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Briton to head development bank
Sir Suma Chakrabarti will be the first non French or German president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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

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

UK fears sound of a Greek exit
The impact of a eurozone member leaving the bloc would certainly hit Britain?s economy and affect banks largely through indirect exposure to Europe

Spain?s pain becomes Europe?s big fear
Fears about contagion from Greece and worries about the health of Spanish banks have shifted the focus of the crisis from Athens to Madrid

Europe?s hubristic imperial overstretch
Germany and France should, as orderly and honourable as they can, return to the safety of the original Treaty of Rome, writes Andrew Roberts

Time to end ?Camerkozy? economics
David Cameron?s response to every downturn is to lecture the eurozone and argue that nothing is his fault, writes Ed Miliband

Alarm delay ?critical? says Concordia probe
Captain of giant cruise ship took more than an hour to alert the passengers after ship hit rocks off Italian island of Giglio

Will Hollande target UK owners of French property?
With François Hollande?s victory in the recent presidential election it looks like there will be a significant increase in taxes in France

Arab spring needs aid to succeed, says Osborne
The UK minister?s comments reflect frustration in the southern Mediterranean that promised financial support has been slow to materialise

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