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Turkish court to rule on bid to thwart Gul

Turkey’s constitutional court will hear an appeal by opposition leaders seeking to derail the appointment of a new president as a clash between the government and the military threatened the country’s most serious political crisis in a decade.

Citigroup chiefs fear push for break-up

Critics say group is too complex

Poland missile plan to raise tensions

Warsaw seeks Patriots from US

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Private equity muscles in

Royal woos Bayrou’s voters in TV debate

Sarkozy’s lead over rival narrows

Back-dating scandal groups at risk

Companies could face takeovers

Fidelity sets up office in China

Centre to provide outsourcing services

Rudd rounds on ‘stupid’ City analysts

Boots chair irked by merger criticism

Lex

Ahold succession

Retailers almost always run retailers. So Ahold’s decision to replace its chief executive with its chief financial officer, albeit temporarily, should pique interest

Markets

Capital’s power shifts

Condescending talk among London’s brokers and bankers – that New York is no longer where the action is – makes Tony Jackson uneasy.

Book review

A heresy to embrace

While bursting bubbles cause enormous suffering, they also provide opportunities for entrepreneurs to cash in. Just look at YouTube, writes Gillian Tett.

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The dangers of green idealism

Lawrence Summers

Utopian vision and ambition unmoored from political, economic and social reality can be counterproductive, writes Harvard’s Lawrence Summers.

Private equity needs charm

John Gapper

The largest buy-out funds are now trying to buy such big companies that they are running the gauntlet of politicians, writes John Gapper.

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Union blues

Scotland elections

Labour is expected to suffer in Thursday’s Scottish elections to the devolved parliament but independence remains a distant prospect.


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