- Europe must focus on growth as well as cutting spending to reduce national deficits, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said.
- Mining companies in Australia have expressed hope of reopening discussions about a controversial mining tax with the country's new prime minister.
- A US appeals court has been told to look again at the convictions of Conrad Black, the newspaper tycoon currently serving a prison sentence for fraud.
- German airline Lufthansa, Europe's largest, has settled a lengthy dispute with pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit.
- The prosecutor in the trial of Jerome Kerviel has called for the former Societe Generale trader to spend four years in prison, if convicted.
- EU transport ministers have signed a second "open skies" agreement with the US at a meeting in Luxembourg.
- French insurer Axa has agreed the sale of its UK life assurance business to buyout fund Resolution for £2.75bn.
BBC Business News 25th June 2010
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