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EU mulls new loans to Greece to buy back bonds
29 Jan 2011
The European Commission yesterday said it is considering a new loan from the European Financial Stability Facility to Greece to help the country tide over the financial crisis
UK frauds cost £38-bn a year
29 Jan 2011
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US economy back in the black, says Geithner
28 Jan 2011
At current dollar value of GDP, the US economy was worth about $14.9 trillion in the three months ended December 2010
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Chinese espionage and French trade secrets
24 Jan 2011
The Chinese are well-known perpetrators of industrial espionage and have been caught before in France, but the details that have emerged so far about the Renault operation differ from the usual Chinese method of operation. By Sean Noonan. Republished with permission of STRATFOR
IMF approves $30-bn credit line for Poland
24 Jan 2011
India-EU FTA likely by April: Smadja
22 Jan 2011
UK petrol price up at the highest in 10 years
21 Jan 2011
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UK City leaders must rebuild trust, restore the City's 'licence to operate'
20 Jan 2011
Bankers' bonuses have burst out from the business pages of UK newspapers, and are headline news. The bonus round exposes a deep and raw nerve in British society, says Tony Manwaring, chief executive of the UK-based business-led non-profit Tomorrow's Company that works towards creating synergies between businesses, societies and environmental sustainability
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China's economy grows at 10.3 per cent in 2010
20 Jan 2011
The fastest pace of growth since the onset of the global financial crisis has helped the country overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy behind the US, with a GDP of $6.05 trillion
UK entrepreneurs shy away from BRICs: Deloitte
20 Jan 2011
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World Bank predicts lower growth this year than in 2010
19 Jan 2011
The bank in its Global Economic Prospects 2010, said the global growth is expected to be lower at 3.3 per cent in 2011, before picking up to 3.6 per cent in 2012
China home prices up 0.3 per cent in December
17 Jan 2011
Germany wary of increasing the EU rescue fund
17 Jan 2011
EU to consider boosting rescue fund
15 Jan 2011
Brazil flood disaster toll approaches 500
14 Jan 2011
German economy rebounds as Europe struggles
13 Jan 2011
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