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The return of founding fathers has a mixed record in the tech world, but having Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis back is at least a good start
US unemployment
A large drop in employment has outpaced a fall in the numbers choosing to stop seeking work, propelling the headline jobless rate skyward
Insider trading crackdown
US authorities have attacked the alleged ring in the Galleon case with a gusto usually reserved for mafia bosses
TPG / IMS Health
TPG, which this year said it had snubbed 140 LBO opportunities, has jumped back on the wagon to lead the year’s largest
British Airways
Chief executive Willie Walsh is fighting for the airline’s survival but, in spite of merger hopes, strong headwinds abound
Royal Bank of Scotland
‘Separability’ is now a buzzword in UK banking circles and it is not hard to see why, given that regulatory risk is as great as it could be
Sumitomo Trust / Chuo Mitsui
Japan’s number five and eight banks by market capitalisation confirmed reports they are in merger talks to form the country’s largest trust bank
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Kraft / Cadbury
No more sweetness, its time to go hostile
GLG
The long road back for hedge funds
Fertiliser companies
The smell of money is back in the air
Bank of England printer jam
Stuck on quantitative easing
Fiat / Chrysler
Chances of a turnround look better than expected
BNP Paribas
Investment banking surge continues
Lenovo
Liu Chuanzhi’s turnround story gains substance
Transurban
Another nail in the sector’s coffin
