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Brussels to launch attack on bank fees

Retail banks and credit card companies in the European Union will face sharp criticism from the region’s top antitrust regulator, following an inquiry that found evidence of artificially high fees, anti-competitive practices and a lack of cross-border competition.

UN chief seeks climate change summit

Bid to find successor to Kyoto protocol

Delhi gets first western-style stores

Reliance plans $25bn in sales by 2010

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Yen low sparks carry trade alert

Fears that hedge funds could jolt markets

Alitalia sale attracts 11 potential bidders

Interest in sale far exceeds expectations

British Airways strike called off

Airline braced for day of phantom flights

Merrill pays $1.8bn for private bank

Wealth management lures Wall St

KHI enters Vietnam with Raffles resort

Move is part of aggressive Asian strategy

Pru sells Egg to Citigroup for £575m

Egg has been hit by rising losses on bad debts

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Measuring the success of M&A

It is received wisdom that mergers and acquisitions destroy value. Could it be time for a word to the wise?

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German corporate icons require self-sacrifice

European comment

While grappling with clearly different issues, Siemens and DT could adopt similar steps to take the political heat off their managements and give them a freer hand to pursue restructuring.

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US profits

Tony Tassell

After 13 quarters of earnings growth above 10 per cent, analysts had expected the US corporate sector’s Q4 results at last to reveal a slowdown. But gravity continues to be defied, writes Tony Tassell.

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Poland risks its stability to tackle the sins of the past

For the Polish Roman Catholic church, a new book will bring more embarrassment after Stanislaw Wielgus resigned as Archbishop of Warsaw following revelations that he had been a police informer under communism.

Parts sector picks up speed as big funds show interest

Private equity interest in the failed Delphi may shift power away from the Detroit carmakers

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America must not surrender its lead in life sciences

Lawrence Summers

If America is to maintain its leadership in life sciences in the 21st century, four important steps are needed, says Lawrence Summers: respect for scientific methods and results, funding, control of the role politics and support for extraordinary performance.

Sarkozy’s plan: Reaganomics with a French accent

Wolfgang Munchau

There is nothing wrong with a strong state sector in principle, if this is what a country wants. But it requires some honesty about the tax level. If Mr Sarkozy wanted US-style taxes, he would need a US-style state sector, writes Wolfgang Munchau


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