corporate
Genentech accepts Roche offerSwiss drugmaker Roche has reached a deal with Genentech to acquire all of the shares in the … 12/03/09 19:55 CET
Saab cuts jobsSaab has announced 750 job cuts as it tries to stay afloat: 650 production line workers are to be… 12/03/09 19:55 CET
VW says 2009 will be toughVolkswagen says 2009 will be one of its toughest years ever. Europe’s largest carmaker is… 12/03/09 19:55 CET
europa
Sticky status of EU candidate countriesA “slowdown of the reform process” in Turkey, for the third consecutive year, has been noted with… 12/03/09 20:04 CET
Violent video games red button issueAdult video games potentially accessible to children need a common EU-wide preventive strategy… 12/03/09 20:04 CET
le mag
STOP’s search for new soundsSTOP or to give the percussion group its full name Slovenski Tolkalni Projekt is celebrating its… 12/03/09 19:22 CET
- STOP’s search for new sounds
STOP or to give the percussion group its full name Slovenski Tolkalni Projekt is celebrating its… 12/03/09 18:07 CET
Galliano and McQueen impress in ParisSpring may have sprung in Paris but there were flurries of snow at John Galliano’s ready-to-wear… 12/03/09 18:07 CET
markets
Thursday 12th MarchEuropean stocks finished the day up for the third straight session having reversed earlier declines… 12/03/09 19:55 CET
science
NASA hunts for Earth-like planetsA space probe designed to hunt for signs of Earth-like planets that could host life has recently… 12/03/09 17:44 CET
world news
Shrinking fortunes of world’s billionairesIt may not exactly be a riches to rags story but Forbes magazine is reporting a fall from grace for… 12/03/09 20:04 CET
Bank secrecy laws start to easeAs the financial crisis prompts hard-up western governments to more aggressively seek out tax… 12/03/09 19:55 CET
Space station collision alertThere has been an alert on board the International Space Station. The three astronauts on board… 12/03/09 19:25 CET
Pope hurt by “hostility” over WilliamsonJewish leaders have asked the Pope to make Catholic schools teach Holocaust Studies to safeguard… 12/03/09 19:16 CET
German killer posted intentions on the netPolice are beginning to piece together a profile of Tim Kretschmer the 17-year-old who went on a… 12/03/09 18:58 CET
Madoff behind bars after admitting fraudBernard Madoff has been remanded in custody after admitting that he orchestrated the biggest ever… 12/03/09 17:54 CET
Germany/France united ahead of G20 summitThe leaders of France and Germany have shown a united front on tackling the world financial crisis… 12/03/09 17:32 CET
Aid group quits Darfur after kidnappingsThe aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) is pulling out of Darfur after… 12/03/09 15:46 CET
Soul-searching in Germany after shootingAs the final moments of a teenager’s killing rampage in Germany emerge, a debate is raging about… 12/03/09 14:30 CET
Iraqi shoe thrower jailed for three yearsAn Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush has been sentenced to… 12/03/09 14:30 CET
Reports of bomb plot in N.IrelandAs police in Northern Ireland continue the hunt for dissidents who carried out two deadly attacks… 12/03/09 14:30 CET
Pakistani police get tough over lawyers protestPakistan is on high alert as lawyers and anti-government protestors begin a four-day march to… 12/03/09 14:30 CET
Australia’s northeast coast under threat from oil and fertiliser slickA major clean-up operation is underway on Australia’s northeast coast after a cargo ship spilled… 12/03/09 14:30 CET
German school massacre sparks debate on gun lawsYesterday’s massacre at the school in Winnenden has not only raised questions about gun control in… 12/03/09 07:59 CET
Judges resign over Swiss porn inquiryTwo judges have resigned from their posts in the Swiss canton of Jura, in the wake of a scandal… 12/03/09 07:59 CET
German school killer’s final moments on filmThe final moments of a teenage gunman, cornered by police marksmen in the southern German town of… 12/03/09 07:59 CET
Court rules CIA prosecutors breached state secrecyIn what could be a potentially fatal blow to a kidnap case against the CIA, Italy’s highest court… 12/03/09 07:59 CET
