From WORLD 10:29pm

France and UK seek hedge fund deal

Timothy Geithner, US Treasury secretary

Brown and Sarkozy seek EU compromise

Global Overview from MARKETS 10:28pm

Markets mixed on China monetary jitters

Bourses in Europe fell, but stocks were up in Asia and the US

From WORLD 7:46pm

Dodd to revise regulatory reform bill

Senate banking chair presses on without Republican support

From COMPANIES 7:48pm

India’s ONGC and Russia in energy pact talks

Putin set to discuss oil and gas projects

From COMPANIES 8:31pm

Google faces potential AdMob antitrust test

Regulators considering challenge to deal

From COMPANIES 9:28pm

US takeover defences come tumbling down

Hostile deals set to grow as provisions removed

From COMPANIES 8:25pm

Data theft hits 24,000 HSBC clients

Details of Swiss accounts stolen by ex-employee

From MARKETS 5:35pm

Push for clearing houses fails to move oil traders

Preference for opaque markets without a nudge from regulators

Protesters march during a 24-hour labour strike in Athens Reuters From WORLD 8:55pm

Violence mars protest by Greek unions

24-hour strike highlights growing bitterness over austerity measures

From COMPANIES 11:18am

BP strikes $7bn Brazil oil deal

Energy group also set to expand in Gulf of Mexico and Azerbaijan