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WestLB's owners plan to put the bank up for sale through an auction that could herald a wider shake-up of Germany's state-owned Landesbank sector. The bank expects the offer to satisfy a promise to the European Commission to seek a change in its ownership, a condition of state aid given last year....

A nearly painless, win-win solution for Wall Street and taxpayers? Don't believe it for a minute. But the hoopla gives investors a chance to profit in the short term.

Sam Adams laid his tools aside and gently pushed fresh dirt around an oak sapling he hopes one day will be part of a hardwood forest high above this Appalachian community. He was one of about 70 people gathered in Blackey last week to plant thousands of trees...

A British resident who says he was tortured before being sent to Guantánamo Bay said yesterday he may give evidence on behalf of an MI5 officer to ensure that senior figures within the government are held to account for any involvement in his treatment.Binyam Mohamed spoke to the Guardian after the attorney general called in the Metropolitan police to investigate claims that MI5 had colluded in his interrogation.Mohamed said he was determined that the officer, known only as Officer B, should not be scapegoated. 'It's very important that we get to the truth, for everyone in the future,' he said.The attorney general, Lady Scotland, announced the unprecedented move in light of damning evidence that Britain's security and intelligence agencies colluded with the CIA in Mohamed's inhuman treatment and secret rendition.She said the police inquiry would look into 'possible criminal wrongdoing' in what the high court described as Mohamed's unlawful questioning.After being arrested at Kar

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Friday, trying for a fifth day of gains, as hopes the global economy could not get any worse kept investors buying riskier assets, though U.S. and Japanese data left some doubts lingering.