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Rise in US private sector jobs raises hope

9 hours 7 min ago
The US shed 54,000 jobs in August as the government dismissed more temporary census workers, but a rise in private sector employment offered hope that the economy could fend off a second recession

Investors buoyed by better US jobs data

9 hours 8 min ago
Traders are piling into risky bets after a better than expected US labour market report reinforced hopes that the US economy can avoid sliding back into recession.

France and UK seek ‘deliverable’ defence savings

9 hours 54 min ago
France and Britain have stepped up their talks about strengthening bilateral defence co-operation but ruled out the idea of sharing aircraft carriers as ‘utterly unrealistic’

China and US stage Yellow Sea wargames

10 hours 2 min ago
China and the US stage near-simultaneous naval exercises this week in the oceans around the Yellow Sea in one of the most open displays of the rising competition between the two rival forces in north Asia

Fears grow over global food supply

11 hours 29 min ago
Wheat prices have risen further in the wake of Russia’s decision to extend its grain export ban by 12 months, raising fears about a return to the food shortages and riots of 2007-08

Weak service data add to slowdown fears

12 hours 32 min ago
Service sector activity grew at the weakest pace in 16 months in August, heightening fears that the economy is beginning to stall

BP disaster costs rise to $8bn

14 hours 40 min ago
The oil group said the costs associated with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have risen by $2bn in the last month to $8bn and that it expected the relief well currently under construction to be completed by mid-September

HSBC in clearest warning over relocation

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 22:34
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

Lenders shunned on stress tests doubts

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 22:00
Leading UK and continental European companies eschewing banks from Spain, Italy and even Germany because they do not believe the Europe-wide assessments gave a true picture of their financial health

Trichet raises eurozone growth forecast

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 13:45
Official borrowing costs in the eurozone have been left at record lows for the 16th consecutive month as the European Central Bank sticks to its cautious stance on the region’s economic prospects

Rally pauses as traders revisit mixed data

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 13:30
European bourses are treading water as traders take a more critical view of the previous session, which saw US and China factory data power a move into risk

Foreign companies ‘losing out’ in China

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 12:24
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

Flaming Ferraris force recall of 458 Italia

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 12:15
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

RBS cuts further 3,500 jobs

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 11:27
Royal Bank of Scotland is axing another 3,500 jobs, taking to almost 27,000 the number of staff cut since Stephen Hester took over as chief executive of the troubled UK bank

UK house prices on downward trend

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 08:59
UK house prices fell in August for the second month in a row, marking the first back-to-back house price declines since February 2009, according to a closely watched index

Apple raises stakes in TV battle

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 00:13
The digital entertainment company made its most serious bid yet for the internet-connected television market, slashing the price and size of its AppleTV product by more than half

Obama makes big push on Mideast talks

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 22:52
The US president declared that ‘the hard work is only beginning’ after he held one-on-one meetings with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, as his administration embarked on its most concerted effort yet at brokering peace in the region

Supertax on bankers failed, says Darling

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 20:28
The former chancellor admitted that Britain’s levy on bonuses had failed to change banking behaviour over pay, as ‘imaginative’ financiers devised ways to avoid it

Rivals leave next Labour leader a conundrum

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 19:38
Blair and Brown may now have left the stage, but the argument between them has not been resolved, and whoever wins the party leadership cannot avoid it

Hague denies relationship with staff member

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 16:41
William Hague issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon rejecting rumours about his sexuality as a special adviser resigned over “untrue and malicious” allegations about the two men