* The size of currency swaps between the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank and Swiss National Bank announced on May 2 nearly doubled. An article on May 3 wrongly stated that there was a near-50 per cent increase.

* Character Group's market capitalisation at one stage last year decreased by £60m, not £160m, as wrongly stated in an article on May 3.

* The picture accompanying an article on May 5 about the naval taskforce in the northern Gulf was taken by Mazen Mahdi, not Stephen Fidler, as wrongly stated.