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05/11/2008 10:03 PMGermany urges higher EU food import standards Germany believes China, India and the US should be forced to adopt higher environmental and health standards if they want to export food products to the European Union, says Horst Seehofer, Germany's farm minister
05/11/2008 07:00 PMShell and Repsol drop Iran gas project Pair's withdrawal from the $10bn-plus development deals heavy blow a blow to Tehran's attempts to expand its energy exports in the face of US and international sanctions
05/11/2008 10:03 PMShipping rates near record levels A combination of port delays, strong demand and ship shortages last week sent bulk shipping rates back close to record levels
05/11/2008 10:03 PMM Stanley fund to tap Asian growth Bank to unveil $4bn private equity fund dedicated to infrastructure projects – the latest move by a fund manager into countries that have not been affected by the financial crisis
05/11/2008 10:06 PMCapital market deals raise $20bn Banks and companies raised $20bn on the world's equity capital markets last week in a sign of growing confidence among investors that the worst of the financial crisis may be over
05/11/2008 10:03 PMCentral bankers help drive bond rally Central bank interventions helped drive a sharp rally in bonds backed by good-quality mortgages although conditions are not strong enough to boost new mortgage lending
05/11/2008 10:06 PMSocGen braced for inquiry results France's second-biggest bank is set to be severely criticised in an independent report into the €50bn ($77bn) rogue trading scandal
05/10/2008 04:32 PMTsvangirai to contest Zimbabwe run-off Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader, sought to reclaim the initiative in his country's political crisis, saying he would return to his homeland to contest a run-off election against President Robert Mugabe
05/09/2008 06:49 PMOil and corn hit record high Crude oil and corn prices surged to record highs as the world's hunger for fuels continued to convulse the energy and agriculture markets
05/09/2008 11:12 PMBurma defies calls to let aid workers in Burma's ruling junta is locked in a stand-off with the international community after barring foreign aid workers from the cyclone relief effort
05/09/2008 06:33 PMMicrosoft to appeal against EC fine Microsoft said it would appeal against the record-breaking $1.4bn fine imposed by Brussels two months ago
05/09/2008 06:49 PMCiti looks to slash $15bn off cost base Plans to shed up to $500bn of unwanted assets and slash some $15bn off its cost base, in an effort to kick-start profit growth, underline the investment bank's challenge in bouncing back from the credit crisis
05/10/2008 08:35 PMMurdoch drops $580m Newsday bid News Corp dropped its $580m bid for Tribune's Newsday newspaper, just days after Rupert Murdoch said a deal was imminent, leaving cable TV operator Cablevision as the likely winner of the Long Island daily
05/09/2008 07:07 PMFerrovial to inject £400m into BAA Ferrovial and its partners have agreed to inject £400m ($780m) into BAA to try to stop £4.5bn in bonds being downgraded to 'junk' status
05/10/2008 12:35 AMReality check for Endemol lenders Six banks face potential losses of up to €400m after they try to refinance a €2.6bn debt package taken on for the game show producer's takeover last summer
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