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View an online version of this email here.  All times are London time: Thursday Mar 05 2009 Financial Times - UK Homepage Barclays questioned on funds Mar 05 2009 00:00 Lehman Brothers' US liquidators have asked Barclays to explain what happened to an estimated $3.3bn earmarked for bonuses and other liabilities that the UK bank received when it acquired part of the bankrupt Wall Street company last year Read more » China targets 8% growth despite crisis Mar 05 2009 02:09 Premier Wen Jiabao assured that China will achieve 8% growth this year despite a deepening financial crisis, setting out export support and spending programmes to shore up the economy Read more » US urged to take lead against recession Mar 04 2009 21:15 Addressing both houses on Capitol Hill, the prime minister pleaded with Congress to 'seize the moment' to lead the world in the fight against recession, global warming and protectionism Read more » Financial Times - US homepage Barclays questioned on funds Mar 05 2009 00:00 Lehman Brothers' US liquidators have asked Barclays to explain what happened to an estimated $3.3bn earmarked for bonuses and other liabilities that the UK bank received when it acquired part of the bankrupt Wall Street company last year Read more » China targets 8% growth despite crisis Mar 05 2009 02:09 Premier Wen Jiabao assured that China will achieve 8% growth this year despite a deepening financial crisis, setting out export support and spending programmes to shore up the economy Read more » Seven Merrill executives face bonus probe Mar 05 2009 00:36 New York's attorney-general has issued subpoenas calling on the executives, each of whom received a bonus of more than $10m for 2008, to give depositions concerning those payments Read more » Financial Times - Europe homepage Barclays questioned on funds Mar 05 2009 00:00 Lehman Brothers' US liquidators have asked Barclays to explain what happened to an estimated $3.3bn earmarked for bonuses and other liabilities that the UK bank received when it acquired part of the bankrupt Wall Street company last year Read more » China targets 8% growth despite crisis Mar 05 2009 02:09 Premier Wen Jiabao assured that China will achieve 8% growth this year despite a deepening financial crisis, setting out export support and spending programmes to shore up the economy Read more » US urged to take lead against recession Mar 04 2009 21:15 Addressing both houses on Capitol Hill, the prime minister pleaded with Congress to 'seize the moment' to lead the world in the fight against recession, global warming and protectionism Read more » Financial Times - Asia homepage China targets 8% growth despite crisis Mar 05 2009 02:09 Premier Wen Jiabao assured that China will achieve 8% growth this year despite a deepening financial crisis, setting out export support and spending programmes to shore up the economy Read more » Barclays questioned on funds Mar 05 2009 00:00 Lehman Brothers' US liquidators have asked Barclays to explain what happened to an estimated $3.3bn earmarked for bonuses and other liabilities that the UK bank received when it acquired part of the bankrupt Wall Street company last year Read more » Seven Merrill executives face bonus probe Mar 05 2009 00:36 New York's attorney-general has issued subpoenas calling on the executives, each of whom received a bonus of more than $10m for 2008, to give depositions concerning those payments Read more » FT.com - World China targets 8% growth despite crisis Mar 05 2009 02:09 Premier Wen Jiabao assured that China will achieve 8% growth this year despite a deepening financial crisis, setting out export support and spending programmes to shore up the economy Read more » Khartoum rejects warrant for Bashir Mar 04 2009 18:34 Sudan responded with defiance to an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for Omar al-Bashir, its president, over accusations he orchestrated a campaign of rape and murder in Darfur Read more » German engineers see exports plunge Mar 04 2009 22:17 Orders in January were 47 per cent down on a year earlier, offering the first indication of how Europe's largest economy performed at the start of this year Read more » Airline alliances at risk from antitrust move Mar 05 2009 00:53 Legislation forcing US airlines to abandon joint ventures with their transatlantic peers may be gaining momentum in Washington, just as carriers seek federal approval to build closer ties with foreign counterparts Read more » Storm hits Zardari over cricket attack Mar 04 2009 17:49 Asif Ali Zardari faced a political storm as opposition leaders, the nation's media and sportsmen castigated his government for failing to protect the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team from attack Read more » FT.com - Companies Barclays questioned on funds Mar 05 2009 00:00 Lehman Brothers' US liquidators have asked Barclays to explain what happened to an estimated $3.3bn earmarked for bonuses and other liabilities that the UK bank received when it acquired part of the bankrupt Wall Street company last year Read more » Ford to swap $10.4bn in debt for equity and cash Mar 05 2009 01:11 Ford Motor moved to bolster its liquidity and avoid a US government bailout by offering to swap up to $10.4bn in debt for equity and cash Read more » Seven Merrill executives face bonus probe Mar 05 2009 00:36 New York's attorney-general has issued subpoenas calling on the executives, each of whom received a bonus of more than $10m for 2008, to give depositions concerning those payments Read more » Airline alliances at risk from antitrust move Mar 05 2009 00:53 Legislation forcing US airlines to abandon joint ventures with their transatlantic peers may be gaining momentum in Washington, just as carriers seek federal approval to build closer ties with foreign counterparts Read more » Investors fear GE will lose triple A rating Mar 05 2009 00:26 General Electric's shares tumbled below $6, a level unseen since 1991, amid continued investor fears that the conglomerate could lose its triple A credit rating and make another equity issue Read more » FT.com - Financial Markets News Overview: Bargain hunting spurs recovery in equities Mar 04 2009 22:19 Global equities stage a solid rally as positive developments in China help encourage a wave of bargain hunting following the recent sell-off Read more » BG helps lift FTSE after two days of losses Mar 04 2009 20:59 BG Group was among the top performers on Wednesday as resources stocks led the FTSE 100's bounce from a six-year low Read more » Europe's shares rally on China stimulus hopes Mar 05 2009 01:09 ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, topped the French CAC 40 leaderboard on Wednesday on hopes that a fresh Chinese economic stimulus package would boost global steel demand Read more » Wall Street lifted by Chinese stimulus plans Mar 04 2009 22:04 General Electric, once the biggest company in the world by capitalisation, saw its share price dip to a low not seen since 1991 during an otherwise positive day on Wall Street Read more » Deleveraging lifts dollar to fresh highs Mar 04 2009 17:49 The dollar rose against a basket of currencies as concerns over the health of the global economy continued to drive investors towards US assets and the greenback Read more » FT.com - Comment and analysis Too long in the spaceship, Hank Mar 04 2009 20:03 Hank Greenberg, the former AIG chief executive, has chutzpah. Having presided for decades over a vast and impenetrable insurance company-cum-hedge fund that the American government has spent many billions of dollars bailing out, he feels hard done by, writes John Gapper Read more » Beware the risky business of résumé fraud Mar 04 2009 19:07 My moralistic soul is troubled by the fact that perpetrators often do the jobs they misappropriate rather well, writes Jonathan Guthrie Read more » A chance to remake the global financial system Mar 04 2009 19:11 International economic policy co-ordination should be conducted by the G20 not by the IMF, which has failed miserably, writes Paul Keating Read more » Japan harks back to an age of innocence Mar 04 2009 19:37 The economic crisis has invited a re-evaluation of Japan's postwar – if not post-Meiji – record in at least three main spheres, writes David Pilling Read more » Look for onshore, not offshore scapegoats Mar 04 2009 22:09 Admitting that the crisis was a failure of domestic regulation implies that those in power were out to lunch as the largest financial crash was brewing, writes Avinash Persaud Read more » FT.com - Business Life Corporate art's new realism Mar 04 2009 19:51 As non-core assets, paintings are coming under the scrutiny of the finance director 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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