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Lithuania may need IMF loan, says president
Dalia Grybauskaite has admitted that Vilnius could be forced to seek International Monetary Fund help if it fails in efforts to raise more money
Police clash with mourners in Iran
Iran’s security forces clashed with opposition supporters as they gathered to commemorate those killed in the post-election violence. ...
Spain on alert as blast kills two
There were fears of an escalation of violence in Spain by Eta, the Basque separatist group, after a bomb placed under a car on the ...
Bernanke explains Fed’s new openness
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, is rapidly converting the secretive Fed into something of an open house as he tries to ward ...
Tarp banks award billions in bonuses
JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs paid the most million-dollar bonuses in 2008, while two banks that lost almost $28bn each last year, Citigroup and Merrill ...
Islamist sect leader dies in Nigerian custody
Mohammed Yusuf was killed hours after he was captured, according to police officials quoted by news agencies, following an assault on a mosque housing followers ...
Microsoft and Yahoo on defensive
Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, made a renewed effort to convince Wall Street of the attractions of his company’s search alliance with Yahoo as ...
Shell and Exxon profits tumble
Profits at two of the world’s biggest oil companies, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell, have plummeted after tumbling international oil prices and weaker demand for ...
Benchmark’s loss is ore miners’ gain
For more than 40 years, iron ore prices have been settled in secretive – often acrimonious – negotiations, but this tradition has now fallen apart ...
BMW to quit Formula One
German group’s withdrawal marks the beginning of the end to a decade of F1 domination by large carmakers and leaves just four manufacturers – Fiat-owned ...
