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Is your knowledge of the English language up to date?

Quiz: "wave" or "waive"?

The British Labour Party believes that bankers should ____ their bonuses.

The British government comes in for criticism for not having the strength to control bankers' bonuses, which will again be high this year. Also occupying the British media is the Indian telecoms scandal.

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It's all your fault

Reading the newspapers can make one's heart sink, because they are often full of such depressing news. But one recent story in the Financial Times about banking was particuarly depressing. It seemed to blame bankers for all our problems.

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier. hard times ahead. Photo: T. Köhler

Germany, Iran and banks

The English-language financial press is concentrating this week on the upcoming German elections and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's swearing-in as president of Iran, as well as the controversial topic of bank bonuses.

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Creating wealth

Are banks returning to their bad old ways? We look at media comment on the financial crisis, as well as on the planned free-trade agreement between India and ASEAN.

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Quiz: "setback" or "clawback"?

"The UK government is looking at ways to ___ some bonuses."

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"I was born in a pinstripe suit," a school friend of mine once admitted. He later became a director of a merchant bank.

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Chief happiness officers recommend: Sleeping Beauty's castle

In pursuit of happiness

PSYCHOLOGY: Fat pay cheques and large bonuses are on hold as the economic outlook darkens.

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