Reuters - The Teamsters union and United Parcel
Service Inc on Sunday said they reached a tentative
five-year agreement that will raise parcel workers' wages and
increase the company's contributions to funds providing
pensions and benefits.

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Reuters - Japan's Nikkei rose 0.4 percent on Monday
as investors bought Fanuc Ltd and other large-cap shares after
the Bank of Japan's tankan survey showed manufacturers remained
optimistic despite turmoil in global credit markets.

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Reuters - Japan's Nikkei rose 0.5 percent on Monday
as investors bought Fanuc Ltd and other large-cap shares after
the Bank of Japan's tankan survey showed manufacturers remained
optimistic despite turmoil in global credit markets.

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Reuters - Swiss bank UBS is expected
to warn on Monday that it has written off billions of dollars
on fixed-income assets, making it the biggest casualty so far
of turmoil in world credit markets, the Financial Times and
Wall Street Journal reported.

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FT.com - Indian property companies are expected to raise hundreds of millions of dollars on overseas stock markets by listing real estate trusts in the coming months amid tightening restrictions on lending to the sector.

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FT.com - Merrill Lynch and Citigroup (NYSE:C) have each bought a 5 per cent stake in India's largest commodities exchange, valuing the bourse, one of the world's fastest-growing, at up to $1.1bn.

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