* Investors pare back huge bearish bets on euro, sterling * U.S. retail sales beat expectations
* U.S. consumer sentiment dips in early March * Wall Street moves lower on consumer sentiment
* FTSEurofirst 300 up 0.3 pct; hits 7-week closing high * U.S. retail sales, Euro zone industrial output data helps
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* Retail sales up 0.3 pct, ahead of expectations * Consumer sentiment data still on tap
INVESTORS are nervous about the Fortescue chief’s approach.
QUEENSLAND’S wish for a clean deal at the best price may be realised.
A COURT has granted a $1 billion iron ore windfall to the people she most despises.
White Energy has expanded its “cleaner coal” technology into China, a market it hopes its US projects can export to in the future.
THE European steel industry has warned that an iron ore price rise of up to 90 per cent will have a “huge impact” on economic recovery.
