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Published: 01 Jul 2009 00:34:34 PST

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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Europe PMI climbs, but adds to slow recovery signs

LONDON/TOKYO - Euro zone manufacturing activity contracts less than initially thought in June but sharp differences between countries signal world economy may be slow to recover from deep recession (FINANCIAL/ (TOPWRAP 3, TV, PIX, GRAPHICS), expect by 0900, by Nigel Davies and Hideyuki Sano, 800 words) + See also: - JAPAN-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 1), moved, by Hideyuki Sano, 800 words - CHINA-ECONOMY/PMI (UPDATE 2), moved, 600 words - USA-FED/ (WRAPUP 1), moved, by Ros Krasny, 850 words - GERMANY-RETAIL/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Noah Barkin, 500 words

China ready to give ground in iron ore talks-source

SHANGHAI/SYDNEY - Chinese steel mills, under pressure to compromise on protracted iron ore talks with overseas miners, are set to give ground on prices and may shift to bi-annual price setting, a source in China says (CHINA/IRON ORE (WRAPUP 2), expect by 1000, by Alfred Cang and James Regan, 700 words) + See also: - CHINALCO-RIO/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Denny Thomas, 300 words - CHINA-CHALCO (UPDATE 1), moved, 250 words - THYSSENKRUPP/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 250 words

China's scuttled Internet plan shows pitfalls of ambitions

BEIJING - China's ambitions to strengthen control of Internet with filtering software becomes display of limits of its power, after Internet activists and businesses welcome its abrupt delay of the "Green Dam" plan (CHINA-INTERNET/ (UPDATE 2) expect by 0830, pix, by Chris Buckley, 450 words) + See also: - CHINA-INTERNET/CELEBRATION, moving shortly, tv, pix, by

Russia shuts casinos, sends thousands into unemployment

MOSCOW, Russia - Russia closes its gaming halls overnight later in a move that could throw a third of a million people out of work at a time of recession (RUSSIA-GAMBLING/CLOSURE, to hit desk at 0830, by Mikhail Antonov and Vladimir Bomko, tv, pix, 600 words) MARKETS

World stocks begin quarter on upbeat note, oil rises

LONDON - World stocks begin the new quarter on an upbeat note with European and emerging market shares rising more than 1 percent and oil climbing on hopes for a recovery in demand (MARKETS-GLOBAL/ (WRAPUP 3), expect by 0830, by Jeremy Gaunt, 450 words).

Oil rises towards $71 on inventory drop, Nigeria

LONDON - Oil rises towards $71 following a large drop in U.S. crude inventories and also spurred higher by militant attacks in Nigeria that have hit production. (MARKETS-OIL (UPDATE 2) expect by 0900, by Emma Farge, 500 words) COMPANIES

Shinsei, Aozora announce merger

TOKYO - Japan's Shinsei Bank and Aozora Bank annouce plans to merge that will see Aozora dissolved (SHINSEI-AOZORA/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by David Dolan, 400 words) + See also: - BANKOFCHINA-SHARES, moved, 400 words

StanChart in talks on RBS China, India units -source

HONG KONG - Standard Chartered is in talks to purchase assets in China and India owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), a source with direct knowledge of the matter says (STANDARDCHARTERED-RBS/ (UPDATE 2), expect by 0830, 400 words)

M&S first-quarter sales fall less than expected

LONDON - British retailer Marks & Spencer reports a smaller-than-expected drop in first-quarter underlying sales and says consumer spending seems to be stabilising, though it remains cautious on the outlook (M&S/ (UPDATE 4), moved, by James Davey and Mark Potter, 500 words)

GM says H1 China vehicle sales up 38 pct on year

SHANGHAI - General Motors says China vehicles sales rise 38 percent in the first half of 2009 from a year earlier as China's stimulus policies boosts automobile demand (GM/CHINA (UPDATE 1), moved, 300 words) + See also: - MARUTISUZUKI/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 400 words - JAPAN AUTOS/SALES (UPDATE 1), moved, 300 words CAPITAL RAISINGS

Japan's Mizuho could raise $7 bln in share sale

TOKYO - Mizuho Financial Group Inc will issue up to 3 billion new shares, which would raise about $7 billion in capital for Japan's second-largest bank at its current stock price (MIZUHO/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 250 words)

Japan's ANA to raise over $1.6 bln, shares slide

TOKYO - All Nippon Airways Co, Japan's second-largest airline, plans to raise more than 150 billion yen ($1.6 billion) in a public share offering, five sources familiar with the matter say, sending its shares tumbling nearly 6 percent (ANA/ (UPDATE 4), expect by 0830, by Nobuhiro Kubo and Taro Fuse, 500 words)

Japan's Orix to raise $1 bln in share sale-sources

TOKYO - Orix Corp, Japan's biggest leasing firm and a major property investor, plans to raise about 100 billion yen ($1 billion) through a public share offering, three sources say, sending its shares sliding (ORIX/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Junko Fujita and Nathan Layne, 450 words)

S.Korea's June exports suggest trade on mend

SEOUL, July 1 - South Korea's exports in June fall much less than expected from a year earlier and other gauges of its shipments show healthy monthly growth, reinforcing the view that Asia's trade bounced back strongly in the second quarter (KOREA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 1), expect by 0900, by Yoo Choonsik and Seo Eun-kyung, 700 words) + See also: - AUSTRALIA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 1), moved, by Wayne Cole, 600 words RESOURCES

El Nino "very likely" in 2009 - Australia

SYDNEY - Hopes of a bumper wheat harvest in Australia, the world's fourth-largest grain exporter, could be dashed if predictions of a weather pattern that could bring drought conditions across the country become a reality. ENVIRONMENT-NINO/AUSTRALIA (UPDATE 2), moving shortly, by Bruce Hextall, 600 words) ANALYSIS

Angola to stay in OPEC for global status

LUANDA/LONDON - Angola's pursuit of international status is expected to keep it in OPEC, even though it has blamed the group's output targets for depriving it of much-needed cash to support its wounded economy (ANGOLA-OPEC (ANALYSIS), expect by 1000, by Henrique Almeida and Joe Brock, 800 words)

New Shell chief exec faces tough challenge

LONDON - The new Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell faces the tallest order in European business -- to make his company the continent's top earner this year, next year, and well into the next decade (SHELL-CEO (ANALYSIS) expect by 0900, by Tom Bergin, 800 words)

China's Huawei needs makeover to win big markets

BEIJING - The meteoric rise of China's Huawei to challenge the world's top telecom gear makers has been mainly in secondary markets, but a serious push into larger, more profitable, developed markets may hinge on an image makeover (HUAWEI-CHINA/ (ANALYSIS), moved, pix, graphics, by Kirby Chien, 800 words) FEATURES

Cheap is the new cool but will America stay thrifty?

NEW YORK - When Jeff Yeager's book "The Ultimate Cheapskate" came out 18 months ago, he felt like a voice crying in the wilderness telling people to ditch their cell phones, hoard their pennies and pay off the mortgage. Now the Internet abounds with self-proclaimed penny-pinchers offering tips on living frugally as the recession bites into America's shop-'til-you-drop lifestyle (FINANCIAL-USA/CHEAPSKATES (FEATURE), moved, pix, by Claudia Parsons, 1,000 words)

Foreign investors leave worried Bulgarians behind

STAMBOLIYSKI, Bulgaria - For Gergana Gecheva, laid off when Bulgaria's biggest paper mill closed in her hometown this month, the situation is clear: "This town is dying," she says. "Change has to start from the top." (BULGARIA-INVESTMENT/ (BIZ FEATURE, moved, pix, graphics, by Tsvetelia Ilieva, 1,000 words) + See also: - BULGARIA-INFRASTRUCTURE (FACTBOX), moved - BULGARIA-INVESTMENT , moved