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The Bank of England (BoE) today kept interest rates at a record low of 0.5% as uncertainty remains over who will govern Britain.

Spain finally emerged from recession in the first quarter of 2010, following nearly two years of negative growth.

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After the €110bn bailout of Greece on Sunday, Investment Week brings you a timeline of the country's economic turmoil in 2010.

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Greece could be forced to reluctantly accept the agreed EU and IMF bailout package after its borrowing costs surged to fresh highs yesterday.

Lawyers in the United States were predicting a wave of legal action last night in the wake of the $1bn fraud charge brought against Goldman Sachs by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Greece sold more debt than expected today as investors snapped up the issuance of short-term government bonds.