corporate
BAE sets time limit to sell Airbus shares as price wrangle continuesThe divorce between the UK defence contractor BAE Systems and Airbus is getting messy. Three… 02/05/06 07:05 CET
Napster launches free but limited downloading serviceNapster, the former online pirate of the music downloading world, is going back to its roots. It… 02/05/06 07:05 CET
German coalition agrees economic reformsGermany’s “grand coalition” government has finally reached agreement on controversial economic… 02/05/06 07:05 CET
world news
French PM to tough out scandal – for nowThe French Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, has said he will not resign over an alleged smear… 02/05/06 12:05 CET
Bolivia says gas nationalisation just the startBolivia’s President has signed a decree placing his country’s energy industry under state control… 02/05/06 12:05 CET
US Under-Secretary Burns predicts agreement on IranAhead of Tuesday night’s meeting of the UN Security Council’s five permanent members plus Germany… 02/05/06 08:05 CET
German hostages freed in IraqThe German Foreign Ministry has announced the safe release of two German hostages held in Iraq… 02/05/06 08:05 CET
Skilled workers favoured by new French immigration rulesA radical shake-up of immigration rules in France has been presented by Interior Minister Nicolas… 02/05/06 08:05 CET
Immigration according to SarkozyBy proposing new rules on immigration, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has firmly placed the… 02/05/06 07:05 CET
French PM faces questions over “Clearstream” affairThe French Prime Minister faces a grilling in parliament today over accusations he has been… 02/05/06 07:05 CET
Massive demonstrations by US immigrantsCalling on authorities to legitimise millions of workers without official papers, hundreds of… 02/05/06 07:05 CET
Berlusconi hands-in resignationAfter five years in power Silvio Berlusconi has officially handed-in his resignation to the Italian… 02/05/06 07:05 CET
Bolivian leader nationalises gas industryThe Bolivian President, Evo Morales, has moved to nationalise the country’s natural gas industry… 02/05/06 07:05 CET
