From WORLD 10:29pm

France and UK seek hedge fund deal

Timothy Geithner, U.S. Treasury secretary

Move follows Geithner warning

The Wall Street bull statue From COMPANIES 9:28pm

US takeover defences come tumbling down

Hostile deals set to grow as provisions removed

From COMPANIES 9:16pm

Devon deal is key to BP growth targets

Agreement is a vindication of its business model

From COMPANIES 8:31pm

Google faces potential AdMob antitrust test

Regulators considering challenge to deal

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 3:48pm

China data spur talk of further tightening

February CPI rises 2.7% from year before

Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France Reuters From WORLD 7:43pm

Sarkozy hedges bets on UK election outcome

President to meet Cameron for first time in two years