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Barclays suffers legal blow over ABN

Barclays’ hopes of buying ABN Amro in the world’s largest banking deal suffered a blow when a commercial court in Amsterdam blocked the Dutch lender’s $21bn sale of its US subsidiary to Bank of America.

Taxpayers face €1.2bn bill for Galileo

Europeans to pay to fix global positioning system

UBS forced to axe hedge fund

Bank bows to failure after subprime loss

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German group sets sights on Hanson

Hanson shares soar 20 per cent

New post of EU chief tempts Blair

Will seek “executive role” after he stands down

Court rules Goldman misled investors

Goldman considers an appeal

Baugur chief guilty of false accounting

Jóhannesson given suspended sentence

Poll puts Sarkozy ahead in TV debate

Candidates trade insults before 20m viewers

Norilsk makes surprise $4.8bn bid for LionOre

Offer raises prospect of bidding war

GM profits dive 90% after subprime losses

GMAC woes hit improved automotive results

Lex

US patent reform

What do a Halloween jack-o’-lantern and exercising a cat have in common? They are examples of the US patent system out of control.

European view

Industrial woes stack up for France’s new president

European comment

After the political dust has settled, the winning candidate of France’s presidential election will have to decided where to focus his or her efforts.

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Housing bubble

John Authers

Robert Shiller, whose book Irrational Exuberance diagnosed the internet bubble just before it burst, sees similar symptoms in US housing, writes John Authers.

Comment

North America frets about executive pay

Clive Crook

The narrow issue of top pay, tucked inside the broader issue of rising inequality of incomes, appears to be gaining political traction, writes Clive Crook.

How I was deluded by my carbon footprint

Jonathan Guthrie

Carbon offsetting resembles the medieval system of indulgences where sin was absolved for haggled fees, writes Jonathan Guthrie

Editorial comment

Mifid should benefit big London firms

mifid

The pursuit of a single market in EU financial services is like opening the cages at the zoo – the lions will do rather better than the mice.


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