Trichet: time to withdraw some support measures (AP)
European stocks steady in midday trade (AFP)
Downbeat Dell weighs on world markets (AP)
Polanski's lawyer says director's family suffering (AP)
FTSE 100 slips on OECD warnings (AFP)
JP Morgan takes over Cazenove joint venture (AP) AP - U.S. bank J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. said Thursday it has bought full control of J.P. Morgan Cazenove in a 1 billion pound ($1.67 billion) deal with its joint venture partner, the venerable London financial house Cazenove Group Ltd. FTSE 100 down in early trade (AFP)
SABMiller H1 net profit down 32 percent (AP) AP - SABMiller PLC, the world's second-largest brewer, on Thursday reported a 32 percent drop in net profit as revenues were hit hard by unfavorable currency movements and lager volumes declined. UN official questions world's hunger commitment (AP)
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AFP - London's FTSE 100 index closed lower on Friday, ending a week which started with the index of leading shares striking a 2009 high.
AP - Although it is too early to say the crisis is over, it is time to withdraw some of the policy measures that supported the financial system through the credit crunch, the European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said Friday.
AFP - Europe's main stock markets steadied on Friday one day after equities slumped on jitters regarding the economic outlook, traders said.
AP - World stock markets fell Friday amid mounting concerns about the pace of the U.S. economic recovery following a disappointing earnings update from computer maker Dell Inc.
AP - The lawyer for director Roman Polanski says his wife and two children are bearing the brunt of his Swiss imprisonment and that he has proposed "very significant" bail money, house arrest and other assurances to find freedom.
AFP - The FTSE 100 slipped on Thursday amid renewed concern about the strength of recovery from the worst global economic crisis in decades after some mixed data and forecasts.
AFP - London shares were falling on Thursday following losses in Tokyo and overnight on Wall Street, as investors digested mixed economic data and outlooks for the global economy.
AP - The director of a U.N. food agency questioned Wednesday how world powers could commit so much money to fighting the financial crisis and not to feeding the 1 billion hungry.
