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  Top 5 Business Women Who Tweet About Wall Street

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 23, 2012

  AdvisorOne lists the top 5 business women who tweet based on number of followers, frequency of tweets, quality of posts, professional credentials and what our gut tells us.

• Diamonds Rise, but Not Enough for Rio Tinto, Billiton

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 28, 2012

  Both Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are looking to sell their diamond mines in a realignment of business that would see them abandon gemstones for baser ores.

• RBS Talks Sale With Abu Dhabi Royals

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 27, 2012

  The Abu Dhabi ruling family is in talks to purchase a stake in the government-owned Royal Bank of Scotland, according to sources close to both sides of the potential deal.

• Nigeria Calls for Non-U.S. World Bank Head

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 21, 2012

  Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala praised the current World Bank leader, but said it was time to give someone from the developing world a chance.

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  French Police Question Strauss-Kahn in Prostitution Ring Case

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 21, 2012

  The former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who stepped down in the midst of allegations of the rape of a New York chambermaid in 2011, is back in the news.

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  Italy to Tax Vatican Properties

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 21, 2012

  The Vatican could lose its tax-exempt status for commercial properties and those that have a partly commercial purpose—and be subject to a massive tax bill approaching a billion dollars a year.

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  Greece, Europe Agree on Bailout to Avert Default

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 21, 2012

  After months of wrangling and several missed deadlines by Greece, euro zone finance ministers finally reached accord on a new bailout for Athens that included additional austerity measures and cuts for private bondholders.

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  BoE Boosts QE

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 9, 2012

  The Bank of England has injected another 50 billion pounds ($66.271 billion) into the British economy as it extended its quantitative easing (QE) program. Its monetary policy committee also opted to maintain its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.5%.

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  India PMI Rises Fastest in 6 Months

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2012

  As much of the rest of the world seems to be slowing down, India is moving in the opposite direction, with its Purchasing Managers’ Index rising at the fastest rate in six months.

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  Markets Beware: Slovak Parliament Turns Down Eurozone Bailout Plan

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  October 11, 2011

  Government falls as Slovakia legislators fail to approve Greek bailout plan; second vote possible.