A round-up of the key stories across the specialist financial media, including news that indicators suggest a soft landing is likely for China's economy.
China growth gliding lower, hard landing risks ease
China's economy is on course for a soft landing, a clutch of indicators showed on Friday, easing investor fears of a sharp slowdown and revealing ample room for Beijing to loosen policy further to support growth.
Bob Diamond, chief executive of Barclays, was awarded £6.3m in 2011, including an all-share annual bonus of £2.7m, down from at total package of £9m a year earlier.
U.S. stocks rallied, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index its biggest two-day advance of the year, as Greece moved closer to completing its debt swap.
Three top executives of MF Global Holdings Ltd. when it collapsed could get bonuses of as much as several hundred thousand dollars each under a plan by a trustee overseeing the securities firm's bankruptcy case, people familiar with the matter said.
Payrolls in U.S. climb 227,000; jobless rate holds at 8.3%
Employers in the U.S. boosted payrolls more than forecast in February, indicating companies are growing more optimistic about the expansion. The jobless rate held at 8.3 percent.
