- One-day strike begins in France
- Insurers being sued over Katrina
- Bosses rapped on pensions divide
- Ford sells Hertz in $5.6bn deal
- Swiss banks returning Abacha cash
- Paris rioting enters second week
- Bush seeks $50bn hurricane relief
- Storm triggers mass US evacuation
- Katrina “set to slow US economy”
- High Street sales under pressure








