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Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigning as head of the IMF, Japan's economy plunging back into recession and Lloyds Banking Group shareholders venting their anger over executive pay…we bring you today's top stories.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, four days after being charged with the sexual attack of a Manhattan hotel chambermaid. MORE... Japan's economy has plunged back into recession for the third time in a decade after contracting sharply following the nation's biggest recorded earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear crisis. MORE... Lloyds Banking Group suffered an embarrassing shareholder revolt over boardroom pay at its heated annual general meeting yesterday. MORE...

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