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Markets slide as subprime woes escalate

A steep sell-off swept through global stock markets as investor confidence was hit by the escalating woes of the US subprime mortgage market and weak US retail sales data.

Viacom sues YouTube for $1bn

‘Massive intentional copyright infringement’

Japan companies face EU shut-out

Difficulties over accounting standards

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Goldman Sachs trounces expectations

Wall Street group reports new record quarter

Lehman buys a 20% stake in DE Shaw

Hedge fund valued at up to $6bn

Cerberus strengthens hand for Chrysler bid

Wolfgang Bernhard signs advisory contract

Citigroup raises Nikko bid by 26%

Follows resistance from institutional investors

German investor sentiment brightens

Economic recovery powers ahead

Surging trading volumes lift Euronext

Pre-tax profits rise 51% to record €490m

New Century probe deepens

Mortgage lender on the edge of bankruptcy

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Goldman’s record quarter

Analysts tasked with estimating Goldman Sachs’ earnings may not quite be at the stage of “think of a number, then double it”, but they can’t be far off.

European view

Thales offers case study in corporate survival

European comment

Thales chief Denis Ranque has defied the critics who repeatedly forecast that his days and those of his company were numbered

Markets

Mortgage woes

John Authers

Retail sales data, which disappointed traders, showed that the US consumer cannot be taken for granted. The fear is that problems in the mortgage market will damage consumption as a whole, writes John Authers.

Analysis

Investors are stoical as Siemens seeks to shake off its past

Siemens

Surrounded by allegations that officials made illicit payments, Germany’s top company intends to become more transparent as it pushes through a big restructuring.

Comment

Why liberalism is the right future for a declining Europe

Martin Wolf

Nothing short of a catastrophe will stop China, India and the rest from developing. Europeans must adapt to enjoy exciting opportunities in a bigger world, writes Martin Wolf.

Time to judge Palestine on its results

Chris Patten EU

Hamas must show it is not intent on creating a fundamentalist state by distorting educational and social policies, writes Chris Patten, former European commissioner for external relations.


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