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  Asian shares firm, dollar holds ground before Fed Reuters - 27 minutes ago

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rose modestly on Tuesday, with technology stocks nosing ahead, while the dollar held its ground ahead of a Federal Reserve policy meeting expected to reiterate a pledge to keep rates low for a long time.

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  Euro nations pursue Greek rescue planning AFP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - European finance ministers will on Tuesday be given the fine-print of a eurozone plan to rescue Greece with billions of euros in crisis loans if budget surgery hits complications.

• Dodd financial overhaul proposal would give Fed powers to break up firms The Canadian Press - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - A new Democratic Senate bill to tame the financial markets would give the government new powers to break up firms that threaten the economy, force the industry to pay for its failures and create an independent consumer watchdog within the Federal Reserve.

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  Lehman administrator files record bankruptcy plan AFP - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (AFP) - The administrator for failed Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers has filed plans to end the largest bankruptcy in US history, opening the way for the creation of a new company.

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  Flaherty says European proposal to tax banks, financial transactions 'a mistake' The Canadian Press - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Canada will not impose new taxes on banks or financial transactions and will try to convince European leaders of the folly of their proposals at the upcoming G8 and G20 near Toronto in June, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Monday.

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