corporate
Soft figures from MicrosoftComputer software giant Microsoft has revealed even worse than expected quarterly results and… 22/01/09 20:04 CET
Nokia doubles phone slowdown forecastNokia has reported a worse-than-expected 69 percent fall in fourth-quarter profit. The… 22/01/09 20:04 CET
Sony loss warningSony is warning of a bigger-than-expected 2.2 billion euro operating loss for the current business… 22/01/09 20:04 CET
economy
China’s economic growth slows furtherMore grim news from China where the economic slump deepened in the final three months of 2008 as… 22/01/09 20:04 CET
Lebedev explains Evening Standard plansRussian billionaire Alexander Lebedev, has been explaining why he wanted to become the new owner of… 22/01/09 20:04 CET
europa
GMOs may grow by diktatEU biotech experts are to debate whether to tell countries to grow GMOs. This is after Brussels… 22/01/09 20:04 CET
Ageing should double cancer screeningEurope’s population should double cancer screening as it ages. The European Union’s health… 22/01/09 20:04 CET
reporter
Dublin doubts euro-shoppers’ patriotismIrish shoppers are crossing a border to save money in Northern Ireland. Their euro is strong where… 22/01/09 18:04 CET
space
Making the invisible visible: the big picture in spaceFour hundred years after Galileo began peering at the stars, 2009 is officially the International… 22/01/09 18:59 CET
world news
Protesting Greek farmers block roadsGreek farmers took to the streets for a third day to protest against falling food prices, and to… 22/01/09 20:04 CET
Gaza tunnels back in actionPalestinian smugglers have returned to work in Gaza despite Israeli warnings of more military… 22/01/09 20:04 CET
Guantanamo: first Bush symbol to goA new President’s first act is often highly-symbolic of the way he intends to carry on, and Barack… 22/01/09 19:23 CET
What happens to Guantanamo’s inmates?Seldom has a prison caused so much controversy, coming to symbolise for many everything that has… 22/01/09 18:42 CET
Ex-Deutsche Post boss starts tax evasion trialOne of Germany’s fallen business stars has gone on trial charged with tax-dodging in Liechtenstein… 22/01/09 18:30 CET
Two sentenced to death in Chinese milk scandalTwo death sentences have been handed down by a Chinese court ruling on the contaminated baby milk… 22/01/09 18:21 CET
Hollywood announces Oscar picksThe nominations for the Oscars have been released with “Waltz with Bashir” standing out as one of… 22/01/09 17:36 CET
Clinton signals a wind of changeThe US State Department has welcomed its new boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the first… 22/01/09 16:36 CET
Trial of fatcat postmaster begins in BochumThe trial has begun in Bochum of one of Germany’s highest-profile suspected tax dodgers, former… 22/01/09 13:06 CET
Gaza fishermen wounded by Israeli fireFive Palestinians, including two children, have been wounded by shots from an Israeli gunboat… 22/01/09 12:49 CET
Obama closes GuantanamoPresident Obama today signs into law his executive order on Guantanamo bay. It closes the camp and… 22/01/09 12:34 CET
Two sentenced to death for China milk scandalThe former head of the Chinese baby milk company at the centre of a poisoning scandal has been… 22/01/09 09:35 CET
Livini vows to allow aid into GazaEU foreign ministers pressed Israel to lift its blockade on humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged… 22/01/09 07:52 CET
Hamas says Israeli offensive was a “failure”The political leader of Hamas has claimed that Israel failed to achieve its goals with its three… 22/01/09 07:52 CET
Clinton gets Senate approval for top diplomatic jobHillary Clinton has won approval from the Senate to become the next US Secretary of State. … 22/01/09 07:44 CET
Gitmo to go as Obama shuts controversial CampPresident Barack Obama is due to sign an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention… 22/01/09 04:36 CET
