corporate
Inditex confident on salesEurope’s biggest clothing retailer Inditex said it beat its net profit forecasts for the first nine… 10/12/09 20:19 CET
Swift Saab sale decision urgedThe head of Sweden’s Enterprise Ministry has reportedly told General Motors that it needs to decide… 10/12/09 20:19 CET
Hershey ‘close on Cadbury decision’US chocolate maker Hershey and the philanthropic trust that controls it are close to deciding… 10/12/09 20:19 CET
economy
UK and Swiss interest rates unchangedAs expected the Bank of England left its quantitative easing programme unchanged on Thursday at the… 10/12/09 20:19 CET
Crisis meeting called on Greek economyThe Greek prime minister has vowed to clean up the country’s economy. As Greek financial markets… 10/12/09 20:19 CET
europa
Brown-Sarkozy joint stand on global finance reformNo problem, just clearing the air… British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President… 10/12/09 18:57 CET
EU summit studies climate fund boostGreenpeace environmental activists dressed in business suits have managed to foil security at… 10/12/09 18:57 CET
Humour wins the day at European Book PrizeThis year’s European Book Prize, worth 10,000 euros to each winner, has recognised both humour and… 10/12/09 07:03 CET
Focus COP15
George Soros reveals climate planThere is a warning that the Copenhagen climate change summit could be wrecked by a shortfall in the… 10/12/09 19:02 CET
Melting ice and rising watersThere’s a chilling reminder in central Copenhagen of what’s at stake at the COP15 climate change… 10/12/09 16:52 CET
Developing nations split at UN climate talksA declaration of rights for Mother Earth is what they want. But, as indigenous Bolivians performed… 10/12/09 07:08 CET
le mag
The Automatic break free for album No.3Welsh alternative rock group The Automatic are preparing to release their third studio album “Tear… 10/12/09 18:13 CET
markets
The financial sector was strong after recent sharp fallsEuropean shares finished the session one percent higher though trading was thin and most major… 10/12/09 20:19 CET
science
Dutch water plan to turn green energy blueThe mixture of fresh and salt water flowing through the Dutch port of Rotterdam has inspired an… 10/12/09 18:13 CET
space
Europe’s Spaceport: the futureOver the last 30 years, 192 Ariane rockets, including 48 Ariane 5s, have been launched from The… 10/12/09 18:33 CET
Talk Planet
Can we see climate change?On this edition of Talk Planet we focus on the first hand experiences of climate change effects… 10/12/09 18:15 CET
world news
Netherlands imposes strict Q fever measuresThe Dutch government has announced a raft of strict measures in an effort to tackle a deadly… 10/12/09 21:44 CET
Obama defends use of force at Nobel awardUS President Barack Obama has defended the use of force at his acceptance speech for the 2009… 10/12/09 19:44 CET
Nobel laureates pick up prizes in StockholmAt a lavish ceremony in Stockholm the 2009 Nobel Prize winners in the categories of Economics… 10/12/09 19:10 CET
Top US military man addresses CongressAs President Obama defended America’s Afghan strategy in Oslo, the US’ top soldier in Afghanistan… 10/12/09 19:03 CET
Big asbestos trial opens in ItalyOne of the biggest ever trials linked to allegations of asbestos poisoning has opened in Italy… 10/12/09 19:01 CET
Five suspected US jihadists held in PakistanFive US nationals have been arrested in Pakistan for suspected links to a militant organisation… 10/12/09 17:54 CET
Turkish police clash with Kurdish protestorsSecurity forces have clashed with Kurdish protestors in the Eastern Turkish city of Van… 10/12/09 16:34 CET
Obama in Oslo for Nobel PrizeUS President Barack Obama has defended the use of force at his acceptance speech for the 2009 Nobel… 10/12/09 15:09 CET
EU leaders talk finance and climateThree weeks after European Union leaders chose their new full-time president and foreign affairs… 10/12/09 12:56 CET
Brown and Sarkozy find one voice on bonusesThe French and British leaders have joined forces to call for an exceptional tax on global bank… 10/12/09 12:55 CET
Obama in Oslo for Nobel PrizeThe US President is in Oslo to receive his Nobel Peace Prize. Barack Obama is the third… 10/12/09 10:44 CET
Al Qaeda says it was behind Baghdad bomb attacksAn Iraqi branch of al Qaeda has said it was behind Tuesday’s bombings which ripped through the… 10/12/09 07:06 CET
Jobless Latvian hunger striker ends protestA jobless Latvian is ending a ten day protest hunger strike today against his country’s… 10/12/09 07:02 CET
