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Review of the year - 1990

German monetary union; Tokyo slump; US junk bond scandal; Mrs Thatcher leaves office; Channel Tunnel breakthrough

A look back at the main business headlines of 1990. The last 12 months have seen German monetary union, the slump in prices on the Tokyo stock market, the US junk bond scandal, Mrs.Thatcher departing as British Prime Minister and the Channel Tunnel breakthrough, opening up rail travel between the UK and France.

(Photo: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher leaves 10 Downing Street for the last time as head of the Government on November 27, 1990 Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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