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Financial Times – US homepage- Chinese activist ends odyssey in USDeparture of Chen and his family brings to an end the worst diplomatic spat between Beijing and Washington in over a decade […]
- G8 splits over stimulus versus austerityMerkel resists efforts by other G8 leaders to push eurozone to do more to stimulate growth […]
- Murdoch quashes talk of UK paper spin-offNews Corp’s chief has moved to quash talk about selling its tainted UK newspaper business, saying publishing would remain ‘a core component’ […]
- Alibaba nears buyback deal with YahooThe deal under discussion would involve the US group selling about $7bn of its stake in the Chinese ecommerce group, valuing Alibaba at $35bn […]
- Faltering start for the new FacebookGlitches delayed the opening of trading and underwriters had to intervene to prevent the group’s shares falling below the $38 price set on Thursday […]
- Moderate leads field among Egypt’s expatriatesOf 38,000 ballots cast by Egyptian expatriates in a dozen diplomatic outposts, Dr Aboul Fotouh received nearly 30 per cent of the votes […]
- Resource stocks mirror global economyDecline of groups involved in supplying essential raw materials for business show how investors really feel about the global economy’s direction […]
- China linked to ‘economic espionage’The Pentagon report says the country will continue to be an ‘aggressive and capable’ collector of sensitive US technological information […]
- Obama ground forces braced for air warPresident’s team says massive grassroots campaign will be needed to withstand bombardment of negative attack ads from Romney and super-Pacs […]
- Spain hit by rise in bad bank loansValue of bad loans held by banking sector increased a third during the past year to €148bn and accounted for 8.4% of their entire loan portfolios […]
- Chinese activist ends odyssey in US
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