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  • Indian harvest hopes sink sugar prices
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:34:48 GMT
    Sugar prices tumbled on Wednesday, extending the slide to a second session following reports suggesting a better-than-expected outlook for India?s production this season
  • Nikkei flat as machine stocks gain
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:08:01 GMT
    The Tokyo exchange remains flat, with better-than-expected machinery orders helping to offset a drop for embattled carmaker Toyota after an incident involving a Prius in the US

BBC News

  • Iran attacks US over Afghanistan
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:08:38 GMT
    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.
  • More schools fail Ofsted checks
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:05:40 GMT
    More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, according to figures just released.
  • Economic storm not over, says PM
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:54:54 GMT
    Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.
  • Top public servants' pay frozen
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:52:08 GMT
    Thousands of top-earning public sector workers, including judges and NHS managers, will have their pay frozen next year.

BBC Business News

  • Economic storm not over, says PM
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:54:54 GMT
    Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.
  • EMI name ex-ITV chief as chairman
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:53:35 GMT
    Troubled record company EMI - whose artists include Coldplay - has named former ITV boss Charles Allen as its new chairman.
  • Top public servants' pay frozen
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:52:08 GMT
    Thousands of top-earning public sector workers, including judges and NHS managers, will have their pay frozen next year.

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