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ALPBACH, Austria (Reuters) - Europe faces modest economic growth but no double dip back into recession, European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said on Thursday.

A British discount store is buying in Polo mints from Indonesia even though the same mints are being manufactured just a mile up the road in York.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish budget data for the first eight months of 2010 published on Thursday showed commentary suggesting Ireland was in "fiscal jeopardy" was wrong, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks and oil rose while U.S. Treasuries fell on Thursday as data on U.S. housing and jobless claims showed the world's largest economy did not appear to be falling back into recession.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank kept interest rates at a record low of 1.0 percent at its meeting on Thursday and extended its liquidity safety net for vulnerable euro zone banks into next year.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose and U.S. Treasuries fell on Thursday as U.S. data showed strength in the economy, but investors were mainly focussed on Friday's closely followed U.S. unemployment report for economic clues.

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Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is planning to cut 3,500 jobs as part of its plans to halve its administration centres across the UK. Siobhan Endean of Unite called the job losses ''horrific'' and said union members ''are paying the price for decisions by senior bankers''.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The following are comments by European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet at a news conference held after the bank's Governing Council kept interest rates at a record low of 1 percent on Thursday.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Recent data has been stronger than expected but due partly to temporary factors and the European Central Bank still expects the euro zone's economic recovery to be moderate and uneven, President Jean-Claude Trichet said on Thursday.

LONDON (AFP) - European stock markets slid on Thursday as investors took profits from recent gains amid caution before the latest interest rate decision from the European Central Bank.

House prices fell for the second month in a row in August, according to the Nationwide building society.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - No decision has yet been made on whether Anglo Irish Bank will be gradually wound down or split into a "good bank" and "bad bank," an Irish government source said on Thursday.

Four of the UK's biggest energy suppliers are to be investigated over concerns that customers have been mis-sold contracts.

Online clothes shopping is expected to grow to $144 billion by 2014 in western Europe according to market research company

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's government has not yet decided what to do with Anglo Irish Bank and is considering two options with the European Commission, a government source said on Thursday.