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Business Highlights Business Highlights Business - Services - Gowalla - Website - IPhone Business events scheduled for Friday Major business events and economic events scheduled for Friday: WASHINGTON -- Labor Department releases employment data for August, 8:30 a.m. Management Tip of the Day: Don't Avoid Risk But Prepare For It The Management Tip of the Day offers quick, practical management tips and ideas from Harvard Business Review and HBR.org (http:\\www.hbr.org). Any opinions expressed are not endorsed by Reuters. Management Tip of the Day: Be sure you have your staff's backs The Management Tip of the Day offers quick, practical management tips and ideas from Harvard Business Review and HBR.org (http://www.hbr.org). Any opinions expressed are not endorsed by Reuters. Finance Ministry says defrauded by staffer The Dutch Finance Ministry Thursday acknowledged it was defrauded out of more than 160,000 euros ($204,800) earlier this year by an employee of the ministry unit that handles the state's financing needs. Romanian Finance Minister Says He Will Be Replaced in `Political' Decision Romanian Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu said he will be replaced as part of a “political” decision, he said in a phone interview today after meeting with Prime Minister Emil Boc. Markets Hold on to Modest Gains U.S. markets held onto tentative gains Thursday with reports that first-time jobless claims were relatively flat and work hours increased in the second quarter. Markets rally on US, China factory reports The markets kicked off September on a high note. Stocks rallied the most in nearly two months as reports on growth in US and Chinese manufacturing last month bolstered confidence in the global recovery. Caterpillar lead S&P 500 industrial companies to a gain, while Alcoa advanced as metal prices rose. Burger King surged 15 percent on takeover talk. China - Alcoa - Asia - Burger King ... Surveying Turkish influence in Western Balkans Turkish President Abdullah Gul will visit Bosnia-Herzegovina from Sept. 2-3, amid rising tensions in the lead-up to Bosnian elections. Turkey has been able to use tensions among Bosnia-Herzegovina’s ethnic groups to exert influence in the Western Balkans by acting as mediator. China Today magazine to launch Turkish edition The Turkish edition of China Today magazine will go on sale in major cities of Turkey starting from Sept. 1, which is expected to promote mutual understanding between Turkish and Chinese people and facilitate the two countries' business relations.  Go > News