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US housing losses drag down HSBC - UK-listed bank reports 36% drop in third-quarter earnings after loan impairments jump more than $1bn because of rising missed mortgage payments in the US

Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft in ad alliance - Trio to sell each other’s excess advertising inventory in US in an attempt to stem the erosion in pricing that has hit the online display business with the rise of Google and Facebook.

Credit Suisse to reveal client names to IRS - US authorities to receive some customer details in tax probe in the latest twist in a long-running tussle between the Washington and a substantial number of Swiss banks

Emerging markets are useful but no safe haven - Emerging market bond sentiment has changed but investors can still see value in countries such as Indonesia and expect risk appetite to return, but that emerging debt might be seen more as a diversifier

Germany's eurozone trilemma - Germany has three ardent but incompatible desires – it wants the single currency to survive, to limit its financial contribution to any bail-out and it insists the ECB keeps inflation low. Until Berlin relents on one of ...

Sony cuts operating profit forecast by 90% - Japanese group cuts its full-year operating profit outlook to its lowest in three years as it grapples with the Thai floods, a soaring yen and sluggish TV sales

Madoff wind-up suffers setback - A US judge dismissed billions of dollars in claims filed against JPMorgan Chase and UBS by the trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernard Madoff’s fund

Cannes conundrums - World leaders assembling in the south of France have yet to show they are up to tackling persistent imbalances in the global economy, writes Alan Beattie

Transocean eyes more action against BP - The owner of the drilling rig that sank in the Gulf of Mexico last year aims to prove the UK group should be liable for almost all the disaster’s costs

Blavatnik walks away from EMI auction - It may not be clear for two weeks or more whether Citigroup will settle for offers below initial hopes or retain the UK music group for at least another year

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