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Pressure grows on Wolfowitz to resign

Paul Wolfowitz was under pressure to resign as president of the World Bank after admitting he was personally involved in securing a large pay rise and promotion for a Bank official with whom he was romantically involved.

Spotlight falls on WestLB over Daimler stake

Further embarrassment for German bank

Ryanair mulls going long-haul

Move could pose serious threat to other carriers

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Danone faces India brand suit

Dispute follows difficulty in China

Music labels ask Apple to adopt subscription

Vital part of talks to renew agreements

CVC looks to enter battle for Imperial Tobacco

Forming group to compete with Imperial Tobacco

Turkish general calls for troops in Iraq

Believes troops necessary to combat rebels

Dow Chemical fires two over buyout talks

Renewed speculation over bidding for group

Suicide bomb hits Iraq parliament

Green Zone security apparently breached

Vonage chief quits as group plans cuts

Telephony group begins cost-cutting drive

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OMX and Nasdaq

Olof Stenhammar, architect of an audacious bid seven years ago for the London Stock Exchange, stood down on Thursday as OMX’s chairman.

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Why private shareholders cannot be ignored online

David Bowen

I have been drilling down into the FT Bowen Craggs Index of corporate sites to look for example of Aunt Mary-friendly corporations, writes David Bowen.

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ECB’s rate policy

Tony Tassell

Sooner or later investors may have to face the prospect of being weaned off the occasional spoon-feeding ritual that has become the European Central Bank’s regular press conference on monetary policy, writes Tony Tassell.

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Wanted: a guardian of the world’s financial system

IMF

The obvious threat is the belief that the dollar is overvalued and that a flight could lead to widespread recession, writes John Grieve Smith of Robinson College, Cambridge.

The Putin strategy is to divide Europe over missile defence

Philip Stephens

Rumsfeld thought it was clever to depict a split between Old and New Europe to build a coalition for Iraq. That looks a pretty stupid strategy now, writes Philip Stephens.

Almost a new economic miracle

Samuel Brittan

The Germans have pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and have not waited for a Thatcher or Erhard to wake them up, says Samuel Brittan.


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