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World stocks buoyed by US data as dollar slides

November 25, 2009 By The Associated Press PAN PYLAS (AP Business Writer)

LONDON (AP) — European and U.S. stock markets rose Wednesday after a batch of stronger than anticipated U.S. economic data and as trading levels dried up ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Meanwhile, the dollar fell to a fresh 15-month low against the euro after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated that interest rates will remain at super-low levels for a while yet and said the U.S. currency's...

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