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Gaza ceasefire plan gains support
Jan 07 2009 03:09
A ceasefire plan by Egypt emerged as the most favoured option for bringing an early end to the bloodshed in Gaza after a day in which at least 33 Palestinians died in the shelling of three United Nations-run schools Read more »
Darling in new alert on depth of recession
Jan 06 2009 23:50
Chancellor warns Britain was 'far from through' the recession, in a signal he will have to abandon the forecast that the recovery would start in the second half of 2009 Read more »
M&S to cut back food-only chain
Jan 06 2009 23:33
Underperforming Simply Food stores face axe as retailer tries to trim cost base Read more »
Financial Times - US homepage
Gaza ceasefire plan gains support
Jan 07 2009 03:09
A ceasefire plan by Egypt emerged as the most favoured option for bringing an early end to the bloodshed in Gaza after a day in which at least 33 Palestinians died in the shelling of three United Nations-run schools Read more »
Fed considers setting inflation target
Jan 06 2009 21:45
Minutes provide further insight into the December policy meeting at which officials cut its target interest rate to virtually zero and laid out its strategy for unconventional easing Read more »
Billionaire Merckle commits suicide
Jan 06 2009 19:10
Adolf Merckle, one of Germany's wealthiest men, committed suicide after weeks of talks with creditors designed to save his businesses from being consumed by disastrous investments and the global financial crisis Read more »
Financial Times - Europe homepage
Gaza ceasefire plan gains support
Jan 07 2009 03:09
A ceasefire plan by Egypt emerged as the most favoured option for bringing an early end to the bloodshed in Gaza after a day in which at least 33 Palestinians died in the shelling of three United Nations-run schools Read more »
Darling in new alert on depth of recession
Jan 06 2009 23:50
Chancellor warns Britain was 'far from through' the recession, in a signal he will have to abandon the forecast that the recovery would start in the second half of 2009 Read more »
Gas stand-off raises demand for change
Jan 06 2009 19:27
Freezing weather across Europe, with some countries suffering their coldest temperatures for decades, heightened fears of gas shortages Read more »
Financial Times - Asia homepage
Gaza ceasefire plan gains support
Jan 07 2009 03:09
A ceasefire plan by Egypt emerged as the most favoured option for bringing an early end to the bloodshed in Gaza after a day in which at least 33 Palestinians died in the shelling of three United Nations-run schools Read more »
Opec production cuts boost prices
Jan 06 2009 23:32
Oil prices rose above $50 a barrel amid a growing belief that the cartel is succeeding in delivering cuts in production Read more »
BofA sells China Construction Bank stake at discount
Jan 07 2009 02:32
Top U.S. lender Bank of America, raising cash to weather a dismal market at home, was selling a $2.83bn chunk of its holding in China Construction Bank at a 12 per cent discount Read more »
FT.com - World
Gaza ceasefire plan gains support
Jan 07 2009 03:09
A ceasefire plan by Egypt emerged as the most favoured option for bringing an early end to the bloodshed in Gaza after a day in which at least 33 Palestinians died in the shelling of three United Nations-run schools Read more »
Gas stand-off raises demand for change
Jan 06 2009 19:27
Freezing weather across Europe, with some countries suffering their coldest temperatures for decades, heightened fears of gas shortages Read more »
Obama warns of record $1,000bn deficit
Jan 06 2009 23:52
Barack Obama warned that this year's budget deficit could break through a record $1,000bn – more than double last year's shortfall – and remain above that level "for years to come" Read more »
Opec production cuts boost prices
Jan 06 2009 23:32
Oil prices rose above $50 a barrel amid a growing belief that the cartel is succeeding in delivering cuts in production Read more »
Fed considers setting inflation target
Jan 06 2009 21:45
Minutes provide further insight into the December policy meeting at which officials cut its target interest rate to virtually zero and laid out its strategy for unconventional easing Read more »
FT.com - Companies
Apple brings in variable pricing on iTunes
Jan 06 2009 19:02
Apple and the music industry have settled their biggest differences, with the iPod maker agreeing to allow variable pricing on its iTunes digital music store and the largest record labels dropping restrictions which prevented tracks from being copied Read more »
Alcoa to slash 13,500 jobs
Jan 06 2009 23:13
US aluminium group to cut 13% of workforce and reduce production in face of slowing orders Read more »
Merrill's financial advisers' loyalty questioned
Jan 07 2009 00:04
The surprise departure on Monday of Robert McCann, head of Merrill's financial advisers, is sending tremors through the group Read more »
BofA sells China Construction Bank stake at discount
Jan 07 2009 02:32
Top U.S. lender Bank of America, raising cash to weather a dismal market at home, was selling a $2.83bn chunk of its holding in China Construction Bank at a 12 per cent discount Read more »
Dow Chemical set to delay deal
Jan 06 2009 23:32
Dow Chemical is prepared to miss next week's deadline to clinch the $15bn takeover of Rohm & Haas in an effort to raise enough cash to complete the deal without taking on too much debt Read more »
FT.com - Financial Markets News
Overview: Equities push higher despite data gloom
Jan 06 2009 22:37
The tentative optimism that has pervaded financial markets showed little sign of abating Read more »
US stocks shrug off glum data
Jan 06 2009 22:43
Traditionally defensive stocks escaped a modest rally on Wall Street as investors shrugged off more glum economic data and dipped their toes into riskier sectors Read more »
Euro weakens as prices plunge
Jan 06 2009 22:45
The euro fell to three-week lows against the dollar and sterling on Tuesday as plummeting eurozone inflation raised expectations that the European Central Bank was set to cut interest rates in the region. Read more »
Turn of year brings Libor optimism
Jan 06 2009 19:01
Traders are betting on sharp declines in interbank lending rates over the next weeks and months Read more »
Governments test bond markets
Jan 06 2009 18:14
Germany and the US are raising $40bn in sovereign bonds to pay for stimulus programmes and bank bail-outs. Read more »
FT.com - Comment and analysis
Choices made in 2009 will shape the globe's destiny
Jan 06 2009 19:27
Some entertain hopes of restoring the globally unbalanced economic growth of the middle years of this decade. They are wrong. Our choice is between a better balanced world economy and disintegration. And it must be made this year, writes Martin Wolf Read more »
Do not tie the markets – free them
Jan 06 2009 18:45
We need to weaken labour, environmental, social, health and other 'standards' that block rational human activity, writes Vaclav Klaus Read more »
Another rate cut would be a big mistake
Jan 06 2009 19:37
If we wish to emerge with less damage sooner from this crisis, we need to allow the banks to make more profit, writes John Redwood Read more »
The battle of the oligarchs behind the gas dispute
Jan 06 2009 19:31
Ukraine and Russia tolerate, even encourage, use of the upper political echelons as instruments in business disputes , write Jérôme Guillet and John Evans Read more »
What Tesco knows and Woolies forgot
Jan 06 2009 19:34
The people who succeed in business are passionate about it. And, by the way, you can make a lot of money in the process, writes John Kay Read more »
FT.com - Business Life
A call to the masses
Jan 06 2009 20:31
Brian Richardson is using mobile phone technology to offer banking services to those left behind by traditional lenders Read more »
Words of advice for hard times
Jan 06 2009 20:31
Ben Goss's software company is helping financial institutions to dispense guidance Read more »
A taste for travel and piranha salad
Jan 06 2009 20:31
Faced with exotic food and lack of exercise, resourceful travellers can still keep healthy Read more »
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