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• Southern France river cruise, from $1,399
The Real Deal: Seven nights' accommodations aboard a cruise ship, all meals, guided tours, and taxes, from $1,399 per person — plus fuel surcharges of about $70. When: Nov. 1 and 8, 2009; add $100 for March 22, 29; $600 for Oct. 18, 25, 2009; $800 ...
• Global stocks soar after Wall Street’s surge
The CAC-40 in France was 199.21 points, or 5.6 percent, stronger at 3,730.71. Wall Street closed 11 percent higher Monday, its biggest daily jump since 1933, and is expected to open solidly later. Meanwhile, Iceland’s stock exchange plummeted more ...
• Stocks fluctuate as profit-taking sets in
Japan’s Nikkei index, catching up from the country’s market holiday Monday, jumped 14.15 percent — the largest increase ever. In Europe, Britain’s FTSE 100 jumped 2.04 percent, Germany’s DAX index rose 2.02 percent, and France’s CAC-40 ...
• Central Bankers Man the Battle Stations
France said it will guarantee 320 billion of bank debt and set up a fund allowed to spend up to 32,040 billion to recapitalize banks. What are the implications of the historic rescue effort? BusinessWeek and the S&P MarketScope staff rounded up ...
• IOC to retest doping samples from Beijing
The unprecedented move, announced Wednesday, is designed to search for a banned substance that was only recently detected during retesting of samples from the Tour de France. The Beijing samples - across all sports - are being sent to the World Anti ...