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UK first to sell carbon permits - BBC Science/Nature
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will get underway when the UK government auctions the first permits. The carbon emissions permits auctioned to power firms are projected to raise 1.5-2bn euros over the next five years. The Treasury is being ...

Japanese 20-Year Bonds Are Little Changed Before Debt Auction - Bloomberg
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's 20-year government bonds were little changed before the Ministry of Finance sells 900 billion yen ($9.3 billion) of the debt tomorrow. The government increased the offering by 100 billion yen to compensate for reduced ...

Japan's 10-Year Bonds Advance as Stocks Slide, Economy Slumps - Bloomberg
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's 10-year government bonds rose after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. said profit plunged, dragging down stocks and boosting demand for the perceived safety of state debt. Ten-year yields fell to the lowest in almost ...

European states struggle to raise money - Financial Times
Some European governments are struggling to raise money in the bond markets because of the vast financial pledges that they have made to bail out their battered banking sectors. Spain failed to launch a bond last week, while Belgium and Finland were ...

Japan's Notes Fall; Futures Trading Suspended on Large Decline - Bloomberg
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's two-year government notes fell for the fourth day, pushing yields up to the highest this month, as money-market funding costs increased, reducing the attraction of the securities. The two-year notes yield about 1 basis ...

Japan's 10-Year Bonds Decline Before Debt Sale, Gain in Stocks - Bloomberg
Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's 10-year bonds fell by the most in a week on speculation primary dealers sold the debt to protect against potential losses at an auction tomorrow. The notes also declined as the Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose for the ...

Drilling to core of oil debate - Chicago Tribune
Nearly 1 percent of all natural gas produced in the U.S. comes from the Independence Hub platform (shown here last year being moved through the Port of Corpus Christi to the Gulf of Mexico). (Bloomberg photo/Eddie Seal) INDEPENDENCE HUB, Gulf of ...

John McCain: $1.5 trillion in less revenue - Minneapolis Star Tribune
In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the... Anyone? Anyone?... the Great … read more Depression, passed the... Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which ...

Former Nevada state senator files defamation suit - KRNV
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A former Nevada state lawmaker has filed a lawsuit alleging she was defamed by the state teachers union in campaign mailers during her failed 2006 re-election bid. Sandra Tiffany, a Republican from Henderson, filed the civil lawsuit ...

Lawsuit targets teachers Ex-state senator says union defamed her - Las Vegas Review Journal
CARSON CITY -- A former state lawmaker has filed a lawsuit in Clark County District Court alleging she was defamed by the state teachers union in campaign mailers sent out in her failed 2006 re-election bid. The lawsuit was filed earlier this month ...