Iran to suspend uranium enrichment programme Iran has agreed to suspend its disputed uranium enrichment programme and allow tougher UN inspections of its nuclear sites after talks with British, French and German foreign ministers.
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Wall Street investors were expecting a rather flat open, but a strong earnings report from Texas Instruments overnight was likely to prompt opening gains on the Nasdaq Composite.
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COMMODITIES Oil selling abates ahead of US inventories The wave of selling in the oil market, which has seen crude futures slide 8 per cent in the last two sessions, abated ahead of inventory data from the US due on Wednesday.
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Asian business
Reliance tests India's regulators When India became independent in 1947, the country proclaimed "self-reliance" as its model of development. Self-reliance proved a dud; so in 1991 India embarked on economic liberalisation. Or, as the wits maintain, India's new growth model is now simply Reliance. Oct 20 2003 | Read
More co-ordination among member states would prevent unwelcome rulings, writes Fritz Bolkestein, European commissioner for the internal market, customs and taxation.
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Like prime minsters before him, Tony Blair has exerted himself far beyond any discernible necessity, writes Gerald Kaufman, Labour MP and former adviser to Harold Wilson.
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Corporate jungle may claim another victim It may be too early to put them on the endangered species list, but chief operating officers are a breed that, like frogs and songbirds, you just don't see as often as you once did. 19:05 | Read
Target hopes to turn heads off the catwalk The US discount chain has enlisted Isaac Mizrahi, the flamboyant couture designer, as it competes in the growing market for affordable chic. 18:30 | Read