Strong euro hits German economic confidence A key measure of German economic confidence has fallen for the first time in 10 months. Analysts blamed the surging euro and conflicting economic data for the fall.
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Wall Street looked likely to build on the highs reached in the previous session after Bank of America kicked off a bumper day for results with a 30 per cent rise in quarterly earnings.
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UK EQUITIES FTSE falls as investors shun banks London blue chips were weaker at midday as dealers looked to reassess the banking sector. Abbey National fell as investors began to fret ahead of an update due at the end of the month.
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Analysis
Kosovo Negotiations due to start in Vienna could see the launch of the most important piece of diplomacy in the former Yugoslavia since Nato troops forced former Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic to surrender Kosovo four years ago. Expectations are that the talks could clear the way to a final political settlement, greater foreign investment and eventual EU membership. Oct 13 2003 | Read
Any Russian partnership worth having carries a degree of risk. For better or worse, having looked your new friend firmly in the eye, you have to set out and hope for the best.
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What is needed is a political mechanism that can reconcile national democracy with policies that carry the authority of the Union, writes Stuart Holland, a former adviser to Jacques Delors.
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For me, the greatest problem with working on the move will remain one that no microchip can fix: simply finding somewhere to sit comfortably for half an hour.
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Beijing democracy plan shows limits of reform As China's top leaders meet to discuss weighty issues, expected to include plans for greater democracy, the nation's latest experiment is a directly elected community council in Beijing. 16:55 | Read
Paris fashion: A state of mind not a nation state The players may be increasingly international and the grammar of design may change, but at the ready-to-wear shows in Paris, French is still the language of style. 18:28 | Read