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View an online version of this email here.  All times are London time: Wednesday Feb 25 2009 Financial Times - UK Homepage Darling in tense talks with banks Feb 25 2009 00:06 Two of Britain's biggest banks are engaged in last-minute haggling with the Treasury about the terms of a £500bn plan to insure toxic assets Read more » Iceland scraps threat to UK over asset freeze Feb 24 2009 23:14 Iceland's new government has dropped plans to take the UK government to the European Court of Human Rights over its use of anti-terror laws to freeze Icelandic assets Read more » Obama promises full force financial fix Feb 25 2009 01:34 Barack Obama was poised to set out his vision for economic recovery in his first address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night, promising that the US would emerge from the crisis stronger than before. Read more » Financial Times - US homepage Obama promises full force financial fix Feb 25 2009 01:34 Barack Obama was poised to set out his vision for economic recovery in his first address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night, promising that the US would emerge from the crisis stronger than before. Read more » Bernanke calms nationalisation fears Feb 25 2009 00:40 Stress tests of big US banks that start this week are not likely to lead to any of them being seized by regulators and nationalised outright, Ben Bernanke told Congress during testimony Read more » Merrill hit by unseen $500m charge Feb 25 2009 00:27 Ineffective internal controls at Merrill Lynch caused the firm to understate its 2008 losses by more than $500m, the investment bank said in its annual report Read more » Financial Times - Europe homepage Obama promises full force financial fix Feb 25 2009 01:34 Barack Obama was poised to set out his vision for economic recovery in his first address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night, promising that the US would emerge from the crisis stronger than before. Read more » Iceland scraps threat to UK over asset freeze Feb 24 2009 23:14 Iceland's new government has dropped plans to take the UK government to the European Court of Human Rights over its use of anti-terror laws to freeze Icelandic assets Read more » EDF and Enel in Italian nuclear venture Feb 24 2009 18:16 France's EDF and Enel of Italy set out an agreement aimed at building Italy's first four nuclear power plants since a nationwide referendum froze the nuclear industry in 1987 in the wake of Ukraine's Chernobyl accident Read more » Financial Times - Asia homepage Obama promises full force financial fix Feb 25 2009 01:34 Barack Obama was poised to set out his vision for economic recovery in his first address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night, promising that the US would emerge from the crisis stronger than before. Read more » Tokyo eyes shares to prop up market Feb 25 2009 03:26 Japan's government is considering the move in a desperate attempt to prevent tumbling equity prices from inflicting further pain on its fragile economy Read more » Bernanke calms nationalisation fears Feb 25 2009 00:40 Stress tests of big US banks that start this week are not likely to lead to any of them being seized by regulators and nationalised outright, Ben Bernanke told Congress during testimony Read more » FT.com - World Bernanke calms nationalisation fears Feb 25 2009 00:40 Stress tests of big US banks that start this week are not likely to lead to any of them being seized by regulators and nationalised outright, Ben Bernanke told Congress during testimony Read more » Darling in tense talks with banks Feb 25 2009 00:06 Two of Britain's biggest banks are engaged in last-minute haggling with the Treasury about the terms of a £500bn plan to insure toxic assets Read more » Tokyo eyes shares to prop up market Feb 25 2009 03:26 Japan's government is considering the move in a desperate attempt to prevent tumbling equity prices from inflicting further pain on its fragile economy Read more » Karzai prepares ground for snap election Feb 24 2009 22:17 The Afghan president is threatening to call an election as early as April 21 in a high-stakes gamble he hopes will wrong-foot political opponents Read more » Iceland scraps threat to UK over asset freeze Feb 24 2009 23:14 Iceland's new government has dropped plans to take the UK government to the European Court of Human Rights over its use of anti-terror laws to freeze Icelandic assets Read more » FT.com - Companies Citi close to deal with Treasury Feb 24 2009 23:52 Citigroup and the US Treasury are nearing agreement on a deal that would give the federal government a stake of about 40 per cent in the troubled bank in exchange for bolstering its depleted capital base Read more » Ford chiefs to accept 30% salary cuts Feb 25 2009 00:51 Bill Ford, chairman of Ford, and Alan Mulally, the Detroit carmaker's chief executive, have agreed to cut their salaries by 30 per cent this year and next as part of a drive to show that the company's senior ranks are sharing in the sacrifices demanded from lower-level workers Read more » Merrill hit by unseen $500m charge Feb 25 2009 00:27 Ineffective internal controls at Merrill Lynch caused the firm to understate its 2008 losses by more than $500m, the investment bank said in its annual report Read more » GE denies unit needs more cash to cover debt Feb 25 2009 00:35 GE said a recent $9.5bn equity infusion into the conglomerate's GE Capital unit would cover its obligations should the finance arm trip a fixed-charge covenant on its debt, disputing an analyst's suggestion that the division may need more cash Read more » Anti-fraud officers raid Anglo Irish Dublin HQ Feb 24 2009 22:23 Irish anti-fraud officers raided the Dublin headquarters of the bank as part of an investigation into alleged breaches of company law Read more » FT.com - Financial Markets News Overview: Wall Street rebounds after Bernanke remarks Feb 24 2009 19:14 US stocks manage a tentative rebound from the previous session's 12-year lows but European and Asian counterparts continue to slide Read more » Wall St rallies on Bernanke comments Feb 24 2009 21:40 US stocks rallied, lifting the S&P 500 from its previous close at its lowest level since 1997, in spite of poor economic data, some disappointing company earnings and mixed comments from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke Read more » Nobel Biocare defies sliding Eurofirst Feb 24 2009 20:46 The dental implants maker rose against a falling European market on Tuesday on rumours that a large company was priming a bid for the Swiss firm Read more » Insurers lead FTSE 100 lower Feb 24 2009 20:44 Tui Travel was out of favour on Tuesday as hopes faded of a bid for the tour operator. The wider London market meanwhile saw falls across asset classes Read more » Tokyo eyes shares to prop up market Feb 25 2009 03:26 Japan's government is considering the move in a desperate attempt to prevent tumbling equity prices from inflicting further pain on its fragile economy Read more » FT.com - Comment and analysis What Obama should tell leaders of the Group of 20 Feb 24 2009 20:10 The London summit of 1933 marked the moment at which co-operative efforts to manage the Great Depression collapsed. The summit of the Group of 20 countries, which will be held in the same city on April 2, must turn out quite differently, writes Martin Wolf Read more » Greenspan could have found cure at pharmacy Feb 24 2009 19:44 Where Alan Greenspan went wrong. His memoirs have proved that his skills were in politics rather than in economics, writes John Kay Read more » How bank bonuses let us all down Feb 24 2009 19:53 Bonuses do the exact opposite to that intended and are the reason banks have never made money. The solution is to nationalise the utility part of banking, writes Nassim Nicholas Taleb Read more » Small business is vital in rebuilding economies Feb 24 2009 19:57 As world leaders devise massive stimulus plans and bail out entire industries, they have lost sight of the role of small business in creating jobs, writes Georgette Mosbacher Read more » Banks must clean balance sheets and rebuild Feb 24 2009 20:01 Any recovery plan for the economy must be based on stable, soundly managed banks that fulfil their core functions, writes Alistair Darling Read more » FT.com - Business Life A bright idea for India Feb 24 2009 22:42 One man's dream has brought solar power to people living in rural areas Read more » Fired up to succeed in ceramics Feb 24 2009 22:42 The co-owners of Emma Bridgewater see the recession as a chance to boost sales of their reassuringly English products Read more » Brands tap into old and new values Feb 24 2009 22:42 Well-known names are focusing on the personal and familiar to offer comfort Read more » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up for this briefing on FT.com Manage subscriptions | Unsubscribe | Change your email address Change whether you receive this email as HTML or plain text | Forward this email to a friend Privacy policy | Advertise | Contact © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. 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