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Monday October 28 2013
 
 
UK Homepage
 
Big Six face challenge over power bills
 
Ofgem estimates that power companies' average net profit margin has more than doubled over the past year from £45 a household to £95
 
 
 
Noyer warns against 'Robin Hood' tax
 
 
Obama mounts big push to boost FDI in US
 
 
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Steep rises hard to sell
 

UK energy bills are set to climb by 10 per cent or so. Lex's Oliver Ralph and Vincent Boland discuss whether politicians are right to blame utility companies

 
US homepage
 
Merkel's phone 'tapped by US since 2002'
 
The German chancellor's mobile was monitored for more than a decade, from before she became chancellor until this June, Der Spiegel has reported
 
 
 
Titan bets on Europe recovery
 
 
Investors embrace risk in hunt for yield
 
Europe homepage
 
Fed probes banks' exposure to MReits
 
After a 'deep dive' into the topic, regulators have growing concerns about the rapid expansion of mortgage real estate investment trusts
 
 
 
Emirates eyes record $30bn Boeing order
 
 
China nuclear subs 'gallop to depths of ocean'
 
Asia homepage
 
Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed dies
 
Confrontational temperament gave him the impetus to sustain a career long after his peers
 
 
 
HK debate over listing rules
 
 
Tata's JLR unit targets the ultra-rich
 
World News
 
Saakashvili likely to face probe, says PM
 
Bidzina Ivanishvili thinks it 'highly probable' that outgoing president Mikheil Saakashvili will be interrogated, a move likely to worry the EU and US
 
 
 
Japan scrambles jets amid China dispute
 
 
Baghdad car bombs kill 39
 
 
Bombs kill five in Indian poll violence
 
 
Democrat ahead in Virginia governor race
 
Companies News
 
Salaries surge for scarce compliance staff
 
Pay jumps as UK banks and asset managers struggle to implement a host of post-crisis reforms
 
 
 
Twitter on tour to lure money managers
 
 
Wave of PE money flows into shipping
 
 
Myanmar courts foreign telecoms groups
 
 
Grand Theft Auto halts video game decline
 
Markets
 
Forget China, switch to Mexico or Egypt
 
Research from Harvard University suggests that growth is 'driven by knowledge – at the level of society, not the individual'
 
 
Comment
 
Obamacare glitches are no mere hiccup
 
Well into his fifth year in office, the US president has been caught serially off guard by recent crises, from Syria to spying
 
 
 
No end to the euro crisis in sight
 
 
The cost of tapping allies' phones
 
 
Beijing's caution on reforms makes sense
 
 
Britain needs strong cities to boost growth
 
Management
 
Mark Hurd, Oracle co-president
 
The former college tennis star has rallied in the three years since being forced out as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard
 
 
 
Nine valuable lessons from rubbish jobs
 
 
Hardship postings
 
 
Heavy lifts manager
 
 
 
 
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