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Citywire News

  • FTSE drifts as Greek debt talks muddle on
    Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:27:52 Z
    Britain?s benchmark index slips as Greek premier Lucas Papademos fails to win backing from other party leaders for more spending cuts.

BBC Business News

  • Macquarie falls on profit warning
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:31:34 GMT
    Macquarie Group, the largest investment bank in Australia, says it expects full year profits to drop 25%, as a weak market hurts its business.
  • Citi to launch China credit cards
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:15:27 GMT
    The Chinese unit of Citigroup wins approval to launch credit cards in China, the first non-Asian bank to do so.
  • Empty shop numbers 'set to rise'
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:03:30 GMT
    The number of empty shops on the UK's High Streets is set to increase this year, a survey says, as economic conditions get tougher.

BBC News

  • Accounts 'expose Treasury flaws'
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00:18 GMT
    The Treasury is criticised for the way it monitors government spending and manages risk, in an MPs' report on the first set of Whole of Government Accounts.
  • Search on for Philippine missing
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:55:21 GMT
    Search and rescue efforts are continuing for survivors of a 6.7 magnitude quake that shook the central Philippines on Monday, leaving at least 15 dead and 44 missing.
  • MPs demand law against stalking
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:47:06 GMT
    MPs and peers are are urging the government to bring in a law in England and Wales against stalking - as is already the case in Scotland.
  • China worker found dead in Sudan
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:43:40 GMT
    The body of a Chinese worker who fled a camp in Sudan when rebels attacked has been found, says China, while 29 kidnapped workers are still missing.

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