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US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says rising healthcare spending may harm the US economy.

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The US investment bank Lehman Brothers posts a loss of $2.8bn, the first since it went public in 1994.

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Talks between haulage firms contracted to Shell and striking tanker drivers ends without a deal.

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Oil prices hit a record $139.89 a barrel in trade in New York, despite a Saudi pledge to increase output.

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UK High Street clothing firm Primark fires three Indian suppliers because they used child labour to finish goods.

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South Korean construction workers join truck drivers in their strike, the latest sign of unrest over the rising cost of fuel in Asia.

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A Malaysian palm oil firm is to begin growing rice to tackle shortages of the crop and help meet record demand.

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Inflation in the eurozone has a climbed to a record level of 3.7% in May amid higher food and fuel costs, figures show.

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The Japanese car maker Honda begins the first commercial production of a hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle.

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Barclays says it is "actively considering" selling shares to existing investors to raise cash in a rights issue.

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Insurer American International Group, reeling from record losses, fires its chief executive Martin Sullivan.

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Saudi Arabia will increase its oil production by 200,000 barrels a day from July, its oil minister tells the United Nations.

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