World leaders prepare for crunch talks over the global economy as the FTSE-100 fails to rally following its biggest one-day fall in two and a half years... more
World leaders must defuse currency tensions before they worsen to avoid repeating the mistakes of the Great Depression, the head of the World Bank said... more
A number of FTSE 100 chief executives are so worried Britain’s banks may be broken up into smaller, safer and better-managed units that they propose to give evidence to Sir John Vickers’ Independent Commission on Banking pleading for no change... more
China moved to try to avoid a major trade war with the United States after President Obama introduced higher tariffs on imports of Chinese-made tyres... more
EXCLUSIVE: Libyan doctors will be trained by the NHS in deal agreed by Cabinet ministers with Colonel Gaddafi's regime ahead of Lockerbie bomber's release... more
Lord Mandelson’s home was besieged by protesters angry at the closure of Britain’s only wind turbine factory, as the Business Secretary returns from holiday to run the country... more
They've known each other for years, so why did Nat Rothschild betray the shadow Tory chancellor? At stake for the former playboy turned hedge fund boss is a fistful of mega-deals with the controversial oligarch Oleg Deripaska
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The events of the last few days in Georgia have been shocking and disturbing. Hundreds have lost their lives and many more have been injured or forced to flee their homes... more
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