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Faltering start for the new Facebook
Glitches delayed the opening of trading and underwriters had to intervene to prevent the group?s shares falling below the $38 price set on Thursday

Boy wonder comes of age on Wall Street
The creator of the most visited website on the internet has gone from dorm room prankster to admired chief executive, says April Dembosky

Chinese activist Chen set to fly to US
Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng and his family are waiting to board a flight to the US, bringing to an end the worst diplomatic spat between Beijing and Washington in over a decade

Spain hit by rise in bad bank loans
Value of bad loans held by banking sector increased a third during the past year to ?148bn and accounted for 8.4% of their entire loan portfolios

Hollande holds line on tax and troops
French president tells UK?s Cameron he will not reverse pre-election pledges on financial transaction levy and Afghan withdrawal

G8 leaders urged to focus talks on growth
Barack Obama says the summit of the world?s leading economies will focus on ways to promote growth in Europe and backed fiscal consolidation efforts

President plays up image as ?Mr Normal?
New French president seeks to fulfil his promise to voters after the ?bling-bling? image of his unpopular predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy

Murdoch quashes talk of UK paper spin-off
News Corp?s chief has moved to quash talk about selling its tainted UK newspaper business, saying publishing would remain ?a core component?

Repsol cancels LNG shipments to Argentina
Spanish group scraps nine deliveries of liquefied natural gas worth $360m in wake of YPF seizure over alleged ?contract violations? by Buenos Aires

Banking: Back to the wall
JPMorgan Chase?s $2bn loss tarnishes the reputation of chief executive Jamie Dimon as a hawk-eyed risk manager prepared to confront regulators

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