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| Mexican shakes up world rich list |
| Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn. |
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| US reports record budget deficit |
| The US government records a budget deficit of $221bn (£147.6bn) in February - the largest monthly deficit in its history. |
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| BA strike talks end without deal |
| Talks between British Airways and Unite aimed at averting strike action by cabin crew break down without agreement. |
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| UK snow insurance claims at £650m |
| Insurers paid out £650m from 335,000 claims made as a result of damage caused by the wintry weather in the UK. |
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| China denies World Cup sweatshop |
| A Shanghai company denies it used sweatshop labour to produce World Cup mascots, as Fifa suspends its manufacturing contract. |
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| China's exports see big increase |
| China's exports surged 46% in February, figures show, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade. |
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| Insurers 'face $7bn Chile bill' |
| The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates. |
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| Airlines offer to give up slots |
| British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia offer to give up take off and landing slots in London and New York, say EU watchdogs. |
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| EU rule change 'may cut red tape' |
| Small firms may be exempted from having to draw up and lodge annual accounts, after MEPs approve changes to European Union rules. |
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| China to build Sri Lanka airport |
| China is to lend Sri Lanka just under $200m to build a second international airport in the south of the island. |
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| German exports fall unexpectedly |
| German exports fell unexpectedly in January, with analysts saying that the cold weather that month was to blame. |
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| EMI names ex-ITV boss as chairman |
| Troubled record company EMI - whose artists include Coldplay - has named former ITV boss Charles Allen as its new chairman. |
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| Oil price fall hits Tullow profit |
| Oil firm Tullow says profits for 2009 fell by 93% but it is optimistic after major new discoveries in Uganda and Ghana. |
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| Cathay Pacific returns to profit |
| Cathay Pacific reports a return to full-year profit as cost cutting and bets on the price of fuel pay off. |
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| Photographer Annie Leibovitz snaps up debt rescue deal |
| Photographer Annie Leibovitz does a deal with Colony Capital to clear huge debts that meant she may have lost her library of famous pictures. |
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| Toyota rejects electronics fears |
| Toyota rejects claims that faulty electronics could be behind its worldwide recall of more than eight million cars. |
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| Car sales see continued recovery |
| UK car sales in February were up by 26.4% compared with the same month last year, industry figures show. |
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| Pompey axe 85 jobs to cut costs |
| Administrators at Portsmouth FC start to make employees redundant, with 85 people losing their jobs. |
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| £10m to get students into sport |
| Universities are to be given £10m of National Lottery money to encourage more students to get involved in sport. |
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| Guidelines for financial journalists |
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| The Latin web |
| Brazil exploits potential as web use spreads |
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| Tough task |
| Economic challenge for new president in quake-hit Chile . |
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| Bright ideas |
| Why intellectual property is not a luxury |
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| Independent day |
| The Independent could be free under a new owner |
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| High flyer |
| The extra ordinary life of the man from the Pru |
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| Dotcom Crash |
| 10 years on from the burst Nasdaq bubble |
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| UK economy 'still growing weakly' |
| The UK economy grew by 0.3% in the December to February period, says the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. |
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| UK industrial output falls back |
| Industrial production in the UK fell unexpectedly in January, dropping by 0.4% form December, official data has shown. |
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| Economic storm not over, says PM |
| Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced. |
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| Banks face harsher stress tests |
| Further stress-testing of UK banks will take place to ensure they can survive a 'double-dip' recession, regulators say. |
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| Smaller losses at Northern Rock |
| Northern Rock says that it made "good progress" in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses. |
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| British Gas faces strike ballot |
| British Gas workers are to vote in a strike ballot over allegations of bullying by management, and on changes to working conditions. |
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| SA starts World Cup countdown |
| With 100 days to the World Cup, South Africans talk about their hopes and fears for the tournament |
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| Zimbabwe move on firms' ownership |
| A Zimbabwean law that forces companies to sell a majority stake in their businesses to indigenous people comes into effect. |
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| Northrop and EADS exit tanker bid |
| Northrop Grumman and EADS pull out of bidding for a $35bn US Air Force air-to-air refuelling tanker contract. |
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| US borrowing rises unexpectedly |
| Borrowing by US consumers rose for the first time in a year in January according to figures released by the Federal Reserve. |
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| Shell in joint bid for gas firm |
| Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina launch a joint takeover bid for Australian liquefied natural gas group Arrow Energy. |
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| Fujitsu row over boss's departure |
| Shares in Fujitsu fall 2.7% due to a dispute with its former president over the reason for his resignation last year. |
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| Obama backs Greece on speculators |
| President Barack Obama has 'responded positively' to calls to clamp down on market speculators, says the Greek PM after talks. |
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| Legoland firm sees more visitors |
| Madam Tussauds, Sea Life and London Eye owners, Merlin, weathers the downturn with visitor growth and expansion plans. |
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| EU: Settlement goods not Israeli |
| The European Court of Justice rules that Israeli goods made in Jewish settlements cannot be considered Israeli. |
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| Iraq given its largest IMF loan |
| The IMF is to lend Iraq $3.6bn to rebuild its infrastructure as low oil prices slash its revenue. |
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| India's Essar 'planning UK float' |
| Indian conglomerate Essar Group is reported to be planning to float on the London Stock Exchange, a move that could raise up to $3bn. |
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| India to review economy stimulus |
| India's government unveils its annual budget, saying that stimulus measures introduced to boost growth must be reviewed. |
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| Warning on packaged bank accounts |
| Bank accounts which charge fees for extra benefits may be being mis-sold, the Financial Services Authority has warned. |
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| Banking fraud 'moves to internet' |
| Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, research suggests. |
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| Payment protection rules delayed |
| The Financial Services Authority is delaying its plans to combat the mis-selling of payment protection insurance. |
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| Standard Life enjoys profit boost |
| Insurance firm Standard Life reports better-than-expected profits and unveils plans for a further cost-cutting. |
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