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Investment: a better tech bubble?

7:07pm

US bank dividends: on the rise

U.S. flags hang on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange near a Wall Street sign in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. U.S. stocks rose for the first time in three days, led by financial and energy shares, on better-than-forecast earnings at regional banks and record prices for oil and gasoline. Photographer: Jin Lee/Bloomberg News

Average payout ratio will be 24 per cent of net profits this year

Lafarge cement trucks wait to be loaded at the Lafarge cement terminal in Paris

11:38pm

Holcim/Lafarge: cement shoes

If approved, the deal would have the feeling of a bailout

A worker inspects solar panels at a solar farm in Dunhuang, 950km northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu Province

3:43pm

Investing in China: Time to be bold

With an upbeat mood, bargain-seeking is set to become fashionable

China presses Thailand on Uighur refugees
China property In search of shelter

Office worker is seen with pills

6:58pm

Meda: Nothing to sneeze at

Investors in Swedish group and suitor Mylan liked idea of a deal

Sun Pharma in talks to buy Meda

A man talks into his mobile phone at an M-pesa shop

7:37pm

M-Pesa: Begins at phone

Overseas aid helped create the mobile money

Indian rupee notes

Apr 3, 2014

Indian banks: promises, promises

Potential market huge but newcomers face uphill fight

A screenshot of Just Eat's website

Apr 3, 2014

Just Eat: middleman money

Takeaway food websites depend on network effects

A crispy flatbread margherita

©Nina Mangalanayagam

Apr 3, 2014

GrubHub: leftovers

Order carefully from food delivery site’s IPO

PICN, CLYDESDALE, BANK

Apr 3, 2014

NAB: just a little more time

New CEO will fuel spin-off talk, but it’s time to settle

Barnes & Noble

Apr 3, 2014

Barnes & Noble: an open book

Bookseller lacks a saviour – but may not need one, yet

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Indians warm themselves near a bonfire near cows standing to be milked on a cold morning in Allahabad, India, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

©AP India’s beef industry has become a highly political issue

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Seasonal Appeal World Child Cancer 2013

©Charlie Bibby This year’s charity helps children with cancer

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