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Feb 12 data

Japan: consumer confidence 43.3 (+4.1) ; S Korea: unemployment; India: Dec industrial production (-0.6% y-on-y) ; France: current account; UK: CPI 2.7% (unch), ONS house prices; Portugal: Jan CPI +0.2pc y-on-y;

Currency wars

7:36pm

G7 fails to defuse currency tensions

100 dollar notes are stacked with other currencies

©Bloomberg

Joint statement backfires with more market volatility

From WORLD 12:31pm

Aso defends Japanese currency moves

Finance minister outlines Tokyo’s case ahead of G20

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10:42am

OECD presents plan to close tax loopholes

Study follows intense criticism of corporate practices

John Gapper Corporate tax posturing
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Global Insight from EU ECONOMY 1:22pm

Europe’s labour market reforms take shape

Spain is leading the way with the pace of economic change

Global Market Overview from MARKETS 6:37pm

Stocks firm but bulls struggle for impetus

Tokyo surges 1.9% after yen hits multiyear trough then rallies

From WORLD 4:44pm

Syria finds means of financial survival

Assad regime propped up by allies, cuts and cash seizures

Wolfgang Münchau

Ireland shows the way with its eurozone debt deal, involving rescheduling of promissory notes

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Traders gather at the Barclay's Capital post that trades Berkshire Hathaway stocks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

©Reuters

Jaded traders are seeking clues that major economies are returning to growth

From AMERICAS ECONOMY 6:01pm

Currency fears spread in Latin America

Concerns increase after competitive devaluations

©AFP From WORLD 1:13pm

Hollande urged to cut public spending

France’s 2013 deficit reduction target likely to be missed

Cameron wins rare victory in Europe

©Bloomberg From COMPANIES 7:55pm

Italian police arrest Finmeccanica chief

Long-running probe into €560m sale of helicopters to India

Lex Finmeccanica

EU ECONOMY 10:03am

S&P puts Irish credit outlook at ‘stable’

Credit rating agency reacts to Irish deal with ECB on bank debt

Wolfgang Munchau Ireland shows the way with its debt deal
Dublin hails ‘historic’ debt restructure

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Feb 12 data

Currency wars

Joint statement backfires with more market volatility

Finance minister outlines Tokyo’s case ahead of G20

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Study follows intense criticism of corporate practices

Spain is leading the way with the pace of economic change

Tokyo surges 1.9% after yen hits multiyear trough then rallies

Assad regime propped up by allies, cuts and cash seizures

Concerns increase after competitive devaluations

France’s 2013 deficit reduction target likely to be missed

Long-running probe into €560m sale of helicopters to India

Credit rating agency reacts to Irish deal with ECB on bank debt

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