Ricin found in letter to Obama

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• Ricin found in letter to Obama
• IMF warns on risks of excessive easing
• North Korea rejects US call for talks
• Smokers turning more to illicit tobacco
• France relaxes deficit targets
• A conclusion of unThatcherite pageantry
• Energy no cleaner despite renewables boom
• Harvard duo defend case for austerity
• Yen’s decline hits cost of power in Japan
• Russia slowdown challenges liberal wisdom

Ricin found in letter to Obama Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:24 AM PDT Poisoned letter sent to US president follows the seizure of suspicious mail sent this week to Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican senator

IMF warns on risks of excessive easing Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:12 AM PDT Fund raises concerns of a potential shift to a 'more chronic phase' with bouts of financial instability, without more policy reform

North Korea rejects US call for talks Posted: 16 Apr 2013 08:34 PM PDT Pyongyang says that it is not opposed to taking part in negotiations but will not talk to 'the party brandishing a nuclear stick'

Smokers turning more to illicit tobacco Posted: 17 Apr 2013 11:53 AM PDT The number of cigarettes smoked in the UK that have not had duty paid on them leapt nearly two-thirds in 2012, according to a report by KPMG

France relaxes deficit targets Posted: 17 Apr 2013 05:47 AM PDT Paris says it will reduce the budget deficit to 2.9% of GDP next year, after missing the original 3% target for this year by a significant margin

A conclusion of unThatcherite pageantry Posted: 17 Apr 2013 08:26 AM PDT Thatcher was given a funeral of a dignity not seen since the Queen Mother's death and, royalty aside, since Sir Winston Churchill in 1965

Energy no cleaner despite renewables boom Posted: 17 Apr 2013 05:56 AM PDT Progress on types of technologies that could save energy and cut the carbon dioxide emissions blamed for global warming is slow, says IEA report

Harvard duo defend case for austerity Posted: 17 Apr 2013 04:44 AM PDT Rogoff and Reinhart said they would review criticisms but argued there was consensus on the basic conclusion of higher debt leading to slower growth

Yen’s decline hits cost of power in Japan Posted: 17 Apr 2013 04:37 AM PDT A new estimate of the fast-rising cost to Japan of importing foreign oil and gas has highlighted the downside of a weaker currency

Russia slowdown challenges liberal wisdom Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:48 AM PDT Conservative statists blame the ultra-liberal economic policies that have been the hallmark of Vladimir Putin's rule for Russia's slowing growth

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