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Economy - Latest Headlines

  • Patents reform plan foresees big savings
    Reform of international patents would save the world economy up to £23bn a year, according to a UK government-commissioned report highlighting efforts to promote technical innovation as an antidote to recession
  • Investors warn EU on private equity rules
    Europe risks building a protectionist wall between itself and the global private equity industry if plans for a sweeping overhaul of regulation in the sector go ahead, some of the world's biggest institutional investors have warned
  • Equities rally on hold as caution sets in
    Global Markets Overview: It is a year ago that stocks began to bounce from their cyclical nadir - a closing low of 673 for the S&P 500 - and it looks like the anniversary has left Mr Rally searching for direction.
  • Europe cries foul over US defence tender
    European countries have accused Washington of foul play after the continent's largest aerospace and defence company pulled out of a multibillion-dollar race to supply the US military, alleging unfair ­competition
  • Techs reflect on decade since dotcom boom
    In January 2000, 17 dotcom companies paid more than $2m each to advertise during the Super Bowl, the season-ending national championship game for American footbal
  • Beijing still keen to buy US bonds
    China's investments in US Treasury bonds are continuing 'every day' and should not be politicised, according to the head of China's foreign exchange administration, which manages $2,400bn in forex reserves
  • Call for action on speculation rules
    Germany and France are stepping up pressure for urgent EU action to tighten regulation in sovereign debt markets - in particular of credit default swaps - in the wake of the Greek crisis Eurogroup backs Merkel initiative
  • Green stimulus hit by slow spending
    Last year's global green economic boost has so far achieved little, with only a fraction of the money promised for environmental projects being used, a study has found
  • UN seeks emerging states' help to aid poor
    International development agencies face a 'diminishing market' unless they partner large emerging economies to bring development to the poorest countries
  • Battered Iceland looks to be wooed
    Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Iceland's president, says there is more at stake than money in the country's protracted battle with the UK over EUR3.9bn lost in the failed Icesave bank


 



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