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EU urges faster cut of UK deficit
Government plans to cut the UK's budget deficit are not ambitious enough, a European Commission report will warn this week.

Shell to cut a further 1,000 jobs
Royal Dutch Shell says it will shed a further 1,000 jobs by the end of next year as part of its cost cutting programme.

Expats lose pension freeze case
More than half a million UK pensioners living overseas will continue to have their pensions frozen after a court decision.

Delay for hedge fund rules vote
European finance ministers delay plans to vote on a new regulation of hedge funds and venture capitalists.

Snow storms chill US construction
Construction of new US homes fell in February, with blizzards in some parts of the country being partly blamed.


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Shrinking Detroit Back to Greatness
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