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AIG gets $4.3bn commercial loans
Troubled US insurance giant AIG signs $4.3bn of loan agreements as it prepares to be weaned off government support.
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Storms dent post-Christmas sales
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US consumer spending rises again
Europe
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US attacks Russia tycoon verdict
The US and Germany express serious concern about a second guilty verdict against jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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Russia to buy two French warships
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Hungary credit rating downgraded
Africa & Mid East
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Oil slips back from 26-month high
The price of oil slips back from a 26-month high over concern about Chinese demand, while Iraqi oil output hits a 20-year high.
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China defends Africa trade role
Asia
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Indian banker 'steals millions'
A Citibank employee in India is accused of fraudulently stealing millions of dollars from wealthy individual and corporate clients.
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Japanese factory output expands
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India unveils Islamic stock index
Business of Sport
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Paddy Power to buy out Sportsbet
Paddy Power agrees to buy the remaining shares in Australian betting company Sportsbet giving it full control of the group.
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Tech of Business
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Letters for Santa: How do companies cope with Christmas?
Christmas for many companies is when they do most of their business - how do they cope with the sudden influx of work?
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Facebook for farmers: Technology empowers China's rural workers
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Companies
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New gym venture secures funding
A new pay-as-you-go gym group wins funding which it says will help it revolutionise the health club market.
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High Street braced for tough 2011
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Some online traders flout rules
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2011 will be 'horrible' says TUC
The TUC general secretary, Brendan Barber, has said 2011 would be a "horrible" year of cuts in jobs and living standards for many.
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New leniency for credit card debt
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