corporate
Bayer’s profit up, agrochemicals division to be restructuredGerman drugs and chemicals maker Bayer says healthcare earnings boosted second quarter operating… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
Consumer confidence slumps in USConsumer confidence in the United States in August fell to its lowest level this year. High petrol… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
BP investigated over alleged market manipulationBP has confirmed reports that it is being investigated by US authorities. They are looking into… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
europa
Shoe import duties set for five-year approvalThe European Commission is set to approve a plan by its trade chief Peter Mandelson to apply… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
EU raps carmakers for slowdown on cleaner vehiclesIf the car-making industry does not re-design them to pollute less, voluntarily, it might have to… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
Cooperation to reinforce presumption of innocenceBrussels has proposed stepping up justice cooperation between EU Member States in order to avoid… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
world news
France open to talks with IranTwo days before a Security Council ultimatum runs out, France has said it is open to dialogue with… 29/08/06 08:08 CET
Turkey hunts bombers after deadly attackPolice in Turkey are hunting two suspects who are believed to be behind the deadly bombing of a… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
Tourist attacks highlight Turkish tensionsThe attacks of recent days in Turkey have, once again, shone the spotlight on tensions within the… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
Tehran calls for face-to-face TV debate with BushDebating world affairs, live on television, face-to-face with US President George W Bush – that is… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is in Israel today after getting a mixed reception in Lebanon.At the memorial to Rafique al-Hariri he was the visiting statesman, but in Beirut’s western suburbs… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
Annan urges Israel and Hizbollah to end disputesOn day two of Kofi Annan’s mission to cement the ceasefire between Hizbollah and Israel, the United… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
Turks make first arrest after weekend bombsTurkish police have arrested a suspected PKK member allegedly planning a further bomb attack in… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
Bush defends reconstruction effort on Katrina anniversaryA year after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, US president George Bush has defended the… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
Lopez Obrador rejects Tribunal decisionThe court has ruled – now Mexico’s angry opposition must heed its ruling, and end its two… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
Olmert ducks independent investigation into conduct of Lebanese warThere won’t be an independent investigation into the handling of Israel’s war in Lebanon. Instead… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
800 Italian soldiers set sail for LebanonThe UNIFIL peacekeeping force is taking shape with the imminent arrival of the first Italian… 29/08/06 07:08 CET
Annan visits Lebanon peacekeepersIn place since 1978, United Nations soldiers in southern Lebanon face a new challenge – maintaining… 29/08/06 01:08 CET
Spain asks EU for help in stemming tide of illegal immigrantsSpain says it is to ask the European Union for more help in stemming the growing tide of African… 29/08/06 01:08 CET
Kurdish group says it was behind latest Turkey blastPolice are hunting two suspects in connection with yesterday’s deadly bomb blast in a Turkish… 29/08/06 01:08 CET
Ernesto drenches Cuba and heads for FloridaTropical storm Ernesto has travelled over Cuba – lashing the east of the island with wind and rain… 29/08/06 01:08 CET
Protests continue as Mexico court rejects electoral fraud claims“Offensive and unacceptable for millions of Mexicans.” That is how leftist candidate Andres Manuel… 29/08/06 01:08 CET
