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09/02/2010 05:24 PM

Bernanke regrets reticence on Lehman

Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman, expressed regret for not being “more straightforward” with Congress in 2008 when he avoided saying that the central bank had no means to save Lehman Brothers.

09/02/2010 05:41 PM

Rally resumes after supportive US data

Traders are again adding to risky bets following a batch of supportive US data, though the mood is less ebullient than witnessed in Wednesday’s session

09/02/2010 07:30 PM

HP to buy 3Par as Dell pulls out of race

Hewlett-Packard appeared to have won the bidding battle for data storage technology company 3Par after Dell said on Thursday it would not raise its offer and was ending talks

09/02/2010 01:24 PM

Foreign companies ‘losing out’ in China

Foreign companies are losing market share in China across a broad range of industries because of discriminatory treatment by the government and regulators, according to the European Chamber of Commerce in China

09/02/2010 09:16 AM

RIM faces battle over content in Indonesia

Indonesia’s technology minister has taken his battle against pornography to the maker of BlackBerry smart phones, ordering the Canadian company to block digital content in one of its key Asian markets

09/02/2010 07:27 PM

Leaders promise ‘stable’ Mideast peace

Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged to achieve a “stable and enduring” peace as they began their first face-to-face talks for almost two years, amid general scepticism of their ability to reach a viable agreement

09/02/2010 05:00 PM

Leadership fight raises fear of DPJ break-up

Naoto Kan, Japan’s prime minister, and the contender for his job sought to portray each other as relics of the stagnant politics their Democratic party has vowed to transform when they squared off in a nationally televised debate

09/02/2010 12:48 PM

Gillard closer to forming government

Julia Gillard’s bid to continue as Australia’s prime minister gathers pace with an independent MP giving his backing after her opponent was found to have overstated potential budget savings

09/02/2010 03:28 PM

Pakistan withdraws allegation-hit cricketers

The Pakistan cricketers at the centre of the game’s corruption controversy are withdrawing from the remainder of the team’s England tour but insist they are innocent of any wrongdoing

09/02/2010 06:50 PM

Trichet raises eurozone growth forecast

The European Central Bank said eurozone growth this year would be much stronger than previously expected, but betrayed worries about the outlook by warning that its forecasts could prove over-optimistic and extending into 2011 the supply of emergency liquidity to the region’s banks

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