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...This is Peppa Pig’s chance to jump in puddles with ET....
...(Asharq Al-Awsat) Video of the day Do board quotas work? The number of women on company boards has hit the 25 per cent target in the UK....
...(FT) Video of the day Martin Wolf on Grexit The Greek state is running out of cash and there may be no rescue this time. Martin Wolf talks about what happens in the case of a default....
...Good morning New York, FT ALPHAVILLE Naming and shaming in Japan: David notes another angry reflection of how important rising wages are to Abenomics’ success and how irritated Abe et al are at those big...
...will test investor hopes for a pick-up in the U.S. and global economies… Bulls are hoping to see evidence of an economic rebound in the United States in this week’s busy calendar of data that includes the...
...(Reuters, Al Jazeera — breaking at pixel) “Fidelity Investments, the nation’s largest money market mutual fund manager, has sold all of its short-term U.S. government debt — the latest sign that investors...
...While the black taffeta evening gowns and sturdy looking peacoats on Karlie Kloss et al shouted winter, the models’ peachy complexions were all spring – try Bobbi Brown’s Sheer Color Cheek Tint in Sheer...
...The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being in Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be, by Moisés Naím, Basic Books, RRP£18.99/$27.99 Who is in charge?...
...maritime solution US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Chinese President Hu Jintao today on a mission aimed partly at prevailing on China and Southeast Asian nations to use diplomacy instead of...
...Prices for steel are falling, demand is poor, loans are hard to come by, and no relief is in sight. http://on.ft.com/ThtTtG Clinton brings to Beijing plea for maritime solution US Secretary of State Hillary...
...United States v Apple, Inc et al is more than a US Justice department antitrust action against publishers allegedly colluding on ebook prices....
...IHS Jane’s analysts said they believe China will spend $120bn on defence this year and that will grow to $238bn in 2015 – a combined annual increase of 18.75 per cent and more than the joint total of Nato...
...his 33-year rule before leaving Yemen for the United States on Sunday, paving the way for a transfer of power after a year of unrest, Reuters reports. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/22/us-yemen-idUSTRE80L0AS20120122...
...Mass anti-Assad protest in Homs as monitors visit Tens of thousands of Syrians have taken to the streets in the flashpoint city of Homs to rally against President Bashar al-Assad and plead for newly-arrived...
...uprising against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the FT reports....
...countries and oil-rich Gulf states of hatching a plot to implement a “Libyan scenario” in Syria and bring down the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the FT reports. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/273d7bde-3d44-11e1...
...DJIA down -1.13% at 11,771 S&P 500 down -1.68% at 1,216 Bovespa unchanged 0.00% at 56,989 Asia Nikkei 225 down -1.23% at 8,375 Topix down -1.06% at 719.98 Hang Seng down -1.73% at 18,491 Shanghai Composite...
...up +0.32% at 756.49 Hang Seng unchanged 0.00% at 18,011 Shanghai Composite down -0.83% at 2,372 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.18% at 448.02 S&P CNX Nifty Index down -0.57% at 4,918 Currencies €/$ 1.36 (1.35...
...Sheikh Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa, chief executive of the Economic Development Board, says “a significant portion of the GCC funds” have arrived in the past few weeks, referring to the first elements...
...CFM International, one of the world’s major aircraft engine makers, is a joint venture between Snecma — a subsidiary of Safran Group of France — and General Electric of the United States....
...feared that Islamabad would have warned Osama bin Laden of the US operation that killed the al-Qaeda leader, the FT reports....
...that killed the al-Qaeda leader, the FT reports....
...US ‘protectionist’ tone triggers disquiet in India A delegation of Indian IT companies will visit the United States next week to raise their concerns over what they fear are protectionist measures that could...
...complaint against Trevor Cook, Pat Kiley et al....
...The overall losses in Europe follow heavy falls in Asia. Exporters in Tokyo were lower as the relative safe-haven appeal of the yen boosted the currency against the dollar....
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