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Page last updated at 23:49 GMT, Sunday, 11 May 2008 00:49 UK
China Eastern plane
Chinese plane business gets wings
China launches a new plane maker to one day compete with Boeing and Airbus, state media report.
China's plane ambitions take off
Ceremony inaugurates China jet

Rupert Murdoch Murdoch quits US newspaper fight
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation withdraws a $580m bid to buy the US newspaper Newsday.
The exterior of Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, California Alarm at Google Yahoo partnering
US advocacy groups urge regulators to block any deal Google and Yahoo might strike after a two-week experiment.

OTHER TOP BUSINESS STORIES

Citigroup to shed $400bn assets
Burma cyclone raises rice prices
Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine
Oil above $126 on supply fears

ALSO IN THE NEWS
Golfer All change... Virgin Trains' luxury golf trip invite was a mistake

MARKET DATA - 04:00 UK

FTSE 100
6204.7down
 -66.10
Dax
7003.2down
 -68.73
Cac 40
4960.6no movement
 0.00
Dow Jones
12745.9down
 -120.90
Nasdaq
2445.5down
 -5.72
S&P 500
1388.3down
 -9.40
BBC Global 30
5839.9down
 -16.50
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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Circuit board Lean or green?
Computers spew out carbon emissions. Action is required.
The Corus steel plant in Port Talbot is flourishing under Indian ownership Dragon roars again
The Welsh steelworks that is thriving under Indian ownership
Frustrated business woman Blacklisted staff
Bust-up with the boss? Bad workers may go on national database

VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
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French baguette prices rise
Oil prices boost Shell and BP
Brazil's booming economy

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COMPANIES
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AFRICA
Power to SA mines 'not at risk'
Oil falls as Nigeria strike ends
AMERICAS
AIG posts record loss on bad debt
Google keen on greater Yahoo ties

ASIA PACIFIC
Rice prices rise for a fifth day
Slowdown puts brakes on Toyota
EUROPE
BAA's shareholders agree funding
Putin in 2020 pledge on economy
MIDDLE EAST
Crude oil climbs to fresh record
Oil price 'may hit $200 a barrel'
SOUTH ASIA
Cyclone fuels rice price increase
Indian prices at three year high



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