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Brussels accuses Apple over iTunes

Apple and several major music companies are facing a European Commission antitrust probe after Brussels issued formal charges alleging that the deals that underpin the sale of music through the hugely popular iTunes platform violate competition rules.

Aeroflot enters race for Alitalia

Contest narrows to three consortia

Europe tops US in stock market value

First time since first world war

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Pirelli poised to sell its stake

Zell wins out in battle for Tribune

$8.1bn bid beats offer from Californian duo

HSBC highlights China staffing woes

Threat to expansion drive

Iran rules out trial for British sailors

Tehran calls for a speedy diplomatic solution

Russia’s VTB expects $6bn from IPO

Bank to float in London

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KKR and its banks

A year ago Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’ $29bn buy-out of First Data Corporation would have caused shockwaves. Now it is a ripple in the wave of private equity transactions.

Markets

European stocks top US

John Authers

Europe, if you are a stock investor, is now bigger than the US. The landmark, passed last week, has been achieved despite the retirement of a net €107.1bn (£72.4bn) in European equity over the past two years, according to Citigroup, writes John Authers.

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How to serve a bespoke cup of coffee

Coffee

Nespresso is following the lead of other consumer goods companies that use their own retail outlets to sell products and project a sophisticated image for the brand.

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Britain would be unwise to thwart Merkel’s treaty plan

Angela Merkel

If the UK vetoes a deal that most of the European Union wants, it would lose much influence, says Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform.

Cox, not Sarbox, is to blame for equity exodus

Wall Street

The SEC’s chairman helped create Wall Street’s competitiveness problem by starting the capital markets sanctions movement, says Benn Steil from the Council on Foreign Relations.

Analysis

Mbeki treads with care amid chaos to the north and tensions within

Thabo Mbeki

The South African president tells the FT why he is confident that quiet diplomacy can resolve the crisis in Zimbabwe and does not exclude continuing as party leader after his term ends.


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