corporate
Job cuts and factory closures in Unilever recovery planUnilever, the world’s third-biggest food and consumer goods company, is to cut thousands of jobs… 02/08/07 07:08 CET
Toy recall. Problems in China for Fisher PriceThe giant American toy maker Mattel is recalling one and a half million Chinese-made toys, because… 02/08/07 07:08 CET
US housing crisis means problems for German bankStocks in the German bank IKB, which has been hit by the American housing crisis, have fallen… 02/08/07 07:08 CET
europa
Talk is cheap – well, cheaper than it was in EUThe latest comparison website shows which mobile phone operators in the EU’s 27 states are… 02/08/07 07:08 CET
Now Latvia challenges Commission over CO2 capLatvia has become the sixth EU member to take on the European Commission over CO2 emission quotas… 02/08/07 07:08 CET
Thoughts turn to EU disaster response forceAs large swathes of central and southern europe have been destroyed by fire, and floods have caused… 02/08/07 07:08 CET
world news
Russia plants flag in Arctic Ocean territorial claimAn expedition aimed at boosting Russian claims to much of the Arctic Ocean has reached the North… 02/08/07 12:08 CET
Condoleeza Rice visits Mahmoud Abbas to show Washington’s supportU.S. secretary of state Condoleeza Rice is visiting the West Bank underlining Washington’s support… 02/08/07 12:08 CET
1.5 million toys tainted with lead recalled.Mattel inc is recalling 1.5 million Chinese made toys amid fears the paint may contain too much… 02/08/07 12:08 CET
Interstate bridge plummets into the Mississippi RiverAt least nine people have been killed when an interstate bridge collapsed in Minneapolis… 02/08/07 12:08 CET
Bridge crashes into Mississippi river; several dead, dozens missingA 40-year-old interstate bridge has plummeted into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. The exact… 02/08/07 07:08 CET
Funerals for two European cinema greatsPopular French actor Michel Serrault has been laid to rest in the northern French town Honfleur… 02/08/07 07:08 CET
Russia plants flag on Arctic sea bed for energy richesRussian explorers have dived below the North Pole and planted a Russian flag on the sea floor. One… 02/08/07 07:08 CET
London police chief “not at fault” – IPCCLondon’s police chief, Ian Blair, is expected to be cleared of lying in connection with the killing… 02/08/07 07:08 CET
Russia plants flag on Arctic sea bed to push territorial claimThe expedition to the North Pole is a scientific one and risky at that. One Russian official said… 02/08/07 07:08 CET
US in shock as motorway bridge collapsesA bridge carring a four-lane state highway in the US city of Minneapolis has collapsed during rush… 02/08/07 06:08 CET
Strike Bill gets French Assembly approvalCommuter misery with thousands stranded by striking transport workers could be a thing of the past… 02/08/07 06:08 CET
Rice to meet Palestinian leaders in the West BankIsrael’s prime minister has urged the US secretary of state to keep Hamas “out of the game” while… 02/08/07 06:08 CET
Obama targets al Qaeda in Pakistan for possible military strikeDemocratic US presidential candidate, Barack Obama has upped the ante in his campaign by toughening… 02/08/07 06:08 CET
Speculation over French arms deal with LibyaThe son of the Libya’s Muammar Gadaffi has given a controversial interview to a leading French… 02/08/07 06:08 CET
