaccounts ...

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Deutsche Telekom AG and France Telecom-Orange say they plan to set up a joint venture for purchasing activities that they hope will result in savings of some euro1.3 billion .

SEOUL, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Seoul shares may open higher onThursday after firm gains on Wall Street, but financial issuescould come under pressure after a regulator suspended two mutualsavings banks from ...

The Treasury is struggling to find significant savings from the £8.5bn a year that the taxpayer spends on hundreds of private finance initiatives, as it strives to make inroads into the budget deficit.

TUI Travel Reaps Merger Benefits TUI Travel said it had continued to achieve cost savings and made good progress in its turnaround strategy during a challenging year.

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