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London lures record number of tech groups

London & Partners says it helped 260 international businesses establish themselves in the capital and that more US and Chinese groups made investments

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Consumers help eurozone shift gear

Surveys of economic activity out this week have offered evidence that services firms are contributing more to the region’s return to health

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Sisi vows to put state at heart of economy

The country’s former defence minister outlines a grandiose vision and warns the private sector it must accept lower profit margins if he is elected president

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SocGen takes €525m hit on Russian assets

French bank cites economic fallout from the Ukraine crisis as the reason behind the writedown on the goodwill of its Rosbank subsidiary

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Indonesian ore export ban hits home

The ban on exporting unprocessed ores aims to boost investment to protect local employment but the short-term impact is having the opposite effect

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Greek central bank chief urges consolidation

A six-year recession has left deep scars in Greece’s corporate sector yet only only one large listed company has been forced into bankruptcy

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