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Merkel boosted by fall in German jobless

Boosted by a raft of positive economic and labour market data, the German government claimed it had defied doomsayers who had predicted that the economy would suffer from last month’s rise in value added tax.

Fed sees progress on inflation

Markets jump as rates stay on hold

UK police hold nine in terror arrests

Alleged plot to kidnap Muslim soldier

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IMF advised to sell $6.6bn of gold

Fund’s financial problems scrutinised

Google net revenues surge 67 per cent

Group squeezes higher returns from advertising

Altria ready to spin off Kraft

Group hopes smokeless tobacco will lift US consumption

Tata sees $350m in savings via takeover

Indian steelmaker wins control of Corus

US Airways abandons hostile bid for Delta

Delta’s creditors had refused access to books

Telekom chief puts reputation on the line

Follows weekend profits warning

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Climate change

Climate change is no longer a fringe issue; even investment bankers are worried about it. Lehman Brothers and UBS both published reports on the subject on Wednesday.

European view

The pendulum swings back towards family values

European comment

Otata, Mittal, Agneli, Bouygues, Merck: old and new industrial families are either expanding their empires or have revived their fortunes.

Markets

Market corrections

Tony Tassell

Stock markets often have an instinctive need for catharsis. A correction is often needed to clear the doubts before the run continues, writes Tony Tassell.

Analysis

ExxonMobil seeks to take its business to greener pastures

ExxonMobil

The group has recognised that no company can afford to exclude itself from the mainstream of the debate on climate change – least of all the world’s biggest energy business.

Comment

Just rolling back India’s state is not enough

Guy de Jonquieres

Private universities cannot compensate for a dilapidated public education system that has left almost a third of the population illiterate, says Guy de Jonquières.

Editorial comment

Wanted: Shia leaders who can rise above factions

Iraq flag

Rather than regain the social and political rights so long denied them by the Sunnis, the Shia have entered a new circle of hell – so complete is the implosion of the country.


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