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Fears grow over food supply
posted on September 02, 2010 02:25:33 pm
Russia announced a 12-month extension of its grain export ban, raising fears about a return to the food shortages and riots of 2007-08 which spread through developing countries dependent on imports

Foreign companies ?losing out? in China
posted on September 02, 2010 08:24:04 am
Foreign companies are losing market share in China across a broad range of industries because of discriminatory treatment by the government and regulators, according to the European Chamber of Commerce in China

HSBC in clearest warning yet over relocation
posted on September 02, 2010 02:37:38 pm
Warning given over British banks moving their headquarters abroad if UK government-appointed Commission on Banking were to decide that big groups should be broken up

HP to buy 3Par as Dell pulls out of race
posted on September 02, 2010 02:30:14 pm
Hewlett-Packard appeared to have won the bidding battle for data storage technology company 3Par after Dell said on Thursday it would not raise its offer and was ending talks

Rally resumes after supportive US data
posted on September 02, 2010 02:37:50 pm
Traders are again adding to risky bets following a batch of supportive US data, but the mood is markedly less ebullient than witnessed during the previous session?s ?melt up?, when better-than-expected Chinese and American factory data powered a wholesale rush into stocks

Bernanke regrets reticence on Lehman
posted on September 02, 2010 12:24:02 pm
Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman, expressed regret for not being ?more straightforward? with Congress in 2008 when he avoided saying that the central bank had no means to save Lehman Brothers.

Trichet raises eurozone growth forecast
posted on September 02, 2010 01:50:47 pm
The European Central Bank said eurozone growth this year would be much stronger than previously expected, but betrayed worries about the outlook by warning that its forecasts could prove over-optimistic and extending into 2011 the supply of emergency liquidity to the region?s banks

Leaders promise ?stable? Mideast peace
posted on September 02, 2010 02:27:51 pm
Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged to achieve a ?stable and enduring? peace as they began their first face-to-face talks for almost two years, amid general scepticism of their ability to reach a viable agreement

Burger King approves 3G Capital?s bid
posted on September 02, 2010 01:52:06 pm
The board of Burger King has agreed for the Miami-based fast-food chain to be taken private for the second time in its history, after accepting a $4bn bid from 3G Capital

Flaming Ferraris force recall of 458 Italia
posted on September 02, 2010 08:15:32 am
A division of Italy?s Fiat group is recalling all 1,248 cars of the 458 Italia model after reports that five of the supercars caught fire because of glue in the wheel-arch leaking on to the exhaust