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IRS has not reined in election spenders

The US tax agency has appeared to do little to rein in organisations that have injected hundreds of millions of dollars into national elections
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Japanese Q1 growth hits 3.5%

Real gross domestic product increased by 0.9% in the three months to March, or 3.5% in annualised terms, government data show
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Eurozone sets bleak recession record

Data likely to add to pressure on the ECB to take further action after cutting interest rates, and to revise its forecasts predicting a recovery later in the year
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New Yorker reveals system to mask sources

The launch of Strongbox comes amid a row over the US government secretly obtaining phone records of reporters for the news agency AP
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Scientists make human cloning breakthrough

Human "therapeutic cloning" back on the scientific agenda as US-based team for the first time produce embryonic stem cells from those of adults
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Snags await favourite for Fed job

As an architect of the Fed's strategy to purchase assets and keep interest rates low, Janet Yellen is the obvious choice to succeed Ben Bernanke
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Challenging domination of oil's strong few

Oil price reporting agencies reject comparisons with Libor, where sponsors mechanically accepted daily estimates from banks
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Zambia's King Cobra rattles business

Fear that crackdown on tax avoidance and transfer pricing could threaten investor friendly image of one of Africa's fastest-growing economies
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Italy airs pessimistic view on recovery

At best the eurozone's third-largest economy would see a bottoming out of its longest postwar recession in the final quarter of 2013, some say
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Immigration to be main US population driver

Census Bureau exercise is especially topical as Congress considers legislation to overhaul immigration system for the first time in three decades
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FT podcast: World Weekly with Gideon Rachman

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Five quick takeaways from the eurozone GDP numbers

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