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FINANCIAL TIMES News, Mar 18, 2012

Chevron puts damper on shale gas hopes
Financial Times
George Kirkland, Chevron's head of oil and gas production, told the Financial Times that it would be three to five years before the company could decide whether it would be worth starting up any shale projects outside America, and late this decade or ...
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Telecoms antitrust probe details revealed
Financial Times
By January, the E5 disbanded and moved its work to the GSMA, the telecoms industry body – a transition that has now become the focus of Brussels' inquiries, according to a copy of a Commission “information request” seen by the FT.
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Parents risk retirement to bankroll children
Financial Times
Research by the Financial Times published on Saturday shows how, for the first time in half a century, young Britons entering the workforce cannot expect to be better off than their parents, and that living standards of people in their 60s have ...
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IMF team arrives in Cairo for loan talks
Financial Times
Abdel Hafez al Sawy, who heads the FJP's economic committee, told theFinancial Times that his party had not agreed a view on the loan but it was not opposed to borrowing from international institutions. “We don't know yet what is the repayment ...
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Gamesa criticises rival's profit alerts
Financial Times
“I have no doubt that what has happened at some of our competitors has hurt the industry,” Jorge Calvet, Gamesa chairman and chief executive, told theFinancial Times. “To have several profit warnings in one year hurt perceptions among investors.
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Lukoil chief aims to shake-up Arctic oil
Financial Times
Vagit Alekperov, chief executive of the Russian oil major and one of the most senior figures in the country's oil industry, told the Financial Times that the policy of maintaining the offshore Arctic as the exclusive preserve of state groups Gazprom ...
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Clyde Blowers engineers new funding model
Financial Times
In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr McColl said: “The old model for your typical private equity fund is they put a lot of gearing in, and they invest in 20, 25 or 30 businesses – expecting some to fail, some to do okay, and with maybe a couple ...
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Tan to simplify structure at Bumi
Financial Times
“Let Samin have power and if he needs me he can come to me,” he said in a joint interview with Mr Tan for the Financial Times. “Everything is under Samin, unless there are certain things for which Samin needs my help and then he [can] call me.
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Financial Times
Banks told to lend more to ethnic minorities
Financial Times
One government aide told the Financial Times the BBA had co-operated reasonably well with the review so far, but that Mr Stunell was starting to get impatient with the banks' lack of progress. Ministers had not ruled out more drastic action, ...
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Lunch with the FT
Financial Times
Poor Economics, about how people in developing countries react to incentives, which she wrote with the Calcutta-born MIT economist Abhijit Banerjee, was last year's Financial Times-Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year. Duflo has spent much of her ...
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Financial Times
Tax appeals likely after bonus rulings
Financial Times
In the appeal, HMRC claimed in written arguments obtained by the Financial Times that UBS was “not alone” and its scheme was devised in conjunction with Ernst & Young and Deutsche's scheme was devised by Deloitte. “Those two cases were themselves ...
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St Kitts and Nevis agrees to restructure debt
Financial Times
... Sebastian Espinosa, managing director of White Oak, told the Financial Times. “It confirms that even the highest of debt burdens can be resolved in an orderly manner.” Please don't cut articles from FT.com and redistribute by email or post to the web.
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Ikea to face fresh spying claims from staff
Financial Times
Yassine Yakouti, lawyer for Force Ouvriere, one of the unions which has filed a complaint, told the Financial Times the alleged tactics used by Ikea on hundreds of employees were “a major violation of the laws of France”. According to Mr Yakouti, ...
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A changing continent
The Nation
... to Financial Times correspondent Edward Luce's "In Spite of the Gods", increasingly the benchmark against which titles about the Indian subcontinent are measured. Perhaps that's because Luce served as the FT's New Delhi bureau chief for five years.
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The Nation
Central banks snap up gold after price pressure
Business Recorder (blog)
The fall in gold prices has prompted one or more central banks to buy as much as four tonnes of bullion in recent weeks, according to an industry source and aFinancial Times report on Friday. The purchases, worth about $250 million at current prices, ...
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Younger generations can no longer expect to be better off than their parents
This is Money
Analysis conducted by the Financial Times found that, for the majority of the 20th century, real living standards at any age level were higher than those of previous generations. Figures from the UK Data Archive collected from over 730000 households ...
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This is Money
Why is the Financial Times promoting tax avoidance?
Though Cowards Flinch
... currently smaller than the smearers are making out – small enough indeed to make a decision on whether to form a company a marginal cost-benefit matter. In any event, I'm not sure publishing this advice today was the FT's finest editorial decision.
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The coming battle between old and young
New Statesman
When I read about Joan Bakewell, who bought a house for £12000 that is now worth up to £4m, I struggle to empathise with her pain at the thought of being forced to downsize. I wish I knew what it's like to be sentimentally attached to a home but I've ...
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New Statesman
This burden of bank debt is simply not sustainable
Irish Independent
There are objections to at least a portion of the bank-related debt now carried on the books of the Irish Exchequer that are in the nature of moral or ethical objections, arising from the circumstances in which the debts were created.
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World business, finance and political news from the Financial Times ...
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Finance minister pledges to hold down value of real Brazil and Mexico end cars battle beyondbrics Mexico wins Brazil rematch Brazil launches fresh 'currency war' offensive From WORLD 6:10pm Deadly blasts rock Damascus At least 27 ...
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The top economics writers at the Financial Times share insights into the global economy, and the central bankers and policymakers who shape it. Economics blog with data and graphics.
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Apple faces new fight in China IP dispute - FT.com - Financial Times
Financial Times. ft.com > Companies > ... Video · Interactive · Blogs · Alphaville · beyondbrics · Portfolio · Special Reports · In depth · Today's Newspaper · UK ...
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Investment bankers remain masters - for now - FT ... - Financial Times
News; Quotes; News .... It is little wonder these are the people who are nowcoming through as the next generation of leaders. It might be ... The FinancialTimes Ltd 2012 FT and 'Financial Times' are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
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BBC expects Olympics to usher in new TV age - FT ... - Financial Times
Addressing an FT digital media conference on wednesday, Mr Rivera is set to... Today's newspaper · FT press cuttings · FT ePaper · Economic calendar... The Financial Times Ltd 2012 FT and 'Financial Times' are trademarks of The Financial ...
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US stocks recover on jobs news - FT.com - Financial Times
Apple – now the most owned stock by US mutual funds according to Citigroup... The Financial Times Ltd 2012 FT and 'Financial Times' are trademarks of The ...
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Sow now for a bumper business harvest - FT.com - Financial Times
We live in turbulent times – but the events that history remembers might not be ones that loom large in our minds today. No doubt 2012 will be remembered, ...
www.ft.com/.../a67488d0-62ff-11e1-b837-00144feabdc0.htm...
Generations see fortunes reversed - FT.com - Financial Times
Financial Times research shows that for the first time the generation entering the labour market today will not enjoy the fruits of greater prosperity, higher ...
www.ft.com/.../868b3520-6eba-11e1-b1b2-00144feab49a.ht...
FBI probes former News Corp investment - FT.com - Financial Times
... billboard company controlled until last year by News Corp, suggesting that US investigators are conducting a wider ... Better we sell now.” ... TheFinancial Times Ltd 2012 FT and 'Financial Times' are trademarks of TheFinancial Times Ltd.
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Financial Times staff to stop work today
"The Financial Times has continued to invest in its editorial operations and has avoided any compulsory redundancies at a time when news organisations ...
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Financial Times managers suffer vote of no confidence
The dispute at the FT centres on a 3.5pc pay rise offered by the company. ...Journalists taking part in industrial action against the 2012 pay deal today voted to ... The vast majority of the newspaper's 250 members of the National Union of ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Financial-Times-managers-suffer-vote
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