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$5bn bet on Las Vegas turns sour

25.03.09
Dubai's $5 billion punt on Las Vegas looks like an increasingly risky bet. This week a government investment firm began suing its American partner, as the economic downturn bites at the blackjack table.... more

US combat troops to pull out of Iraq by next year

27.02.09
President Barack Obama will announce combat operations in Iraq will end on 31 August 2010... more

Washington? This was more like Hollywood

21.01.09
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2012 funding fears as IT sponsor files for bankruptcy protection

14.01.09
Concerns over the sponsorship revenues for the London Olympics were heightened when 2012 commercial partner Nortel filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States... more

Obama: the victory speech

05.11.08
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'A new dawn of American leadership is at hand'

05.11.08
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Race for the White House ain’t over

29.10.08
With less than a week until Americans go to the polls, only a last-minute comeback can save John McCain... more

US celebrates but Soros slams rescue deal as ill-conceived

02.10.08
George Soros has denounced America's $700 billion bank bail out as "ill-conceived" despite relief across the world after US senators voted in favour of the deal... more

Obama is crowned candidate

28.08.08
Barack Obama made history as he became the first African-American to win the presidential nomination of a major US political party... more

The City superwoman and the hunt for little Snooks

31.07.08
The Standard reveals the extraordinary story of secrets and lies behind the abduction of the daughter of McKinsey high-flyer Sandra Boss by her ex-husband ... more

City executive fears for abducted daughter

30.07.08
American police deployed a spotter plane to try to find a yacht they fear is being used by a wealthy father who abducted his seven-year-old London-based daughter... more

Anheuser sues suitor InBev

09.07.08
Budweiser brewer is asking a Delaware court to block the company's £23.4 billion takeover bid... more

Boss of Yahoo 'against any bid'

03.06.08
Angry investors claim Yahoo founder and chief executive Jerry Yang had set himself against any bid before an offer was even made, court documents reveal... more

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