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Children of same-sex parents have better health and well being, research has found, but it warned stigmas pose an ongoing challenge.

By Doug Young:

Facebook rents Beijing office

Two of the world’s biggest social networking service (SNS) operators are in the headlines as the new week begins, starting with word that Facebook (FB) is moving ahead with its plans to open in China. Meantime, separate reports are saying Japanese-based mobile instant messaging service Line has been disrupted in China, perhaps for carrying sensitive content.

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Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said on Monday he is “very uncomfortable” with current stock market levels.

Gold prices edged lower, extending the prior session’s loss, which saw investors opt for equities in a rally that pushed the Dow industrials past 17,000 for the first time ever.
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NEW YORK/TOKYO (Reuters) – The world’s major central banks are returning to a more opaque and artful approach to policymaking, ending a crisis-era experiment with explicit promises that they found risked their credibility and did not substitute for action. From Washington to London to Tokyo, the global shift from transparency to flexibility underscores the challenges central bankers face as they test the limits of what monetary policy can achieve.

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The two men locked in a dead heat to be elected Indonesia’s next president are focusing their final push on roughly 15 million undecided voters, mostly on the densely populated islands of Java and Sumatra, reports The Wall Street Journal.
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FXStreet (Bali) – The week started with the USD keeping the firm tone seen late last week,…

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