- U.S. slip on weak consumer sentiment, oil rises.
- Sugar nears 30-year high, soybeans rally.
- Oil tops $73 on positive econ data, weak U.S. dollar.
Reuters 31st August 2009.
- The Icelandic parliament has voted in favour of repaying more than $5bn (£3bn) to the governments of the UK and the Netherlands.
- General Motors has signed up to a 2bn yuan ($293m; £180m) joint venture with the Chinese state-owned carmaker FAW to make light trucks and vans.
- Japanese shares fell on Monday after rises to the yen and big stock falls in China overshadowed earlier optimism at the general election result.
BBC Business News 2009.
- Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-1 in a bad tempered match at Old Trafford.
- Kimi Raikkonen wins the Belgian Grand Prix for Ferrari.
- Andy Murray tipped by tennis legends to have a great chance of winning the US Open which starts today.
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