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Porsche poised to take total control of VW
Porsche is set to take total control of fellow German carmaker Volkswagen after the biggest opponent of Porsche’s ambitions at VW threw in the towel and European lawmakers called for an end to a law protecting VW from takeover.
Siemens and ABB offices raided
Probe into price-fixing in transformers
US welcomes N Korea nuclear deal
Agreement brings Pyongyang $300m in aid
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Iran on course for nuclear bomb, EU told
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Comment
As America looks the other way, China’s rise accelerates

Being an “enemy of China” is disconcerting. About 10 years ago I inadvertently slipped into this role with a story headlined: “Containing China”, writes Gideon Rachman.
Lex
Cost discipline at UBS
It is often said that Credit Suisse wants to mimic UBS’s successful strategy of being an integrated investment bank and wealth manager. Has UBS caught the Credit Suisse affliction of erratic cost control?
Business life
CoCo company as antidote to private equity ideas

If there are any private equity players out there who are thinking of making a bid for me, I am of course prepared to consider any serious offers, writes Stefan Stern.
Markets
The traders gleefully blowing raspberries at the G7
The Group of Seven industrialised leaders wanted traders to stop betting on a never-ending yen decline. On Monday, the Japanese currency duly weakened further, at 21-year lows. Gillian Tett takes the short view