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    at 4:37 on November 7, 2009, EDT.

    British Treasury chief urges world officials to reach agreement on climate change costs

    British Treasury chief Alistair Darling has urged the world's top finance officials to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on global warming next month.

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    at 16:46 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    Gold stocks send TSX higher, N.Y. little changed amid disappointing jobs data

    TORONTO - The Toronto stock market advanced Friday as investors dealt with dismal employment data from Canada and the United States and as gold stocks continued to run ahead amid record high bullion prices.

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    at 6:24 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    Asia stocks up after US rally on upbeat economic data; Europe shares mixed

    SEOUL, South Korea - Asian markets advanced Friday on the back of Wall Street's rally after upbeat economic figures revived confidence about the state of the American economy. But European stocks were little changed amid caution ahead of a key U.S. jobs report.

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    at 4:21 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    Oil climbs toward $80 a barrel in Asia as global stock markets surge

    SINGAPORE - Oil prices climbed toward US$80 a barrel Friday in Asia as crude investors eyed a surge in global stock markets.

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    at 15:57 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    G20 finance officials face task of fulfilling pledge to lessen global trade, budget imbalances

    ST. ANDREWS - The world's top financial officials on Friday sought a blueprint for securing future global growth and worked to break a deadlock over who bears the cost of fighting climate change.

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    at 16:12 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    GM confirms that Europe chief Forster to leave but help with replacement search

    DETROIT - Carl-Peter Forster, the chief executive of General Motors Europe who runs its struggling Opel unit, will leave the company, GM said Friday.

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    at 10:54 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    What recovery? Canada drops 43,200 jobs as unemployment rate hits 8.6 per cent

    OTTAWA - Canada's economy shed more than 43,000 jobs last month in a clear indication that the struggling economy is still feeling the aftershock of the deep recession that erupted a year ago.

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    at 8:32 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    Kingsway Financial widens net loss in third quarter, revenues decline

    TORONTO - Discontinued businesses continued to plague Kingsway Financial Services Inc., (TSX:KFS) as the truck and auto insurance company widened its loss in the third quarter amid aggressive restructuring efforts.

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    at 17:48 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    Air Canada posts net profit in third quarter, turns around year-ago loss

    MONTREAL - Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) is seeing small signs of improvement in air travel but says a full recovery in its key business class could be least a year away, the airline's chief executive said Friday.

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    at 16:10 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    Is Canada still in recession or in mother of all jobless recoveries?

    OTTAWA - Canada's economic recovery is suddenly looking vulnerable after Statistics Canada shocked observers Friday with new data showing the country lost 71,000 jobs last month.

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