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6:58pm FINANCIALS

News of Fed rejection was shock to Citi

Executives knew 24 hours before market that capital plan had been rebuffed

6:59pm FINANCIALS

Fed feels backlash over stress tests

Bank executives and investors attack system as ‘opaque’

6:33pm FINANCIALS

European banks braced for stress tests

Fed’s unexpected rejection of capital plans stokes uncertainty

8:52pm TECHNOLOGY

Facebook works on drones and lasers

Social media group hires Nasa experts to ‘beam internet’

6:06pm MARKETS

LME forced to halt plan to cut warehouse queues

UK judge rules consultation unlawful in case brought by Rusal

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Inside Business: A world beyond Windows

A visitor check his smartphone in front of a Windows display at a Microsoft Corp. news conference ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday, February 23 2014

Microsoft is ready to move beyond the PC and it now needs to win over mobile customers one user at a time

Satya Nadella, the executive in charge of Microsoft’s cloud and enterprise division, becomes chief executive

12:04am TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft boss launches Office for iPad

Satya Nadella aims to catch up on mobile and cloud

Inside Technology Microsoft opens the door to a world beyond Windows
Microsoft gains on mobile market hopes

The Citic Building stands in Beijing, China, on Thursday, September 18 2008

12:54pm ENERGY

Citic seeks to recapture glory days

China’s biggest conglomerate puts mainland assets into HK entity

Citic Group outlines big restructuring

6:11pm ENERGY

Total and Lukoil in talks over shale deal

Highlights corporate desire to continue business in Russia

German business concerns over Russia ties

Bernie Ecclestone at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam, South Korea in 2010

6:34pm RETAIL & CONSUMER

Ecclestone ordered to pay £4m legal costs

F1 chief described as unreliable and untruthful witness

EU economic and monetary affairs commissioner Olli Rehn gives a press conference on June 5, 2013 at EU headquarters in Brussels

2:52pm GLOBAL ECONOMY

Brussels reforms target lending to SMEs

Commission to bolster market for securitisation to speed recovery

Scheme to boost small business lending

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The exterior of a Versace boutique is seen in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, March 22, 2006. Gianni Versace SpA, the Italian fashion house named after its founder, may sell shares to fund expansion rather than link up with luxury-goods companies or a buyout firm, Creative Director and owner Donatella Versace said. Photographer: Giuseppe Aresu/Bloomberg News

©Bloomberg Versace reports that its net profit jumped by nearly a third in 2013

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SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 10: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch (C) executive chairman of News Corporation and chairman and CEO of 21st Century Fox; James Murdoch, (R) son of Rupert Murdoch and the deputy chief operating officer of News Corporation; and Lachlan Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch and executive of Illyria Property Limited, arrive for the Allen & Co. annual conference at the Sun Valley Resort on July 10, 2013 in Sun Valley, Idaho. The resort will host corporate leaders for the 31st annual Allen & Co. media and technology conference where some of the wealthiest and most powerful executives in media, finance, politics and tech gather for weeklong meetings. Past attendees included Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

©Getty Changes at the top of the Murdoch empire: bring on the therapists

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