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  • Obama seeks US corporate tax cut
    Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:26:09 GMT
    US President Barack Obama proposes a cut in corporate tax and an end to tax loopholes, as part of his election-year strategy on the economy.
  • Bank members voted for £75bn QE
    Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:49:37 GMT
    Minutes show two of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee wanted more money pumped into the economy, sending sterling down on the currency markets.
  • Greek MPs consider bailout laws
    Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:38:48 GMT
    Protests take place outside parliament in Greece, as MPs consider emergency laws after a 130bn-euro bailout deal.
  • Peacocks sold but 3,100 jobs lost
    Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:04:47 GMT
    Fashion retailer Peacocks is sold out of administration to Edinburgh Woollen Mill, saving 6,000 jobs, but 3,100 staff will be made redundant.

BBC News

  • Nine cleared of UDA man's murder
    Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:20:50 GMT
    Nine men involved in the UVF supergrass trial in Belfast are acquitted of the murder of UDA leader Tommy English.
  • Argentina train crash 'kills 49'
    Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:15:23 GMT
    A commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, kills 49 people and leaves at least 600 injured, officials say.
  • NHS 'will be Cameron's poll tax'
    Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:04:48 GMT
    Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform "his poll tax" - in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill.
  • Mackay signs new Cardiff contract
    Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:00:45 GMT
    Malky Mackay is rewarded for guiding Cardiff City to the Carling Cup final with a new three-and-a-half year contract.
  • Vicar and teacher murder charges
    Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:35 GMT
    A man is charged with murdering a clergyman at his South Gloucestershire vicarage and a retired teacher in Worcestershire.

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