The Financial Times

By Al Jazeera Staff in Europe on May 5th, 2010
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Britain has held what appears to be the tightest election race in a generation.

The Conservative party took the lead but failed to gain a clear parliamentary majority, leaving the UK with a hung parliament. Eyes are now on the Liberal Democrats, as the two main parties attempt to woo them into forming an alliance.

You can follow the the latest news from Al Jazeera's UK election team right here.  

1636 GMT It's not just Nick Clegg that David Cameron is going to have to convince of the merits of a coalition. As this story from the Financial Times shows, he faces a battle persuading his own party.

By Teymoor Nabili in Business on December 26th, 2009
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The Financial Times "Person of The Year" is Lloyd Blankfein, the head of Goldman Sachs,

a tough, bright, funny (everyone remarks upon his unpretentious, wisecracking manner) financier who reoriented Goldman... [under whom] Its influence has spread throughout the world, from New York and London to Shanghai and São Paulo.

It's an interesting choice. There are many who would argue that - Blankfein's wiseracking notwithstanding - Goldman's influence around the world has been catastrophically destructive and malign at its very core, or as Rolling Stone put it:

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