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Page last updated at 05:34 GMT, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 06:34 UK

Sale at a store in New York
US budget deficit at $1 trillion
The US budget deficit has moved above $1tn for the first time, nine months into the financial year, official data shows.
Trade gap lowest in years
Hints of second US stimulus plan
US loan defaults hit record level

Singapore's financial district Singapore's economy bounces back
Singapore is emerging from its worst recession on record after its economy soared 20.4% between April and June.

A Ukrainian gas pipeline in Poltava (file image) Europe gas pipeline deal agreed
Five countries sign an agreement to build the Nabucco gas pipeline, linking the Caspian Sea to Europe.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
harvesting wheat in Kansas
Food fight
Rising food prices still a problem around the world
BBC World Food Price Index
The BBC's world food price watch
Food prices vary but crisis remains
File with Goldman Sachs written along spine Goldmine Sachs?
How can banks do so well in times of crisis?
A mountaintop removal mine in West Virginia Coal battle
Mountaintop mining divides opinion in West Virginia
Oil pump Crude guess
Whatever happened to oil at $200 per barrel?


VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
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Jaguar Land Rover unveils new model
Diamond Antwerp diamond sales lose lustre

Tour boost for French village


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ECONOMY
Sunshine takes heat off retailers
Think tank warns on UK finances
Geithner urges derivatives curbs
US trade gap lowest in nine years

COMPANIES
BA pilots to accept 2.6% pay cut
Sportswear firm in administration
Magners maker corrects revenues
MPs warn of risk to local papers

UK YOUR MONEY
Economy 'to dampen house prices'
End of retirement age signalled
Mortgage plan 'doomed to fail'
'Care insurance' planned for old

AFRICA
East Africa customs union boosted
Sahara gas pipeline gets go-ahead

AMERICAS
Canada jobless less than expected
Crude oil price falls below $60

ASIA PACIFIC
Chinese property prices pick up
Further deflation woes for Japan
EUROPE
Sales and profits down at Philips
G8 pledges to boost food supplies

MIDDLE EAST
Yemenia 'may cancel Airbus order'
Giant Saudi border deal agreed
SOUTH ASIA
Infosys posts warning on revenues
India outlines growth challenge

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
A man holds a handful of rice grains Grain drain
Thailand's rice policy puts farmers in poverty
Amy Winehouse Corporate burnout
Executives join celebrities in rehab as recession bites
Rasul, 23, Vakhsh, Tajikistan Moscow migrants
Central Asians feel the pain from Russia's job losses
TAKING THE PULSE
Food and fuel Making sense of the recession: the cost of food and fuel, and the global impact

MARKET DATA - 06:38 UK

FTSE 100
4202.13up
 74.96 1.82%
Dax
4722.34up
 146.03 3.19%
Cac 40
3052.08up
 68.98 2.31%
Dow Jones
8331.68up
 185.16 2.27%
Nasdaq
1793.21up
 32.48 1.84%
BBC Global 30
4519.48up
 15.74 0.35%
Data delayed by at least 15 minutes
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Japanese brewers consider merger
Japan consumer confidence rises
China airline buying local rival
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