archive 10·10·2005

corporate

• VW board discusses implication of Porsche being its largest shareholder

  Volkswagen’s supervisory board has been meeting to discuss the fact that Porsche is now the largest… 10/10/05 07:10 CET

• Tom Schelling and Robert Aumann win Nobel economics prize

  This year’s Nobel Prize in economics has gone to two men who individually carried out work leading… 10/10/05 07:10 CET

world news

• Merkel set to be named German Chancellor

  The political limbo in Germany appears to be over, with Angela Merkel set to become the country’s… 10/10/05 10:10 CET

• Schroeder may become German Foreign Minister.

  Germans have got used to waiting recently and it seems that the political limbo that has already… 10/10/05 07:10 CET

• Portuguese vote for status quo in local elections

  Portugal’s opposition Social Democrats have been celebrating following yesterday’s local elections… 10/10/05 07:10 CET

• Polish presidential race goes into runoff

  Poland’s free-market enthusiast, Donald Tusk, has won round one of the country’s presidential… 10/10/05 07:10 CET

• Pakistan quake death toll could hit 38,000

  There is now a race against time in Pakistan to find survivors from the most devastating natural… 10/10/05 07:10 CET

• Abbas-Sharon meeting delayed

  A meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon due… 10/10/05 06:10 CET

• Merkel to lead new German government

  Angela Merkel has presented herself as Germany’s first woman Chancellor. She has confirmed that her… 10/10/05 06:10 CET

• Progress in quake aid effort

  In what is a vital breakthrough in efforts to get aid to the disaster zone after Saturday’s… 10/10/05 06:10 CET

• Who is Angela Merkel?

  Although she is being compared with Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel’s past bears few similarities… 10/10/05 06:10 CET

• Miracle rescues in quake disaster zone

  It is a small ray of hope amid the depths of despair in Pakistan’s earthquake tragedy. A child has… 10/10/05 06:10 CET

• Bird Flu threat spreads

  It was back in 1997 when Hong Kong health authorities identified the first cases of bird flu virus… 10/10/05 06:10 CET

• Italian Bank Governor before court in Rome

  Bank of Italy Govenor Antonio Fazio has faced a court in Rome on questions of abuse of office… 10/10/05 01:10 CET

• Huge death toll feared in mudslide village

  Up to 1,400 people may have died in a village in Guatemala. Triggered by Tropical Storm Stan, an… 10/10/05 01:10 CET

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