GLOBAL MARKETS-Slow start to 2014 for shares as China disappoints

LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - World share markets made a soft start to 2014 on Thursday in the wake of disappointing data on Chinese manufacturing, while investors showed renewed appetite for commodities...

from Reuters: Financial Services and Real Estate http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/financialServicesRealEstateNews/~3/ljSAUWmxkuo/story01.htm