EU ECONOMY 7:06pm

Spain warns of deficit overshoot

Mariano Rajoy Agence,France-Presse

Budget shortfall forecast revised to 8% of GDP

From MARKETS 7:07pm

$6.3tn wiped off markets in 2011

Euro ends year as world’s worst performing major currency

From MARKETS Dec 30, 2011

Euro hits 10-year low against yen

Fall underlines Japanese currency’s enduring haven status

From WORLD Dec 30, 2011

Indian parliament fails to pass anti-graft bill

Flop will further antagonise the country’s social activists

A labourer works at an empty shoe factory in the city of Wenzhou From WORLD Dec 30, 2011

China manufacturing activity falls again

PMI declines for second consecutive month

From MARKETS 7:34pm

December gains fail to make up for bad year

Eurozone bond repayments due in first quarter of 2012

Cigarettes Agence,France-Presse From COMPANIES Dec 30, 2011

Price and tax drive illicit tobacco trade

Fourth-largest global tobacco business by volume

From MARKETS Dec 30, 2011

Forex traders hunt for fresh havens

Dollar and yen are not the only choices

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