The technology sector was slammed, after takeover talks between International Business Machines and Sun Microsystems broke down over the weekend.

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The unit stems from an agreement last year between the government, the unions and business leaders after talks brokered by the International Labour Organisation.

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Ms Claussen, a long-time bureaucrat who had often dealt with corporations during international environmental talks, suspected that attitudes in big business were not quite so uniform.

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Private investment bank Julius Baer added 2.2% after confirming it is in talks with Bank of America about acquiring the Merrill Lynch international wealth-management business.

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