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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Alistair Darling, Shell, Barclays,

Date: Tuesday 05 May 2009

Alistair Darling's rose-tinted forecasts of an economic recovery in Britain by 2010 have been demolished by the latest projections from the European Commission.

The EC said UK GDP will grow at 0.1% in 2010 – far below the Chancellor's bullish projection of 1.25% growth. The Commission said that...

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