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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

US tyremaker drives over French pride

US tyremaker drives over French pride


US tyremaker drives over French pride

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:19 AM PST

Maurice Taylor, the head of Titan, paints France as a country struggling with low productivity and being unable to deal with its strong and 'crazy' unions

Bumi rivals prepare for presidential battle

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 07:26 AM PST

Behind the corporate tussle for control of troubled coal miner Bumi plc lies an even more keenly watched fight – for the presidency of Indonesia itself

Russia’s missing billions revealed

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:31 AM PST

Country's central bank governor has lifted the lid on $49bn in illegal capital flight – over half of which, he says, is controlled by a 'well-organised group'

ECB faces US pressure over Iran

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:24 AM PST

The legislation aims to close loopholes to earlier financial sanctions imposed on Iran over the past 18 months to slow its nuclear programme

West lacks will to arm Syrian rebels

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:50 AM PST

The question is whether the cataclysmic destruction of Syria has changed the calculus of what is prudent and realistic

Rajoy says Spain’s deficit fell below 7%

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 09:56 AM PST

Prime minister insists austerity measures are working despite pain inflicted on Spaniards and claims that the country is gradually emerging from downturn

Vatican reaches out in Latin America

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 07:21 AM PST

Latin America accounts for some 40% of the world's 1.2bn Catholics, yet spiritual the 'market share' is less than it appears, which has forced the Church to act

Bulgaria PM to step down amid protests

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 02:48 AM PST

Pledge by Boyko Borisov to cut electricity prices fails to quell anti-government protests that have already claimed the scalp of the finance minister

Currency crisis hits Egypt’s wheat supply

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:12 AM PST

Grain traders shipping wheat to Egypt said Cairo had cut back on its overseas purchases as the Egyptian pound plunged against the US dollar

BP and oil-spill states prepare to fight

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 07:59 AM PST

Trial to assess BP's liability for civil penalties and environmental damages following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster is set to start in New Orleans next week

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