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Border spat exposes Delhi-Beijing faultline (09 May 11:59 am)

Initial optimism in India that relations with China were improving have evaporated after a three-week stand-off on their shared Himalayan border

Chinese inflation rises on vegetable prices (09 May 08:33 am)

China’s consumer price index rose 2.4 per cent year-on-year in April on the back of soaring vegetable prices but the data also pointed to industrial overcapacity and a fragile economic recovery

South Korea cuts rates to boost growth (09 May 08:26 am)

Central bank moves to shore up the economy which is suffering from weak global demand and a weaker yen

Broadcast TV must adapt says News Corp (09 May 04:36 am)

The chief of the group behind Fox said broadcast TV remained “the dominant form of event television” but was stuck with “historical practices”

Dimon pledges to fix compliance problems (09 May 03:52 am)

JPMorgan says it had been warned that Ferc ‘intends to recommend’ an enforcement action against the bank and ‘certain firm personnel’

Energy watchdog warns JPMorgan (09 May 03:52 am)

JPMorgan says it had been warned that Ferc ‘intends to recommend’ an enforcement action against the bank and ‘certain firm personnel’

Reinhart and Rogoff publish errata (09 May 02:44 am)

Original paper was widely cited as an argument for fiscal austerity in 2010 and the fight over their figures has become a proxy for broader battles about deficits

Groupon offers some relief for investors (09 May 02:43 am)

Shares in the US ecommerce company rose by more than 10 per cent in after-market trading on news of a rebound in the latest quarter

Azevêdo targets next WTO talks in Bali (09 May 02:41 am)

World Trade Organisation’s next head says success with even a modest agenda is vital to ‘instilling confidence that we can still negotiate’

US banks tipped off to Harp loans (09 May 02:31 am)

Banks say they have been able to use release to identify and analyse Harp loans, highlighting the industry’s use of ‘big data’ analysis

Coke acts to fend off obesity criticism (09 May 01:35 am)

Beverage group releases four-part plan that includes clearer sugar-content labelling amid rising criticism of high calories in soft-drinks makers’ products

Yield hunters spark junk bonds frenzy (09 May 12:47 am)

Global investors are venturing to the riskiest corners of the US corporate debt markets in greater numbers in a so-called dash for trash

Enron’s Skilling in deal to slash jail term (09 May 12:28 am)

Skilling, 59, has spent the past six years in a low-security prison camp in Littleton, Colorado, outside Denver, and is scheduled for release in 2028

Universities trim US Treasuries holdings (09 May 12:04 am)

Universities, which profited in recent years from the rally in Treasury prices, fear they could be caught flat-footed by a reversal of the Fed’s low interest-rate policy

Japan bear warns on unfolding debt crisis (08 May 11:24 pm)

Kyle Bass said the Japanese government was “insolvent” and described recent accounting moves as “adding a Ponzi scheme to a Ponzi scheme”

Chinese petitions flood White House (08 May 11:09 pm)

Over the past week, Chinese people, motivated justice, powerlessness or just plain humour, have flooded the White House “We the People” website

Coke to display calories amid obesity fears (08 May 10:55 pm)

Soft drink makers are under pressure from health experts and regulators, particularly in the US, over the calorie content of their products

Putin’s ‘architect’ quits government (08 May 08:37 pm)

Deputy prime minister Vladislav Surkov becomes the third leading cabinet official in Medvedev’s year-old government to stand down

Coke looks to head off obesity criticism (08 May 08:31 pm)

Soft drink makers have come under pressure from health experts and regulators, particularly in the US, over the calorie content of their products

Doubts over gas price benchmark (08 May 08:16 pm)

Groups cease to submit European natural gas quotes to price-reporting agencies, raising questions about benchmarks

Co-operation withdrawn from gas price agencies (08 May 08:16 pm)

Groups cease to submit European natural gas quotes to price-reporting agencies, raising questions about benchmarks

Delta shows strength with dividend pledge (08 May 08:11 pm)

US airline company plans to return $1bn cash to shareholders over the next three years through dividend payments and share repurchases

Fergie offers managerial lessons for many (08 May 07:32 pm)

Despite his success, Sir Alex never kidded himself that he knew everything – he always kept learning; for him, knowledge was power

China trade growth raises data concerns (08 May 05:16 pm)

Growth in exports and imports in April will stir fresh questions about the reliability of Chinese data as neighbours see a fall-off in export growth

China trade growth raises data questions (08 May 05:16 pm)

Growth in exports and imports in April will stir fresh questions about the reliability of Chinese data as neighbours see a fall-off in export growth