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EU blow to Microsoft on Windows

Microsoft will be forced to hand over to rivals what the group claims is sensitive and valuable technical information about its Windows operating system for next to no compensation, according to a confidential document seen by the FT.

Standoff defused as Iran frees UK sailors

Scheduled Thursday morning departure

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Candidates boosting far-right

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Eurozone threatened by monetary policies

FSA to act on foreign IPO concerns

Investors pressure UK watchdog

Thailand blocks YouTube over mocking video

Clip depicts defaced image of king

Eni/Enel win Yukos assets auction

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Lex

Oil and Iran

If proof was needed of the existence of an “Ahmadi-Nejad put” in the oil market, the past fortnight has provided it. The crisis precipitated by the capture of British naval personnel by Iranian forces pushed up US light, sweet crude by 9 per cent to $66 a barrel.

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Hard graft

Patti Waldmeir

For decades, bribery has been just another cost of doing business. Now, the US is trying to alter the economics of corruption, writes Patti Waldmeir.

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BoE’s guessing game

John Authers

Other central banks prepare the way for their decisions. The Bank of England administers short sharp shocks, writes John Authers.

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The elixir of false virtue

Jacob weisberg

To US commercial culture, green tea is yoga in a bottle – or in a can, candy bar, candle, lotion, soap, perfume or pill, writes Jacob Weisberg.

Indian fences

Jo Johnson

In focusing on the US and China, the aspiring global power has failed to tend to the problems in its own backyard, writes Jo Johnson.

Analysis

The new do-gooders

Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google

Silicon Valley billionaires are among the backers for schemes that blur the lines between the non-profit and corporate worlds.


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