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| Macau family feud delays listing |
| The casino company of Macau mogul Stanley Ho delays its stock market float after a court challenge by one of his sisters. |
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| Fed ready to aid investment banks |
| The Federal Reserve may allow investment banks to access emergency cash into next year as financial turmoil persists. |
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| Levi's profits slump 98% to $1m |
| Profits dive at US clothing maker Levi Strauss as a result of weak consumer spending and costly new software. |
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| Euro MPs get tough on airline ads |
| MEPs move to ban air ticket ads that do not include hidden taxes and charges, in an EU crackdown on misleading cheap fares. |
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| EU court rules against Alitalia |
| The EU's top court rejects an appeal by struggling Italian airline Alitalia against conditions for receiving state aid. |
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| Anheuser strikes back at suitor |
| US brewer Anheuser-Busch sues Belgian rival InBev in a move seen as an attempt to frustrate InBev's takeover bid. |
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| Problems found at ratings firms |
| A report into the much-criticised activities of credit rating agencies finds conflicts of interest at a number of firms. |
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| Crude rises on Iran missile tests |
| Crude oil prices rise and the dollar slips after news that Iran has test-fired long and medium-range missiles. |
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| French set to shell out more for snails |
| The price of that French delicacy the snail is set to soar because of foreign suppliers' rising wages. |
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| Guidelines for financial journalists |
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| Stalled dreams |
| Zambian entrepreneur says diversify or die |
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| The Editors |
| Recession: What is it and how we'll know we're in one? |
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| Annual report |
| Do BBC executives deserve to be paid top dollar? |
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| Back to the '70s? |
| Rising inflation and oil prices and an economic slowdown |
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| Impact spreads |
| Slow retailing and costly metals disrupt construction |
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| New lives |
| Exiled Pakistani youths return to their homeland |
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| Recession 'looming' for UK firms |
| The UK faces a "serious risk" of recession within months, a survey of firms suggests, as the FTSE 100 dips into a "bear market". |
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| UK hits bear market as stocks dip |
| Asian and European stock markets fall, with the UK's FTSE 100 index entering "bear market" during the day. |
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| More job cuts at UK housebuilders |
| Bovis Homes and Redrow announce sweeping job cuts as they struggle to deal with the housing downturn. |
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| Shareholders to grill M&S bosses |
| Investors will grill Marks and Spencer bosses about the firm's outlook and the role of Sir Stuart Rose at its AGM. |
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| Nigeria seeks to end 'blood oil' |
| A cartel of oil smugglers is behind the conflict in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta, the president says. |
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| Niger signs power deal with China |
| China agrees to send electrical power units to help improve Niger's power supplies. |
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| US home sales fall again in May |
| The downturn in the US housing market continued in May, with sales 14% lower than a year earlier, fresh data shows. |
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| Shares in top US lenders plummet |
| Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are hit by a report suggesting they could both have to raise large amount of extra capital. |
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| Korea's won rises on support talk |
| South Korea's won hits a two-week high against the US dollar amid reports that the government had stepped in to support it. |
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| Prius 'to be part solar-powered' |
| Toyota planning to add solar-powered air conditioning to some of its Prius hybrid cars, a report says. |
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| BMW and Fiat mull parts alliance |
| Talks between German car maker BMW and Italy's Fiat could result in the use of common parts for their Mini and Alfa Romeo brands. |
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| Siemens plans to cut 16,750 jobs |
| Germany's Siemens plans to cut 16,750 jobs, or about 4% of its workforce, as the global economy slows. |
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| SFO defends ending Saudi probe |
| The Serious Fraud Office says it did not act unlawfully by dropping its corruption probe into Saudi arms deals. |
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| UAE waives billions of Iraqi debt |
| The Emirates says it is cancelling the entire debt owed to it by Iraq, a sum of almost $7bn (£3.5bn) including interest. |
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| Tata to spend on Jaguar and Land Rover |
| Car company Tata Motors says it will not shy away from making major investments in Jaguar and Land Rover. |
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| UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid |
| The UN's envoy to Afghanistan is to set out a new plan on aid spending amid fears that millions have been wasted. |
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