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Nigeria: Power outage - Less than a year after Goodluck Jonathan came to office promising reforms, failed attempts to deal with an Islamist insurgency and political protests are fuelling doubts. By Xan Rice

Rivals spar over Google+ traffic - The web search group has traded blows with Facebook and Twitter as each side tried to seize the moral high ground in the increasingly bitter social networking war

Google drops 10% after surge in costs - Pricing slumps in core search advertising business and internet group also blames currency effects and a writedown in the value of Clearwire for disappointing results

Goldman Sachs profit falls 58% - Goldman Sachs reported a 58 per cent decline in fourth-quarter earnings after a tumultuous trading period, but still managed to beat analysts’ expectations after trimming expenses

Tullow Oil cuts production forecast - The FTSE 100 oil production and exploration group undershot forecast output levels in 2011 and downgraded its outlook for this year, sending shares sharply lower

Morgan Stanley caps cash bonus at $125,000 - The bulk of its bankers’ compensation will be spread over more than two years in the latest sign of the lower levels and changed structure of Wall Street pay

Desmond rues press inquiry - Richard Desmond, owner of the Express and Star newspapers, has told Sir Brian Leveson that his inquiry is the worst thing for the industry in his lifetime

Salmond fights off attempts to force early referendum - YouGov poll finds support for independence has increased to 33 per cent, 4 percentage points higher than last May, while opposition has fallen 5 percentage points

Fannie Mae chief executive to step down - Williams to leave as soon as a successor is chosen to lead the US government-controlled financier, the largest provider of mortgage credit in the country

Rolls-Royce reports best ever annual sales - The prestige carmaker owned by BMW reported that it delivered 3,538 cars to customers in 2011, a 31 per cent rise on the 2,711 it sold the previous year

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