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Sarkozy vows to loosen the 35-hour work week

Nicolas Sarkozy, the flagbearer of France’s Gaullist right, promised a ‘real economic revolution’ if he won the presidential elections in May by offering employees new tax incentives to earn more money by working longer hours.

Serbian poll clears way for EU rapprochement

Strong showing by Democrats welcomed

Credit Suisse plans $6.4bn share buyback

Follows sale of Winterthur to Axa

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US and EU edge towards world trade deal

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Model change: how Sweden is to shed its vast state holdings

Sweden

Reinfeldt’s centre-right government plans an ambitious disposal programme of the famed Swedish social security model, writes David Ibison. But he will have to proceed carefully to secure its future position.

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Anyone can become CEO of You Inc

John Gapper

There will be thousands of executives, bankers, politicians and tycoons in Davos this week. But the man who caught John Gapper’s eye is Roy Huffington, a former US ambassador to Austria.

Europe’s constitution may not be dead after all

Wolfgang Munchau

There is a reasonable chance that the EU may end up with a constitutional treaty before the end of the decade, Wolfgang Munchau. writes. The good news is that we are no longer living in the black-and-white world of a year ago: or nothing at all.

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Credit Suisse buyback

A further SFr8bn buyback over the next three years is a sign that Credit Suisse is keen to buy itself more time.

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An accident waiting to happen in Walter Mitty land

John Plender

In retail financial markets the search for yield has long been over. As the recent results of JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, Wells Fargo and others have shown, bad debts are creeping up, writes John Plender

A space weapons race is not the answer for America

US China Flags

China's recent test of an anti-satellite weapon that pulverised an old weather satellite was a big mistake, but it has not occurred in a vacuum and the US must not overreact, writes Michael O’Hanlon.


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