The IMF said that South Korea's central bank had room to cut interest rates in bid to further boost demand, if global issues continue to hurt growth.

BBC: IMF cuts South Korea growth forecast amid euro concerns

Further, the European issues can undermine the euro and boost the U.S. dollar, which also tends to weigh on commodity prices.

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In Denver, at least, the solar industry is feeling loved, seizing on the twin issues of energy and the environment to boost its profile.

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To the extent that the company issues debt to buy equity, that might indeed boost earnings per share.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

Nevertheless, Jeffrey Wright, managing director and senior research analyst, looks for gold to get a boost later in the year as U.S. credit issues resurface.

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This could provide a nice boost for Apple, which has been grappling with various supply related issues over the past few months.

FORBES: Positive Input Price Trends Push Apple Stock To $430

The city identifies a specific area that is economically stagnant and then issues bonds to pay for projects to give it a boost anything from renovating historic buildings to subsidising private developers.

ECONOMIST: The state of the cities

Bush and Obasanjo were scheduled to retire to the White House shortly after the Rose Garden announcement to discuss a wide variety of issues -- most notably Bush's hope to convince OPEC to boost its daily per-barrel production of crude oil, as the U.S. anticipates a supply shortage heading into the summer.

CNN: Obasanjo

Mara Goldstein, an analyst at CIBC World Markets, says the 8-cent boost from the Baxter sale was not unexpected but agrees that Wyeth faces some "quality of earnings" issues.

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