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French steel promises are built on clay

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Turkey’s Beko claims UK market top spot

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Record €1.47bn fine for TV cartels

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Saipem chief resigns amid graft probe

Investigation involves ‘certain contracts’ in Algeria

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Three Thyssen board members to stand down

German conglomerate seeks fresh start from scandals

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Europe’s steel – outlook is bleak

Moody’s warns about next year

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Three former employees tell US regulators that trades were valued in a way that hid billions in losses

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Deutsche hid up to $12bn losses, say staff

Former employees make complaints to US regulators

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GDF Suez warns of lower profits next year

French power generator plans to cut costs and reduce debt

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Chief of German insurer stabbed

Provinzial Nordwest boss Ulrich Ruether recovering

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EADS shakes up shareholder pact

Paris, Berlin and Madrid rebalance holdings in aerospace group

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Dec 5, 2012

Europe cools on Russia’s WTO accession

Warnings on action three months after Moscow joined trade club

From TRANSPORT Dec 5, 2012

Alstom wins $5.8bn South African contract

French group to supply 3,600 trains over 10 years from 2015

From HEALTH Dec 5, 2012

Drugs groups aim to halve cost of trials

Move comes as sales of new medicines slows

From WORLD Dec 5, 2012

Irish property tax piles on homeowners’ misery

Levy heightens sense of grievance over negative equity

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