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Europe cries out for leadership amid crisis
Leaders urged to take a decisive grip on Europe's sovereign debt crisis last night before the continent plunged back into recession.
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Officers guilty over shootings that shamed New Orleans
Saturday, 6 August 2011
David Usborne: Verdicts should help to lower the curtain on episode that drew worldwide attention.
Allan Watkins: Glamorgan and England all-rounder hailed by John Arlott as 'the best close-to-the-wicket fielder in the world'
Saturday, 6 August 2011
When the great Australian batsman Donald Bradman walked to the middle for his final Test innings, at The Oval in 1948, he needed four runs to complete his career with a batting average of 100, almost 40 more than any other cricketer has ever achieved.
ECB makes reform in Italy the price of its help
Saturday, 6 August 2011
Markets demand even higher prices to lend to Spain and Italy
US loses AAA credit rating from S&P
Saturday, 6 August 2011
S&P said it was making the move because the deficit reduction plan passed by the US Congress did not go far enough to stabilise the country's debt situation.
Cut VAT, not top tax rate, Labour urges Tories
Saturday, 6 August 2011
Labour last night called on George Osborne to consider a temporary VAT cut to stimulate the economy – rather than scrapping the 50p tax rate.
UK taxpayers face bank losses of £28bn
Saturday, 6 August 2011
Taxpayers were nursing £28bn of losses on their stakes in Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland last night, as a torrid week for stock markets – and banking shares in particular – finally came to an end.
EU faces crisis of legitimacy, warns former Europe minister
Saturday, 6 August 2011
'Remote' institutions are in urgent need of radical reform, claims Denis MacShane
Timeline: So, how did we end up here again?
Saturday, 6 August 2011
It is almost four years since the first credit crunch, and again the global economy is staring into the abyss. Here, we chart the chain of events that has led us back to square one...
Hutton fear over confidence of public in nuclear energy
Saturday, 6 August 2011
Hutton said Fukushima had 'changed the game' for atomic energy.
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