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Bloomberg: Ukraine’s credit-rating outlook was cut to negative from stable by Moody’s Investors Service, which cited risks to funding, liquidity and political stability after the country failed to meet the terms of bailout payments. The revision means that Moody’s is more likely to lower the country’s B2 foreign-currency...

Guardian: The French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel will hold emergency talks on Wednesday in a desperate attempt to hold the eurozone together and formulate a response to the Greek prime minister's plan for a referendum on the austerity measures imposed by his European partners. George Papandreou's socialist government is on the brink of collapse after...

Bloomberg: The world's biggest banks bowed to what German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the “last word,” agreeing to write down their Greek government debt by half in the pivotal piece of the euro area's bid to stem the financial crisis. The Institute of International Finance, which represents financial companies, agreed to “develop a concrete v...

Telegraph: China's trade surplus narrowed for a second straight month in September, as both imports and exports were lower than expected, reflecting falling world demand. China's trade surplus of $14.5bn in September was smaller than August's $17.8bn and less than half of the $31.5bn recorded in July. Exports to the troubled European Union fell ...

Washington Post: Public sector unions in Britain on Wednesday threatened a huge wave of strikes as they resist efforts to reduce spending on pensions, the latest pressure on David Cameron’s Conservative-led government as it grapples with a struggling economy. Dave Prentis, general ...

AFP: The financial turmoil gripping the world has had little effect on wealth in China, where an ongoing economic boom keeps creating new US dollar billionaires, according to Forbes magazine. Releasing its annual list of China's richest people, Forbes on Thursday said the world's second largest economy had a total of 146 billion...

BBC: Rolls-Royce has launched an investigation after a plane carrying 136 people had to make an emergency landing in Singapore.

GRN correspondents available in Singapore and in the UK to discuss the business elements of this story and the impact on Rolls-Royce

GRN: Please advise us as soon as possible if you have any requirements for coverage before, during and after the upcoming wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in central London on April 29th 2011.

GRN can offer coverage with Royal Correspondent Christopher Lee and other reporters around the city and across the world.

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Bloomberg - Nigeria’s main rebel group in the oil-rich Niger River delta region said it’s trying to gain custody of three French nationals seized in the West African nation’s coastal waters.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta saidit’s working to transfer the three crew members employed by Bourbon...