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Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:05:05 GMT

Summary

1 - Walsh hints at Indian investment after BA and Iberia complete their merger
2 - New homes data spell declining market
3 - Beijing eyes counterbid for PotashCorp
4 - Investors buoyed by better US jobs data
5 - Petrobas prepares to raise up to R$55bn
6 - Texas watchdog reviews Google’s practices
7 - Lloyd’s brokers weigh up iPads
8 - Police pressed to reopen hackers case
9 - China and US stage Yellow Sea war games
10 - Full classes put vision for schools at risk

Items

1 - Walsh hints at Indian investment after BA and Iberia complete their merger

A newly merged British Airways and Iberia would be “very interested” in investing in an Indian airline, BA chief Willie Walsh said on Saturday as he announced a groundbreaking code-share deal with India’s Kingfisher Airlines

Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:05:05 GMT

2 - New homes data spell declining market

The recovery in house building appears to have halted as an industry survey, which measures the number of people reserving new homes to buy, dropped to its lowest level on record

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:30:40 GMT

3 - Beijing eyes counterbid for PotashCorp

The Chinese government has backed Sinochem, the state-owned chemicals giant, to pursue a counterbid that could trump BHP Billiton’s $39bn hostile offer for PotashCorp

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:14:26 GMT

4 - Investors buoyed by better US jobs data

Traders are piling into risky bets after a better than expected US labour market report reinforced hopes that the US economy can avoid sliding back into recession.

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:34:06 GMT

5 - Petrobas prepares to raise up to R$55bn

Petrobras, Brazil’s national oil company, is preparing to raise as much as R$55bn from minority shareholders in what would be the world’s biggest share sale

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:11:10 GMT

6 - Texas watchdog reviews Google’s practices

The company faces the first broad antitrust probe of its core search business, in its latest fight to contain legal challenges prompted by its spreading influence on online life

Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:49:35 GMT

7 - Lloyd’s brokers weigh up iPads

Lloyd’s of London is to test whether Apple iPads could replace the traditional paper slips containing all the information on bespoke policies sold at the 300-year-old insurance market

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:37:56 GMT

8 - Police pressed to reopen hackers case

The Metropolitan Police are under renewed pressure to reopen their inquiry into telephone hacking at News of the World after Alan Johnson said he would review documents he saw on the case while home secretary

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:32:40 GMT

9 - China and US stage Yellow Sea war games

China and the US stage near-simultaneous naval exercises this week in the oceans around the Yellow Sea in one of the most open displays of the rising competition between the two rival forces in north Asia

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:49:13 GMT

10 - Full classes put vision for schools at risk

England is facing an acute shortage of school places, with more than one in 10 pupils in schools suffering ‘high’ overcrowding, Financial Times research has revealed

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:29:16 GMT