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Standards body to probe phone hacking row published today at 14:37
MPs vote unanimously for the most powerful commons committee to hold a new inquiry into the News of the World telephone hacking affair
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Obama condemns Koran burning plan published today at 13:51
Barack Obama warned that a Florida pastor’s plan to burn copies of the Koran would be used as an al Qaeda recruitment tool and he urged the minister to reconsider the decision
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Chote selected as new OBR head published today at 12:20
George Osborne has selected Robert Chote, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, as Britain’s independent guardian of the public finances and the government’s economic forecasts
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Private equity groups target Foster’s wine published today at 12:06
Some of the world’s biggest private equity groups, including KKR and TPG, are working on potential bids for Foster’s wine assets after the Australian company rejected a A$2.7bn offer from Cerberus
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UK trade deficit widens to record high published today at 11:20
Rising imports have widened the UK deficit to a new record, dashing hopes that a pick-up in exports might help the economy avoid a renewed slowdown
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Bank of England holds course on rates and QE published today at 11:00
The Bank of England leaves interest rates and the level of quantitative easing unchanged in an almost universally anticipated decision after recent signs have pointed to a relatively robust recovery
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Goldman fined £17.5m by UK regulator published today at 09:05
Blow to Goldman’s efforts to put the high-profile fraud case behind it following the bank’s settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission probe in July for $550m
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HMV’s move into live music hits wrong note published today at 08:46
The music and book retailer admits its much heralded move into live music has not lived up to expectations
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Japan alarm over Chinese JGB purchases published today at 08:26
The Japanese finance minister has raised concerns about China’s recent sharp increase in puchases of Japanese government bonds, highlighting nervousness about its impact on the strengthening yen
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Taliban chief says Afghanistan victory close published today at 08:24
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are close to victory in driving foreign forces out of Afghanistan, defying claims of progress against the militants by the commander of US and Nato forces