Новости за 18.03.2015

The big action in the 2015 UK Budget comes in the moderation of public spending cuts. It doesn’t feel much like a rabbit out of a hat, but kills Labour’s charge that the ideological Tories are planning to cut public spending to its lowest level since the 1930s.

Aspiring homeowners will receive £50 for every £200 they save

This substantial recovery has taken place on the chancellor’s terms, writes Jeffrey Sachs

Brand to be withdrawn and St Petersburg factory closed as car group seeks to cut its losses

Smartphone chipmaker has an unhappy history with buybacks

Photos of politicians at home are dissected, identified and pored over, says Edwin Heathcote

Assault is blow to country seen as democratic beacon for the Arab world

Driving ambitions overtaken by margin realities

Swedish krona weakens after Riksbank cuts interest rates to minus 0.25%

Market regulator’s earlier decision to clear executives prevents prosecution

Sector is facing its biggest crisis since 2009 global recession

Asia’s largest commodity trader defends its financial reporting but pledges greater disclosure

Troops force extremists out of all but three local government areas in Borno

They have come out of nowhere to steal a march on older carriers

Parcel delivery service is handling ecommerce challenge better than rival UPS

Welcome for ECB’s easing programme tempered by warning of growing risk of financial instability

Passwords stolen at Register.com, manager of 1.4m web addresses

The policy of Chinese containment could be a disastrous miscalculation

The tattoos of Matt Taylor, Rosetta mission scientist, signal his rare dedication

Arpa-E has rare bipartisan backing to use government funds to get innovations off the ground

Labour leader Ed Miliband has said he will not enter a coalition with the Scottish Nationalists after the general election in May, despite 19 per cent of Labour voters favouring this option.

It is odd a trader should ask the regulator to keep investigating him: the whole thing smells

His role as Middle East peace envoy is nearing a long-overdue end

An attempt to predict the impact of massive number-crunching that is sketchy on the cost to business

Decisions by a few managers could be crucial for how well bond markets function in a crisis