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Nato chief warns of split over US missiles

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Nato secretary general, has warned that the alliance risks being split between countries that would be covered by the US’s proposed missile defence programme and other member states left exposed to missile threats from Iran.

Private equity slams ‘hostility’

Group will lobby against higher taxes

Halliburton to move its head office to Dubai

Giant looks east for growth potential

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Pakistan lawyers protest over judge ban

Demonstrators burn Musharraf effigies

US reform sought to aid capital markets

Call for end to quarterly earnings guidance

Hollywood could gain from release changes

Revenue boost if films released simultaneously

Macquarie deputy to quit as tax change hits

Pension law changes encourage retirements

China plays poker cards close to its chest

Beijing seen easing definition of ‘gambling’

US call to widen Iran sanctions resisted

Measures aimed at constraining the economy

Swisscom ready to move on Fastweb

Bid signals renewed cross-border ambitions

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Outsourcing

pocket money

After call centre operators and computer programmers, are investment bankers the next, rather unlikely, victims of a shift to lower-cost locations? Investment banks are beginning to relocate higher-paid front office and support functions.

Monday interview

Man of arms explores new areas of combat

U.S. military

Robert Stevens, Lockheed Martin’s chief executive, says its interests, like the nature of security, are steadily evolving into other areas.

Business life

If at first you don’t succeed, think twice before trying again

Lucy Kellaway

The great thing about getting older is that public failure gets rarer too. The feeling of being exposed as hopeless is so horrid that it sends a warning to the brain to avoid such activities in future, writes Lucy Kellaway

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The new Seven Sisters: oil and gas giants dwarf western rivals

Global energy

As leading international energy groups struggle to replenish their reserves, state-backed companies from the developing world are achieving leadership in the sector.

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Ask your shareholders to share the pain

John Gapper

Too many chief executives are afraid to ask public investors to suffer short-term discomfort for long-term gain, writes John Gapper.

America must act to renew the primacy of its markets

No reason for the US to play second fiddle

The French election is now a three-horse race

Wolfgang Munchau

With so many voters still undecided, one should take seriously the surge in the polls by François Bayrou, the leader of the centrist UDF party, writes Wolfgang Munchau.

Israel needs exceptional leadership to attain normality

Its history and geography make country unique


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