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View an online version of this email here.  All times are London time: Wednesday Apr 01 2009 Financial Times - UK Homepage Aso lays bare G20 split on downturn Mar 31 2009 23:40 Taro Aso has dismissed Angela Merkel's warnings about the risks of excessive public spending in the global downturn, saying Germany has failed to understand why strong fiscal action is vital for recovery Read more » London braced for G20 onslaught Mar 31 2009 18:55 Businesses in the heart of the Square Mile financial district went into a pre-summit lockdown as thousands of protesters were expected to converge on the City, where they will march on the Bank of England Read more » India's economy better bet than China Mar 31 2009 23:20 Democracies have a far better chance of sustaining economic reform than one party states Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, has told the Financial Times in a rare top-level assertion of his country over neighbouring China Read more » Financial Times - US homepage Henderson calls for 'reinvented' GM Mar 31 2009 20:38 General Motors is set to close more car plants, lay off more workers and speed up consolidation of its dealer network as part of its response to the US government's demand for faster and deeper restructuring Read more » London braces for G20 onslaught Mar 31 2009 18:55 Businesses in the heart of the Square Mile, London's financial district, went into a pre-summit lockdown as thousands of anti-G20 protesters are expected to converge on the City, where they will march on the Bank of England Read more » Obama faces lonely struggle Mar 31 2009 19:46 Barack Obama enters his first real moment of global diplomacy in London with a paradox: he is the most popular US president in a generation but you would have to go back more than two generations to find one with fewer cards to play Read more » Financial Times - Europe homepage Aso lays bare G20 split on downturn Mar 31 2009 23:40 Taro Aso has dismissed Angela Merkel's warnings about the risks of excessive public spending in the global downturn, saying Germany has failed to understand why strong fiscal action is vital for recovery Read more » London braced for G20 onslaught Mar 31 2009 18:55 Businesses in the heart of the Square Mile financial district went into a pre-summit lockdown as thousands of protesters were expected to converge on the City, where they will march on the Bank of England Read more » Call for urgent Ukraine reform Mar 31 2009 22:50 Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine's president, called for urgent economic and political reforms in response to a huge drop in the country's output Read more » Financial Times - Asia homepage Aso lays bare G20 split on downturn Mar 31 2009 23:40 Taro Aso has dismissed Angela Merkel's warnings about the risks of excessive public spending in the global downturn, saying Germany has failed to understand why strong fiscal action is vital for recovery Read more » India's economy better bet than China Mar 31 2009 23:20 Democracies have a far better chance of sustaining economic reform than one party states Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, has told the Financial Times in a rare top-level assertion of his country over neighbouring China Read more » London braced for G20 onslaught Mar 31 2009 18:55 Businesses in the heart of the Square Mile financial district went into a pre-summit lockdown as thousands of protesters were expected to converge on the City, where they will march on the Bank of England Read more » FT.com - World Aso lays bare G20 split on downturn Mar 31 2009 23:40 Taro Aso has dismissed Angela Merkel's warnings about the risks of excessive public spending in the global downturn, saying Germany has failed to understand why strong fiscal action is vital for recovery Read more » India's economy better bet than China Mar 31 2009 23:20 Democracies have a far better chance of sustaining economic reform than one party states Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, has told the Financial Times in a rare top-level assertion of his country over neighbouring China Read more » London braced for G20 onslaught Mar 31 2009 18:55 Businesses in the heart of the Square Mile financial district went into a pre-summit lockdown as thousands of protesters were expected to converge on the City, where they will march on the Bank of England Read more » 'Tarp cop' launches probes into bail-out fraud Mar 31 2009 21:30 US authorities have launched more than a dozen criminal investigations into possible fraud involving bank bail-out funds, the special inspector-general for the troubled assets relief programme told Congress Read more » Obama faces lonely struggle Mar 31 2009 19:46 Barack Obama's first real global diplomatic moment begins with a paradox: he is the most popular US president in a generation, but you would have to go back more than two generations to find one with fewer cards to play Read more » FT.com - Companies Henderson calls for 'reinvented' GM Mar 31 2009 20:38 General Motors is set to close more car plants, lay off more workers and speed up consolidation of its dealer network as part of its response to the US government's demand for faster and deeper restructuring Read more » GM seeks £600m aid for Vauxhall, union claims Mar 31 2009 22:52 General Motors has confirmed it had spoken to the UK government, but denied it had made a specific financial request Read more » Google poised for venture capital launch Mar 31 2009 19:23 Google unveiled plans to join leading venture capital firms that dominate the Silicon Valley region's thriving start-up business, committing to invest $100m in its first year Read more » Sun-Times files for Chapter 11 Mar 31 2009 18:22 The Sun-Times Media Group, publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and 58 smaller newspapers in the Chicago suburbs, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Read more » M&S's Rose shrugs off investor unrest Mar 31 2009 15:15 Shares in the UK retailer rose 12 per cent after it reported a better-than-expected trading performance, offering Sir Stuart some respite from investor concerns about trading, his role as executive chairman and succession planning at the retailer Read more » FT.com - Financial Markets News Overview: Risk appetite returns in spite of gloom Mar 31 2009 22:26 A more optimistic mood comes despite worse than expected data in the US on house prices and generally downcast reports on the world's economy Read more » Wall Street financials bounce back Mar 31 2009 22:19 Wall Street rallied, taking the benchmark S&P 500 index to its best month since 2002 as buyers eyed bargains after Monday's heavy sell-offs Read more » Retailers stand out as FTSE rebounds Mar 31 2009 23:21 Marks & Spencer was the stand out gainer on the FTSE 100, as London's equities market rebounded from the previous session's sharp sell off Read more » Euro advances in spite of downbeat data Mar 31 2009 18:38 The euro advanced as trading was dominated by rebalancing flows ahead of the month end Read more » USDA predicts fall in crop sowings Mar 31 2009 19:05 The expected 2.8% drop to 246m acres breaks a string of four years of cropland increases and the decline in acreage is likely to lift food prices Read more » FT.com - Comment and analysis Why G20 leaders will fail to deal with the big challenge Mar 31 2009 19:10 The G20 summit is dealing with the short-term symptoms of chronic global excess. The world economy cannot be safely balanced by a small number of countries spending themselves into bankruptcy. Finding a longer-term cure for the illness still lies ahead, writes Martin Wolf Read more » From the fat cats to long tails: when all is not normal Mar 31 2009 19:35 Extreme adverse events happen much more often than they are supposed to in the world of classical statistics. This explains why it is so damaging to be out of the market even for a few days, if they happen to be the wrong days, writes John Kay Read more » Britain is not a regulatory island Mar 31 2009 19:52 The UK has resisted any processes that would curtail its sovereignty or independence. This may not be in its interest, writes Callum McCarthy Read more » Asia is the victim if the bond bubble bursts Mar 31 2009 20:00 If a guarantee scheme were created, Asian savers might invest directly in capital-hungry US industries, writes Yu Qiao Read more » FT.com - Business Life Accidental entrepreneurs Mar 31 2009 22:31 Some have found success after never imagining they would start a business Read more » A scientist's place in the sun Mar 31 2009 22:31 Nikolaus Meyer quit academia to launch a thin-film solar technology company 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. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. 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