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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:22:38 +0000Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:23:10 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/uk(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/594673f2-cba8-11de-924d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/594673f2-cba8-11de-924d-00144feabdc0.htmlFinance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 leading nations launched a framework to promote a better balanced global economy, but the meeting was overshadowed by a dispute about a global tax on financial transactions and little progress on financing efforts to reduce global warmingSat, 7 Nov 2009 19:22:38 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c63a1602-caeb-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c63a1602-caeb-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlIn Grimsby, the home town of Sgt Matthew Telford who was killed on Tuesday in Afghanistan, it is hard to find anyone who supports the growing loss of life to protect the far-flung countryFri, 6 Nov 2009 16:00:28 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3dda8f62-cb22-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3dda8f62-cb22-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlCash-strapped businesses are axeing their office Christmas parties and scrapping the traditional festive knees-up in a penny-pinching austerity driveFri, 6 Nov 2009 22:30:56 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cda0890-cb1d-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cda0890-cb1d-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlUS group finalising plans to make a direct appeal to the shareholders when a 'put-up or shut-up' deadline enforced by the Take-over Panel expiresFri, 6 Nov 2009 22:01:07 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4a8fc1c8-cb09-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4a8fc1c8-cb09-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlMalcolm Wall, the new chairman of 'Quins', sees the US response to the Enron scandal as a model for change in rugby union in the wake of 'Bloodgate'Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:39:51 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1710cbe4-cb04-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1710cbe4-cb04-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlConstruction group to replace chief executive after less than 18 months in the role. Move comes as group announces steep fall in profitsFri, 6 Nov 2009 20:11:41 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/97ebef18-cb14-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97ebef18-cb14-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe troubled carrier has delayed delivery of its Airbus A380 superjumbos and confirmed it had reduced its overall staff positions by 10 per cent but but a merger or alliance is still crucialFri, 6 Nov 2009 22:22:37 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e9388bf8-cb0d-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e9388bf8-cb0d-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlOperating profits tumble 93 per cent to £11m, amid rising number of 'no win-no fee' lawyers bringing costly personal injury cases against motor insurersFri, 6 Nov 2009 23:02:39 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c0a8590-cae4-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c0a8590-cae4-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlRoyal Mail and the postal union offered starkly different interpretations of the interim agreement that has allowed strikes to be called off until the new yearFri, 6 Nov 2009 18:00:25 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9279e7fa-cac5-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9279e7fa-cac5-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlLCH.Clearnet has announced it has completed its shareholder streamlining, ending a two-year saga over the ownership of the clearing houseFri, 6 Nov 2009 11:36:38 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7bfe592c-cb27-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7bfe592c-cb27-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlAs several respected City figures are mentioned as potential chairmen, the broadcaster's legal battle with the owner of its Scottish and Grampian franchises is escalatingFri, 6 Nov 2009 23:35:39 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e560a3b2-caa9-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e560a3b2-caa9-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlFlag carrier suffers worst first half results since its 1987 privatisation after reporting a loss of £292m for the six months to the end of SeptemberFri, 6 Nov 2009 09:10:20 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7cd3d86-caa7-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7cd3d86-caa7-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe state-owned lender, which this week agreed changes required by Brussels in return for further state funds, swung to a pre-tax loss of £2.2bn from a £2.2bn profit a year agoFri, 6 Nov 2009 12:19:09 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d5ad736-cac1-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d5ad736-cac1-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe number of companies going into liquidation fell in the third quarter but the number of individuals becoming insolvent has continued to rise, according to official dataFri, 6 Nov 2009 11:38:16 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb96d04c-c9fa-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fukhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb96d04c-c9fa-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Bank of England will pump another £25bn into the economy, which remained mired in recession in the third quarter, in what was described as 'one last heave' to propel growthThu, 5 Nov 2009 12:26:08 +0000