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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comThu, 15 May 2008 22:01 BSTThu, 15 May 2008 22:44:53 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/europe(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c755844-224e-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c755844-224e-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlA dramatic German growth spurt powered a reacceleration in eurozone growth at the start of this year, in contrast to the sharp US slowdownThu, 15 May 2008 20:26 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e7ea4d6-226c-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e7ea4d6-226c-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlThe French economy grew by an above forecast 0.6 per cent in the first three months of 2008, powered by a surge in exports, proving the resilience so far of the eurozone's second largest economy in the face of a global slowdownThu, 15 May 2008 12:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8544ad18-22bf-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8544ad18-22bf-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlHeavy investment spending was largely responsible for Germany's stellar growth at the start of the year but there could be harder times aheadThu, 15 May 2008 22:01 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/074b3742-22ab-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/074b3742-22ab-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlIt may be true that bank regulators need a new set of teeth. But Germany's political class clearly has a thing about the awesome beast that is capitalismThu, 15 May 2008 19:23 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9681cdf6-229a-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9681cdf6-229a-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlA former manager with Julius Baer, the private Swiss bank, has said the country's banking law permits finance institutions to cover up their "criminal support for white collar crime" such as tax evasion Thu, 15 May 2008 17:34 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ce80ad84-2296-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ce80ad84-2296-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlDespite paying some of the world's highest taxes their entire working lives and living in one of the most generous welfare states, the old are being left to wonder where the famed Swedish model went wrongThu, 15 May 2008 17:06 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f47316a-220d-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f47316a-220d-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlEstonia's economy, one of the EU's fastest growing last year, shrank by 1.9% in the first quarter of 2008, raising fears of a hard landing as the Baltic boom fizzles outThu, 15 May 2008 03:24 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0647225a-220d-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0647225a-220d-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlForeign minister Franco Frattini says the new government is prepared for closer ties with Israel and take a tougher line on Iran along with the US and big European powersThu, 15 May 2008 03:06 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7992ba28-2210-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7992ba28-2210-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlThe group is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in shipping terminals and production facilities and denies benefiting from political ties to Vladimir PutinThu, 15 May 2008 02:44 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1f94010-21e8-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1f94010-21e8-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.html The German president, a former head of the International Monetary Fund, called for tougher regulations and the reconstruction of a 'continental European banking culture' Wed, 14 May 2008 20:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22cc4bba-2179-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22cc4bba-2179-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlA car bomb exploded at a police barracks in northern Spain's Basque Country early on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding four, police said. Wed, 14 May 2008 06:56 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d486c3c-2216-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d486c3c-2216-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlSenior lawyers warned yesterday that US authorities could face serious impediments in mounting prosecutions after the indictment this week of two bankers based in...Thu, 15 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6faaed1e-21b1-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6faaed1e-21b1-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlAn integrated, flexible market would create a better position from which to speak with one voice to Moscow, writes Pierre Noël Wed, 14 May 2008 17:32 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4eb52d28-219c-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4eb52d28-219c-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlA Milan judge has ruled that Silvio Berlusconi can be called to testify in a trial of US and Italian spies, who are accused of kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt. Wed, 14 May 2008 11:04 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d4fc1a0-2147-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d4fc1a0-2147-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlTurkey's prime minister has denied talk of deteriorating relations with the central bank that fuelled concerns about economic policy ahead of an expected rate increaseWed, 14 May 2008 04:02 BST