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• Chinese lawyers pressured to drop milk cases
The government has been struggling to show the public that it is dealing successfully with the scandal, which has battered the country’s image, so carefully cultivated during the Beijing Olympics. At least four babies have died and more than 54,000 ...
• EU reaches agreement on tackling bank crisis
EU governments have been trying to restore confidence after a series of government bank bailouts and a cascade of individual moves by countries to increase deposit guarantees, in some cases to 100 percent of deposits. Markets plunged Monday on fears ...
• Somali pirate reduces ransom to $8 million
Somalia's government has given foreign powers the freedom to use force against the pirates, raising the stakes significantly. Russia, whose warship is not expected for several days, has used commando tactics to end several hostage situations on its ...
• AIG execs hid risks from auditors, panel finds
... Group Inc. hid from its auditors the full range of risky practices at its financial products division even as losses mounted, according to documents obtained by a congressional panel examining Tuesday the chain of events that forced the government to ...
• World markets waver after Fed’s bold move
Britain was the focal point of those banking jitters with Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC shedding around 40 percent of its value amid ongoing liquidity and solvency concerns and reports that the government might seek a stake in British banks to ...