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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.
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UBS forced to axe hedge fund
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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.
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Housing bubble

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

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

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