archive 16·09·2009

cinema

• Gamer on screens

  Written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, Gamer is an action-packed thriller… 16/09/09 17:44 CET

corporate

• Facebook covering costs

  Social networking website Facebook says it made enough money to cover its operating expenses in the… 16/09/09 21:41 CET

• Zara group doing better than hoped

  Tighter management of costs and stocks as well as better than expected sales because of good… 16/09/09 21:41 CET

economy

• Euro zone inflation stays negative

  Falling energy prices kept euro zone annual inflation in negative territory in August. Transport… 16/09/09 21:41 CET

• UK jobless total still rising

  Britain’s jobless rate has hit its highest in 13 years, at just under eight percent of the working… 16/09/09 21:41 CET

europa

• Socialists’ Schulz comments on Barroso win

  euronews: “Jose Manuel Barroso has secured a second term as European Commission President, the… 16/09/09 20:20 CET

• EPP’s Barnier comments on Barroso win

  euronews: “Michel Barnier, head of the French delegation in the European People’s Party, Jose… 16/09/09 20:17 CET

• Parliament endorses Barroso

  Jose Manuel Barroso has won the support he needed from the European Parliament to serve another… 16/09/09 13:42 CET

le mag

• USA Today in Spain

  A new exhibition, USA Today, has opened in Zaragoza, Spain. The curator, Mario Martin Pareja… 16/09/09 17:44 CET

markets

• Wednesday 16th September

  European shares finished the day up more than one percent, with a key index – the FTSEurofirst 300… 16/09/09 21:41 CET

science

• Multiple Sclerosis future hope

  Multiple Sclerosis is a neurological condition that affects the transfer of messages from the… 16/09/09 18:31 CET

world news

• Afghan election: 1 in 3 Karzai votes ‘fixed’

  The credibility of Afghanistan’s controversial election has been further weakened by claims that a… 16/09/09 20:22 CET

• Swiss parliament picks a new face

  He is a fresh face in the cabinet but Switzerland’s so-called “magic formula” for government… 16/09/09 20:22 CET

• Toxic waste scandal hits Italy

  It’s the equivalent of flytipping, but out at sea, and it concern materials so dangerous ìt… 16/09/09 20:21 CET

• Milk strikers earn wide support

  Falling milk prices have boosted support among Europe’s dairy farmers for an all-out strike to… 16/09/09 20:20 CET

• Nuclear scandal excites German campaign

  Claims that a controversial atomic energy report has been buried by a German cabinet minister have… 16/09/09 19:14 CET

• Daily life as art – at Lyon’s Biennale

  Culture vultures are swooping on the French city of Lyon for what is being described as “one of the… 16/09/09 19:13 CET

• Hariri tries again in Lebanon

  Lebanon’s would-be Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has been asked again to form a new government in… 16/09/09 15:54 CET

• Afghan vote: 1,5 million suspect ballots

  The final result of the controversial elections in Afghanistan will be announced later, with… 16/09/09 14:04 CET

• Hatoyama confirmed as Japan’s PM

  The formal election in parliament as Japan’s Prime Minister was a moment for Yukio Hatoyama to… 16/09/09 14:03 CET

• Carter cries “racism” over Obama criticism

  His popularity could not be expected to stay sky- high for ever. But is the rising tide of… 16/09/09 13:14 CET

• Southern Spain on flood alert

  At least two people were killed as violent storms battered southern Spain. The victims were a… 16/09/09 12:03 CET

• Suicide attack in Chechnya

  A suicide bomber has killed herself and possibly others in the centre of the Chechen capital… 16/09/09 11:13 CET

• Japan’s parliament votes in Hatoyama as PM

  Yukio Hatoyama has been formally selected as Japan’s new prime minister. The confirmation… 16/09/09 08:33 CET

• UN calls for separate Gaza inquiries

  There is pressure on Israel and Palestinian authorities to investigate claims they committed war… 16/09/09 07:42 CET

• Americans told recession is probably over

  They are the words Americans have been waiting to hear: their worst recession since the Great… 16/09/09 07:42 CET

• French row over reprieve for Scientologists

  There is a reprieve for the French branch of the Church of Scientology after a clause in a new law… 16/09/09 07:42 CET

• Belgium brings in new immigration law

  A law aimed at giving illegal immigrants resident status in Belgium came into effect yesterday, but… 16/09/09 07:42 CET

• Lehman victims demand their money back

  One year on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, which marked the start of the financial meltdown… 16/09/09 07:42 CET

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