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Clean energy: Goldman goes for the green

Its $40-billion bet on solar, wind power signals a tipping point

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Argentina's reelected President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner flashes the V sign during her inauguration ceremony, in Mayo square, Buenos Aires on December 10, 2011.
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Argentina's beaten-down bonds: A bargain cries out

Sovereign debt now trades at a lower price than that of Spain – yet Argentina’s finances are actually in good shape

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Rambo Amadeus of Montenegro performs his song 'Euro Neuro' during a rehearsal for the finals of the Eurovison Song Contest in Baku, May 21, 2012.
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Eurovision Song Contest: Monetary breakdance?

This year it’s hard to resist hunting for subliminal messages in each nation’s songs

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Ford CEO Alan Mulally shines the hood of a Ford Focus.
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A deadbeat no more, Ford must keep focus

Moody's bumps credit rating back up to investment grade after car maker's remarkable turnaround

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Remotely controlled tipper trucks operate at a Rio Tinto iron ore mine in Western Australia in this file undated picture made available March 26, 2012.
Breakingviews

Miners’ soaring profits to come back to earth

Investors may have to get used to more humdrum returns, but China’s appetite for raw materials is softening, not ending

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FILE -This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, shows workers inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed 'friend' from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
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Frazzled by Facebook? Try Chinese dot-coms

Shares of Renren are down, but strong roots in gaming make other players like Sohu comparatively recession-proof

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If Greece returns to the drachma, the Canadian economy could see serious repercussions as the markets begin to fear other euro zone countries will follow suit and return to using single-country surrencies.
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Why Greece needs a dual-currency regime

Greece’s ersatz euro idea likely to be messy and risky, but it could be the least bad way forward

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A Yahoo! billboard is seen in New York's Time's Square January 25, 2010.
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Yahoo's Alibaba deal should ease shareholder suffering

It has simplicity on its side and lets Yahoo move on

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Rajat Gupta exits Manhattan federal court in New York in October following arraignment. The insider trading trial for the former McKinsey boss and Goldman Sachs director starts Monday in New York.
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Ex-Goldman director has much to gain by testifying at insider trading trial

Prosecution’s case is largely circumstantial, leaving Rajat Gupta plenty of room to explain

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IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde at the African Consultative Group (ACG) meeting in Washington April 22, 2012. With more and more of the world's economy based in emerging nations, there are calls for more institutions to be based outside traditional power centres in the U.S. and Europe.
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A step toward equity among global financial authorities

Why not move Financial Stability Board’s permanent secretariat to Asia?