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Calls for left-right showdown lift Royal

As France’s presidential candidates finished their last day of campaigning before Sunday’s first-round vote, Socialist contender Ségolène Royal gained a late lift amid calls for voters to avoid the purely right-wing climax of the last elections in 2002

Merkel backs former Siemens’ chairman

Reaction to outgoing chairman

Russian oligarchs pull out of UK forum

Pressure from Kremlin alleged

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German corporate governance

If it was a debate, this week provided arguments both for and against the resolution that: “Germany’s corporate governance is improving”

Markets

Dutch shareholders take note

ABN Amro

In the Netherlands, where activist targets are ten a penny, the case of ABN Amro, a bank that accounts for 10 per cent of the weighting of the Euronext Amsterdam AEX share index, is a shock like no other, writes Ian Bickerton.

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‘Beatles split was a relief’

George Martin

The legendary producer Sir George Martin tells how he found freedom when his ‘boys’ disbanded. But at 81, he is still in many ways the ‘fifth Beatle’

Comment

Revolutions, Messieurs Dames? You can take your choice

france / elections

With so much choice – and doubt – French voters zap between candidates like teenagers in front of a television, writes John Thornhill, editor of the FT’s European edition.

Martyrdom and the madman

Christopher Caldwell

If we look at thought processes rather than ideological pretexts, Cho has more in common with other murder-suicides than most people realise, writes Christopher Caldwell.

Man in the news

Barclays’ unlikely radical

John Varley

The proposed takeover of ABN Amro – the largest financial services takeover ever – is a gamble for John Varley, Barclays chief executive, and his bank.


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