corporate
UBS to make ‘small profit’A rare piece of good news from the banking world. Switzerland’s UBS has told its shareholders it… 02/10/08 19:42 CET
economy
Paris show opens at gloomy times for carmakersThe Paris Motor Show opens this week with the industry under pressure. There have been double-digit… 02/10/08 19:42 CET
europa
EU flotilla to tackle Somali piratesThe pirates who have made the waters around Somalia the most dangerous in the world may not be… 02/10/08 19:57 CET
Council of Europe refuses to punish RussiaGeorgian protestors turned up outside the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Thursday, to stage a… 02/10/08 19:57 CET
markets
European shares sagEuropean stocks fell over 1% on Thursday, reversing a two-session recovery. Bleak US data on… 02/10/08 19:42 CET
world news
Euro zone interest rate on hold for nowThe European Central Banks has said that inflation risks in the euro zone have diminished and… 02/10/08 19:39 CET
No room for gaffes in Palin-Biden TV debateIt is a case of the relatively novice Republican against the experienced Democrat: she who says it… 02/10/08 19:12 CET
US running mates in spotlight for TV debateThe stage is set for a TV showdown between the two vice-presidential candidates in the US. The… 02/10/08 19:03 CET
Flash floods swamp Sahara oasisFlash floods have killed at least 29 people in an oasis in the Algerian desert. Forty-eight people… 02/10/08 18:27 CET
Fossett’s mysterious disappearance solvedThe mysterious disappearance of the American adventurer Steve Fossett may finally have been solved… 02/10/08 17:41 CET
Expert says Europe needs different rescue planAs European banks and financial institutions wrestle with some of the worst economic conditions in… 02/10/08 17:35 CET
Europe’s leaders divided over bank crisis actionDespite growing anxiety about the global financial crisis, Europe’s leaders have been unable to… 02/10/08 17:35 CET
Jaruzelski says martial law saved PolandPoland’s last communist leader has told a court he had little choice but to declare martial law in… 02/10/08 17:35 CET
Pressure mounts for EU action on financial crisisPressure is rising in Europe for bankers and politicians to follow America’s lead and take similar… 02/10/08 14:40 CET
Russia hosts German leader to mend tiesGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is in St Petersburg in Russia, helping to mend ties between the two… 02/10/08 13:48 CET
Euro falls to one year low against US dollarThe euro has fallen to its weakest in more than a year against the US dollar ahead of speculation… 02/10/08 13:24 CET
US Senate approves financial rescue planThe United States Senate has approved a four hundred billion euro bail out of the US financial… 02/10/08 13:17 CET
New poll dampens Palin enthusiasmA new poll for the influential Washington Post newspaper will make uncomfortable reading for… 02/10/08 13:04 CET
Cameron prepared to take “tough decisions”British opposition leader David Cameron has said he would make tough and unpopular economic… 02/10/08 08:41 CET
EU divided over response to global financial turmoilThe European Commission says it could take up to two years for new regulations on the financial… 02/10/08 07:51 CET
US Senate approves multi-billion euro bail outThe US Senate has approved a 500 billion euro bail out bid for the country’s financial markets… 02/10/08 07:51 CET
Markets fail to react to news of US bail-outAsian stocks continued to extend their declines even after the news that the Senate had approved… 02/10/08 07:51 CET
EU monitors enter Georgian buffer zoneEU monitors have started entering a Russian-controlled buffer zone around Georgia’s breakaway… 02/10/08 07:51 CET
