News review

View an online version of this email here.  All times are London time: Friday May 22 2009 The week in review May 15 - 21 2009 The most read stories from the past week. WORLD 1. Brazil and China eye plan to axe dollar 2. California voters strike down tax measures 3. Australia in race for biggest solar plant 4. S&P warns UK over high debt level 5. India poll triumph is mandate for change 6. Revival hopes push down dollar 7. Martin resigns as Commons speaker 8. Tokyo divines hope in record output decline 9. Sri Lanka confirms Tamil leader dead 10. Sting operation foils New York terror plot COMPANIES 1. Funds move to halt Chrysler restructuring 2. Google drops idea to buy newspaper 3. UK looks towards sale of bank stakes 4. BofA seeks to repay $45bn by end of year 5. Investors rebel over Shell executive pay 6. Smaller US banks need additional $24bn 7. Lehman seeks probe into sale to Barclays 8. Dimon rails against foreign worker rules 9. Siemens chief sees surge from Germany 10. Opel to receive €1.5bn in bridge loans MARKETS 1. Dollar and yen suffer as optimism returns 2. Fed forecast sours Wall Street mood 3. Miners dragged lower on iron ore price fears 4. Indian markets surge on Congress victory 5. Icap falls sharply as chief cuts stake 6. US stocks rally on retail hopes 7. Wall Street slumps on economic fears 8. Praise for HSBC dislodges writedown concerns 9. Pound fights back from early weakness 10. Private GM bondholders face large losses 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. The Financial Times Limited, registered in England and Wales number 227590. Registered office: Number One Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HL. VAT number GB 278 5371 21.