corporate
EDF gives up on British Energy purchaseThe giant French power company EDF has abandoned plans for a 15 billion euro deal to buy the … 01/08/08 20:02 CET
European shares end lowerEuropean stocks finished Friday down more than 1% as oil prices jumped in volatile trading and the… 01/08/08 20:02 CET
GM makes another massive lossAnother horrible quarter for the world’s biggest car maker. General Motors posted an almost ten… 01/08/08 20:02 CET
BA profit collapsesBritish Airways saw its earnings collapsed in the last quarter as a consequence of high oil prices… 01/08/08 20:02 CET
BMW’s profit warningBMW has shocked the markets with a much worse than expected profit warning. It will miss its… 01/08/08 20:02 CET
le mag
Jazzing up the line-up at VienneFred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis, George “Buddy” Guy – France’s jazz festival at the impressive Roman… 01/08/08 17:36 CET
world news
Yukos executive convicted in Kremlin “show trial”A senior executive at Russia’s now-defunct Yukos oil empire has been sentenced in his absence to… 01/08/08 20:38 CET
Total solar eclipse wows much of the worldThousands of people across the world have witnessed one of the most spectacular stellar sights – a… 01/08/08 20:02 CET
Jury discharged in 7/7 conspiracy bombing trialThe trial of three men accused of helping the July 7th bombers in London has been thrown into… 01/08/08 20:02 CET
China calls for politics free OlympicsThere’s been a mixed reaction to China’s partial lifting of its ban on unrestricted internet access… 01/08/08 20:02 CET
Hamas/Fatah relations worsen after Gaza arrestsRelations between the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have sunk to a new low, with the… 01/08/08 20:02 CET
Euthanasia calls get louder in ItalyThe issue of euthanasia is making the headlines in Italy over a woman who has been in a coma for… 01/08/08 20:02 CET
At least 17 schoolgirls dead in Turkey gas explosionAt least 17 girls are now known to have died in a gas explosion in southern Turkey. Twenty-seven… 01/08/08 20:02 CET
Holbrooke denies Karadzic courtroom claimsExplaining his disappearance for more than a decade, Radovan Karadzic accused the United States of… 01/08/08 13:48 CET
EDF nuclear deal in doubtThe French electricity giant, EDF, appears to have failed in its bid to takeover Britain’s nuclear… 01/08/08 13:44 CET
Turkish schoolgirls die in a school gas explosionA gas explosion has destroyed a girls’ dormitory in Turkey, killing more than a dozen students and… 01/08/08 13:24 CET
Confusion over web access for Olympic journalistsLast minute negotiations are going on in China to try to guarantee Olympic journalists unrestricted… 01/08/08 13:23 CET
Lufthansa reaches pay deal with ground staffThe Lufthansa strike could be over. The airline says it has reached a pay deal with the Verdi… 01/08/08 13:21 CET
Romania’s President criticises Italy’s Roma policyThe Romanian president has given a mixed reaction to Italy’s treatment of ethnic Roma after… 01/08/08 07:41 CET
Azores Constitution sparks Portuguese President’s speechThe President of Portugal has interrupted his holidays to make a televised address to the nation… 01/08/08 07:40 CET
Karadzic tells Hague court he fears for his lifeAt his first appearance before the UN war crimes tribunal at the Hague, Radovan Karadzic went on… 01/08/08 07:39 CET
Italy hit by illegal immigrationA wave of around 800 illegal immigrants has hit Italy’s shores with officials warning the country… 01/08/08 07:39 CET
Holbrooke dismisses Karadzic’s claimsEx US Assistant Secretary of state Richard Holbrooke has refuted claims made by Radovan Karadzic… 01/08/08 07:37 CET
Phoenix space lander tastes Martian waterNasa’s Phoenix spacecraft has identified water on Mars for the first time. After digging a… 01/08/08 04:45 CET
