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• Cars, utilities lift US industrial output in March

• GM 1Q global sales rise 3.6 pct to beat VW

• US housing starts surpass 1M in March

• US consumer prices drop 0.2 pct on cheaper gas

• IMF cuts its forecast for global economy in 2013

• Toyota's hybrid vehicle sales pass 5M

• Daimler selling rest of EADS stake

• France follows IMF and slashes growth forecasts

• French ministers get low grades from money experts

• Lawmaker: EU must push for Cyprus' reunification

• Germany predicting significantly reduced debt

• Greenland leader worries about life after mining

• Glencore, Xstrata merger clears final hurdle

Energy

• Oil bounces back as dollar weakens

• Dallas-based power company considers bankruptcy

Markets  

• Stock market rebounds after worst day of the year

• Judge OKs $602M SAC insider trading settlement

• Target says 1Q profit will be short of outlook

• Whirlpool raises quarterly dividend by 25 pct

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