corporate
M&S posts Q3 growthMixed news from the British retailer Marks & Spencer. It has just posted its first rise in… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
Confidence expressed in Airbus A400MGerman and French ministers have expressed confidence in the Airbus A400M military transport plane… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
economy
Japanese finance minister … Hiro-hisa Fujii has resigned .. creating problems for Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.dfssdd 06/01/10 20:10 CET
Carmakers curry favourWith the world’s carmakers looking to developing countries for future growth, India’s Auto Expo… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
Greece details budget cuts to EUEuropean Union officials are in Greece to hear details of what the Athens government plans to do to… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
europa
European anti-poverty campaign stresses collective approach2010 is designated the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, with civil society… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
EU staff pay demand to be fought out in courtEurope’s civil servants are having their fight for a pay rise taken to court, because the European… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
hi-tech
New LALs guarantee 20/20 visionMany thousands of people in Europe, particularly people over 65 have cataracts in one or both eyes… 06/01/10 17:56 CET
le mag
The 80s reviewed in Sydney’s Powerhouse museumSydney’s Powerhouse museum of science and design has plugged into the demographic with an… 06/01/10 17:56 CET
markets
Markets: 6th JanuaryEuropean shares finished slightly ahead, at their best levels in 15 months, as data suggested… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
world news
Job on line in Slovak airport security bungleA Slovak police chief is facing the sack after a bungled airport security test resulted in… 06/01/10 22:04 CET
Slovakia says sorry over botched air security drillAn airport security test has ended in embarrassment for Slovakia after explosives planted by… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
Iceland: debt repayment threatens recoveryIt might seem like small change to the bankers of Britain or the United States, but the money at… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
Iceland divided over Icesave bank referendumIceland is under renewed pressure to pay back billions of euros in compensation to Britain and the… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
Double A-bomb survivor dies at 93The only official survivor of both the atomic bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has died… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
Brown faces renewed leadership challengeThe British prime minister is facing a fresh backbench rebellion over his leadership. Less than… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
Egyptian soldier killed in Gaza border clashesAn Egyptian soldier has been shot dead in clashes with Palestinians at Egypt’s border with Gaza… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
Rebel car bomber brings more carnage to DagestanA suicide attacker has detonated a massive car-bomb in the capital of Dagestan, Makhatchkala… 06/01/10 20:10 CET
Paying by plastic poses problems in GermanyMillions of Germans are still unable to use their bank cards because of a software bug that struck… 06/01/10 13:44 CET
Yemen arrests al Qaeda suspectsA military push against al Qaeda in Yemen has yielded three more arrests, according to security… 06/01/10 12:52 CET
US spy chiefs seek to plug security holesUS spy agencies are seeking ways to improve their operations after the alleged attempt to blow up… 06/01/10 12:51 CET
Europe in the grip of the big freezeThe recent cold snap is continuing to cause chaos across Europe. While it is good news for tens… 06/01/10 12:21 CET
Slovak apologies to Irish after botched security drillExplosives were discovered at a house in Dublin after an airport security drill on the other side… 06/01/10 12:20 CET
Anti-whalers say protest boat sunk by JapaneseA radical environmental group says its high-tech protest power boat has been rammed and sunk by… 06/01/10 11:58 CET
Suicide bomber kills six in Russia’s DagestanA suicide attacker has killed at least six policemen and injured over a dozen more in Russia’s… 06/01/10 11:14 CET
Anti-whalers say protest boat sunk by JapaneseA radical environmental group says its high-tech protest power boat has been rammed and sunk by… 06/01/10 10:19 CET
Obama says he “won’t tolerate” security failuresPresident Barack Obama has acknowledged human and systemic failures led to a breach in security and… 06/01/10 07:23 CET
Chaos as big chill persists in EuropeAs extreme weather continues to blast many parts of Europe, authorities are struggling to keep… 06/01/10 07:23 CET
Anger over Iceland compensation decisionBritain and the Netherlands have reacted angrily after Iceland’s President bowed to public pressure… 06/01/10 07:21 CET
Hubble captures a young universeNew images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space telescope have given astronomers a glimpse of galaxies that… 06/01/10 07:20 CET
UN suspends food programme in SomaliaThe UN’s World Food Programme has halted operations in much of southern Somalia because of what it… 06/01/10 07:19 CET
