While the authorities have traced hundreds of millions of dollars from MF Global, investigators do not know whether they can retrieve the money.

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DealBook: After a Delay, MF Global’s Missing Money Is Traced

Starbucks, the popular American coffee retailer, plans to open its first store in India in September through a joint venture with Tata Global Beverages.

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Starbucks Plans to Begin Populating India at Last

European officials say the task of negotiations with lenders is less to help Greece through its troubles than to avoid an uncontrolled default that could threaten the global financial system.

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Europe Now Doubts That Greece Can Embrace Reform

Sir Elton John’s first book, detailing his experiences of the global Aids epidemic, is to be published.

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Sir Elton John secures book deal

World stock markets finish one of the most dramatic years for the global economy, with most well down for the year.

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Global markets finish a wild 2011

Analysts say higher global demand and possible supply problems from Iran could keep the price for a barrel of oil in the triple digits.

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Oil Prices Predicted to Remain Above $100 a Barrel Next Year

What’s the chance of tracking down the owner of a lost iPod when all you have to go on is the playlist? There are perhaps a quarter of a billion of the music devices circulating around the world now, and given the global traffic that passes through the Washington area, the owner could be . . . anywhere. Read full article > >

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By only its playlist, lost iPod reshuffled to its original owner

Former MF Global chief says he does not know where money went.

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Sens. Want Answers From Corzine

Jon S. Corzine, the former chief of MF Global, is set to appear before the House Agriculture Committee to answer questions about the collapse of his brokerage firm. The panel began at 9:30 A.M.

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DealBook: Live Blog: House Panel Hearing on MF Global

The measures are unraveling the most significant change of President Bashar al-Assad’s tenure: linking Syria to the global economy.

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Syrians Say They Are Feeling Grip of Economic Sanctions

Winston Ibrahim, 25, is interested in doing socially conscience work not only as a philanthropist but also as a businessman. His recent project, Hydros , works towards fighting the global water crisis, by creating various products and programs, which in turn help to fund sustainable water projects. Raised in both Greenwich, Connecticut and the San Francisco Bay area, Ibrahim credits his bicoastal upbringing to get along with just about anyone. We got a chance to talk to Ibrahim about his work.

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Winston Ibrahim: Social Entrepreneur and Savvy Philanthropist

Chinese manufacturing activity falls to its lowest level in 32 months, hurt by a slowdown in the global economy.

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China manufacturing falls further

About $200 million in customer money that vanished from MF Global is believed to have surfaced at JPMorgan Chase in Britain, according to people briefed on the matter.

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DealBook: Money Found in Britain May Belong to MF Global

PBS’s recent five-part series “Women, War & Peace” takes a hard-hitting look at women’s unique experiences in war and the global struggle to include them in peace.

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War Stories Get Gender-fied in New PBS Show

The shortfall in customer cash held by collapsed brokerage firm MF Global may have doubled to $1.2bn (£760m), according to liquidators.

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MF Global missing cash ‘doubles’