corporate
China Central Bank promises gradual reformBeijing has said that cooling the world’s fastest- growing major economy is a priority but it is… 04/01/05 07:01 CET
Lafarge says hundreds of its staff missing in IndonesiaThe French cement company Lafarge has said that it cannot account for more than half the workers at… 04/01/05 06:01 CET
German unemployment up again in DecemberUnemployment in Germany rose to its highest level in seven years in December, partly due to changes… 04/01/05 06:01 CET
europa
Commissioner hires from outside EU, stirs controversy in LuxembourgVeteran European Commissioner Viviane Reding is in the midst of a row in her native Luxembourg over… 04/01/05 07:01 CET
Information society applying, increasingly, to food2005 sees new European rules come into force on detailed identification of products and monitoring… 04/01/05 06:01 CET
WTO head to be French, Uruguayan, Brazilian or MauritianIt is now official that four candidates are contenders to head the World Trade Organisation, with… 04/01/05 06:01 CET
world news
Aid effort gets bogged down in stricken AcehNearly 400,000 refugees and more than 94,000 confirmed deaths; the disaster facing Indonesia is one… 04/01/05 07:01 CET
Unprecedented global aid effort for tsunami victimsThe world has mobilised an unprecedented relief operation to help the victims of Asia’s tidal wave… 04/01/05 07:01 CET
