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The Indian rupee has held near the 1-1/2-month low against the US dollar with no big surprise expected at the Fed meeting later in the day.

Li Keqiang reiterated in London that China's economy will grow by 7.5% this year.

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The Northern Gateway project will allow Canada to export oil to China.

Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk says attack meant to discredit Ukraine as a gas transit partner.

HSBC is boosting its corporate banking headcount by 35%

Five Iraqi soldiers killed after militants attack Iraq's biggest oil refinery in Baiji, north of Baghdad.

MPC minutes to show how hawkish the policy making body has become with the improved growth and employment conditions.

Simon Calver left the group in a shock exit, soon after a major profit warning

A threat to Western oil interests in southern Iraq would make US-UK intervention more likely.

Precious metals weakened on Tuesday as dollar strengthened broadly on account of risk aversion in global markets.

Brent's premium to the August WTI contract stood at $6.69 in early trade.

Iceland has reported strong sales as low-end stores continue to decimate mid-market share.

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Baiji oil refinery is the country's largest and provides oil to the Iraqi capital Baghdad among other domestic outlets.

Whitbread's sales for the first quarter have increased by 12.7%.

OPEC production will decline, with US reserves of oil extracted from oil sands and shale rock spearheading the competition.

BP chief executive says facilities in the south of Iraq are a long way from the violence in the north.

70% of India's oil needs met by imports, leaving rupee largely defenceless against oil price swings.

Indian rupee falls to fresh multi-week lows against the US dollar, pound, euro and yen.

Oil supply-side shock can limit the extent of monetary adjustment possible in Asia.

UK consumer price and factory gate inflation data and Germany ZEW survey are watched ahead of US CPI inflation and housing starts.

Moody's cut the grocer's credit rating again as Philip Clarke struggles to stem falling sales

Alibaba's revenue in the quarter ended March rose 38% year-on-year to $1.9bn.

Head of Gazprom Alexei Miller said Ukraine threatened to tap Russian gas bound for Europe.

The NGO has apologised to donors after an employee lost €3.8mn.

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Gazprom spokesman says the company will not deliver any gas to Ukraine unless it receives a pre-payment.

The FCA said the groups' failed to deliver a clear, fair and not misleading product campaign