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Ford reports biggest loss in its history

Ford Motor reported a net loss of $12.7bn for 2006 - the biggest loss in its 103-year history and one of the largest on record for a car company.

Blackstone raises ante in battle for EOP

$38.3bn bid puts pressure on Vornado

Merkel calls for tough emissions controls

Translantic differences remain

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Siemens plans to buy UGS for $3.5bn

Record EU fine hits net profits

Emerging markets drive Nokia sales

Dispels concerns following Motorola warning

Strike forces BA to cancel flights

First official action in 10 years

China growth fastest in 11 years

Beijing upbeat about 2007

Carmakers drive Europe lower

Record sales for Nokia

Wall St titans take the fight to Europe

Competition issue a hot topic at Davos

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Investment banking in Russia

First, it was “the Russians are coming”. Now, the traffic is in the other direction. After a bumper year of investment banking revenues in 2006, bankers are pouring into the Russian market.

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Flame blame: how traders may distort energy costs

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Democratic control of Congress has given impetus to those arguing for transparency in a US market slewed by the ‘Enron loophole’ and what some groups see as an alarming development.

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Traders revert to old practices

Bonds

While the repo, or repurchase, business is huge and underpins better-known financial markets, it has long been one of the murkier and least regulated corners of the banking world. Most traders in the sector say they prefer it that way.

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AXA chief urges stringent curbs on hedge funds

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Another influential voice, that of Claude Bébéar, has been added to the growing concern about the lack of transparency in the activities of hedge funds.

From muddle to huddle in Europe’s quest for a treaty

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Closed-door talks are intended to produce a slimmer version of the European Union constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters, but Europe may not be able to avoid its citizens forever.

A better starting point for Europe’s constitution debate

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In France and the Netherlands preservation of the existing text would be a provocation to voters who have already said No, writes Giuliano Amato, chairman of the Action Committee for European Democracy.


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