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Software firms
Mobile telecoms and emerging markets
BP after the spill
Middle Eastern airlines
Technology firms and Barack Obama
Bank failures in America
Business ethics in poor countries
The Buttonwood gathering
Gender arbitrage in South Korea
The Fed's $600 billion spree
America's Federal Reserve launched a new round of monetary easing, announcing that it would buy a further $600 billlion of Treasuries between now and next June, to try to cut unemployment and avert deflation. More coverage on our Economics page.
Canada's federal government said it was minded to veto BHP Billiton's $39 billion takeover bid for PotashCorp, but gave the mining giant 30 days to come up with a revised offer that demonstrated a "net benefit to Canada".
The London Stock Exchange said its attempt to switch to a faster trading system had been delayed by a technical problem it described as “suspicious”, implying it feared its new software had been sabotaged.
Lloyds Banking Group said Antonio Horta-Osório, currently the head of Santander’s British operations, will be its new chief executive. He replaces Eric Daniels, who has faced much criticism over Lloyds’ 2008 takeover of HBOS, a troubled rival, which ended in the merged group having to seek a government bail-out.
In this week's audio programme: America's job figures, economic policy after the mid-terms and the possibility of more quantitative easing.
Buttonwood's notebook
Tea and QE
Which will affect markets most: The mid-terms or the Fed's decision this week?
Free exchange
Focus on the fundamentals
Four big business figures worry about whether America will have the right skills for the industries of the future
Multimedia
Vikram Pandit on banking regulation
Video: The Citigroup chief's worries about the new Basel 3 capital rules
Why women are losing ground on Wall Street (Knowledge@Wharton)
Opening up Indonesia's pharmaceutical sector (The Economist Intelligence Unit)
People trust eloquence more than honesty (Harvard Business Review)
The indispensable economy?
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Pros clicking at war
An American firm wants to turn computer games into a global spectator sport More »
Stars of the junkyard
Twenty years after Michael Milken’s junk-bond firm came crashing down, the financial revolution that it fostered lives on More »
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- The mid-term elections: The Republicans strike back
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