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BEIJING (Reuters) – Growth in China’s factory output and retail sales jumped to eight-month highs in November as consumer inflation bounced off 33-month lows in the latest sign that its economy is snapping out of a protracted slump. Analysts said Sunday’s data showed China is enjoying an enviable mix of benign inflation and rebounding economic growth that allows Beijing to stand still on monetary and fiscal policies, or switch to an easier stance if needed. . . .

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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece is set to purchase back about half of its debt owned by private investors, broadly succeeding in a bond buyback that is key to the country’s international bailout, a Greek government official said on Saturday. Greek and foreign bondholders offered the targeted 30 billion euros ($38. 8 billion) in the deal, which is central to efforts by Greece’s euro zone and International Monetary Fund lenders to cut its debt to manageable levels. "The buyback went well in broad terms. . . .

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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece is set to purchase back about half of its debt owned by private investors, broadly succeeding in a bond buyback that is key to the country’s international bailout, a Greek government official said on Saturday. Greek and foreign bondholders offered the targeted 30 billion euros ($38. 8 billion) in the deal, which is central to efforts by Greece’s euro zone and International Monetary Fund lenders to cut its debt to manageable levels. “The buyback went well in broad terms. . . .

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(Reuters) – U. S. authorities are investigating Steven A. Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund for possible insider trading in the shares of the popular diet company Weight Watchers International Inc, according to people familiar with the matter. The investigation focuses on trading in Weight Watchers shares in the first half of 2011, when SAC Capital had taken a sizeable position in the stock, and potentially could implicate the billionaire hedge fund manager, the sources said on Friday. Regulatory filings show that Cohen’s $14 billion fund briefly held 2. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors typically sell stocks to cut their losses at year end. But worries about the "fiscal cliff" – and the possibility of higher taxes in 2013 – may act as the greatest incentive to sell both winners and losers by December 31. The $600 billion of automatic tax increases and spending cuts scheduled for the beginning of next year includes higher rates for capital gains, making tax-loss selling even more appealing than usual. Tax-related selling may be behind the weaker trend in the shares of market leader Apple , analysts said. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Dow and the S&P 500 advanced modestly on Friday, though another sell-off in Apple depressed technology shares and kept the Nasdaq negative, overshadowing a sharply better-than-expected jobs report. Trading was light, continuing the week’s trend of slight moves and anemic volume. The S&P 500 ended up a mere 0. 1 percent for the week, following several volatile sessions that repeatedly pushed it in and out of positive territory. The benchmark index is just 3. 8 percent below the 2012 intraday high of 1,474. 51 reached in mid-September. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks were little changed on Friday after a weak consumer confidence survey for December overshadowed earlier gains triggered by a better-than-expected employment report. Wall Street had opened higher after Labor Department data showed nonfarm employment increased more than expected by 146,000 jobs in November. But major U. S. stock indexes gave up their gains, with the Nasdaq turning negative, after a separate report showed U. S. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 falling 0. 1 to 0. 2 percent. U. S. non-farm employment, due at 8. 30 a. m. EST, is forecast to have risen by 93,000 jobs last month after gaining 171,000 in October, according to a Reuters survey. The unemployment rate is seen holding steady at 7. 9 percent. Superstorm Sandy likely put a dent in U. S. jobs growth in November, temporarily interrupting a recently established trend of modestly rising payrolls. Amarin Corporation was down 18. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks closed modestly higher on Thursday, a day ahead of the key monthly jobs report, as a rebound in shares of Apple helped boost technology shares. Traders were reluctant to bet heavily a day before the Friday release of the November employment report. Just 5. 62 billion shares changed hands on U. S. exchanges, shy of the 6. 48 billion daily average this year. Investors are also keeping watch on the "fiscal cliff" negotiations in Washington to see if lawmakers can reach a deal to avoid a series of spending cuts and tax hikes beginning in January. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks drifted near the unchanged mark on Thursday as investors postponed big bets before the November employment report on Friday, but technology stocks rose on gains in Apple and Broadcom. Monthly payroll numbers, to be released by the Labor Department, are expected to show a sharp slowdown in jobs growth because of superstorm Sandy. Broadcom boosted other semiconductor companies a day after it forecast fourth-quarter revenue at the high end of its target range due to slightly better-than-expected sales in its mobile business. Shares rose 1. 9 percent to $32. 97. . . .

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