A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday:
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ATHENS, Greece ? Greece is likely to receive the next batch of its bailout loans in early November, international debt inspectors said, if the eurozone and IMF approve the conclusions of the financial review they have completed.
The inspectors, however, said Greece's deficit targets for 2011 were "no longer within reach," and that new austerity measures were needed for 2013 and 2014.
The report by the officials from the International Monetary Fund, European Commission and European Central Bank potentially averts a bankruptcy looming over Greece.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia ? Slovakian lawmakers were casting a vote that could help determine the future of Europe's common currency, in a bizarre by-product of eurozone rules requiring unanimous support for every major decision.
The holdout coalition member seemed ready to vote no, but the prime minister had promised to link the measure to a confidence vote, so that if it failed, the parliament would be dissolved. The opposition has said it will vote for the expanded fund if that happens.
EU officials could get around a potential Slovakian rejection of the bill to boost the powers and size of a euro bailout fund, designed to contain debt market turmoil, but doing so would carry costs to European unity.
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LONDON ? Concerns that Slovakia might not approve a stronger European bailout fund ? seen as necessary to beating a path out of the continent's current debt crisis ? weighed on markets.
In France, the CAC-40 fell 0.3 percent, while Germany's DAX managed to close up 0.3 percent. The FTSE index of leading British shares closed 0.1 percent lower.
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BRUSSELS ? The president of the EU's executive arm says he will unveil proposals on how to make European banks fit enough to sustain the worsening debt crisis on Wednesday.
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TOKYO ? Earlier in Asia, Japan's Nikkei rose 2 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 2.4 percent, South Korea's Kospi rose 1.6 percent, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 added 0.6 percent and China's Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.2 percent.
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SHANGHAI ? China is moving to support its state-run banks and financial markets, with a government investment arm purchasing shares in the four biggest lenders as worries mount over debt and slowing growth.
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BEIJING ? China is imposing a nationwide tax on production of oil and other resources to raise money for poor areas and possibly ease public anger at the wealth of state energy and mining companies.
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PARIS ? Strikes have disrupted some French trains and schools as unions across France plan protests against government austerity measures.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ? Dubai's ruler ordered the city-state's largest bank to take over struggling Dubai Bank, a lender with strong government ties that was rescued by the state earlier this year.
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BANGKOK ? Thailand is counting the multibillion dollar cost of nationwide flooding that has killed nearly 270 people and may yet cause more havoc as waters threaten to engulf the country's capital.
A preliminary estimate by the central bank shows economic losses from flooding that began in late July range from baht 60 billion to baht 80 billion ($1.9 billion to $2.6 billion).
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KUWAIT CITY ? Kuwait warned striking workers that it could recruit outside replacements to confront a wave of labor unrest that has disrupted shipping traffic and threatens the Gulf nation's critical oil sector.
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BUCHAREST, Romania ? Officials say Romania's inflation rate fell more than expected in September as a bumper harvest lowered food prices.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia ? Indonesia's central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 6.5 percent to offset the impact of turmoil in financial markets and a slowing global economy.
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