corporate
BHP takes Potash Corp bid hostileBHP Billiton has launched a hostile 30 billion euro bid for Potash Corporation. BHP’s boss Marius… 18/08/10 21:16 CET
Everbright shares shineA bumper debut for shares of China Everbright Bank. On their first day trading on the Shanghai… 18/08/10 19:06 CET
Maersk profits bounce backDanish shipping and oil group Moller-Maersk has enjoyed a rebound in earnings, posting a net profit… 18/08/10 19:06 CET
GM steers closer to China’s SAICGeneral Motors is deepening its ties with Chinese car-maker SAIC. They announced in Shanghai that… 18/08/10 19:06 CET
economy
Gamers beat the downturnOne area that seems to survived the economic downturn is the gaming industry as evidenced by the… 18/08/10 19:06 CET
world news
Thousands disrupted by UK travel firm collapseThe collapse of another British low-cost travel firm has left tens of thousands of holidaymakers… 18/08/10 19:19 CET
Pentagon rules out ‘sanitised’ Afghan WikileaksThe Pentagon has said it will not negotiate with Wikileaks to create a “sanitised version” of the… 18/08/10 19:19 CET
Russia ‘unprepared for heatwave’ says scientistRussia was not adequately prepared for its stifling heatwave that is thought to have killed… 18/08/10 18:58 CET
South Africa hit by open-ended strikesThe threat of prolonged strike action is putting intense pressure on South Africa’s government with… 18/08/10 18:58 CET
Roma deportations condemned as ‘xenophobic’The French government is facing mounting criticism over plans to deport Roma migrants. The… 18/08/10 18:58 CET
UK coalition marks first 100 daysIt is a 100 days since British Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg emerged into… 18/08/10 18:58 CET
EU pledges more aid for Pakistan floodsThe EU has promised to increase its aid to Pakistan by 30 million euros, bringing the total to 70… 18/08/10 18:52 CET
The struggle of daily life in PakistanThe pain cries out from the faces of the Pakistan flood survivors in their daily struggle against… 18/08/10 18:11 CET
Russia backs Karzai’s Afghan peace effortsTheir countries have a troubled history. But, on a visit to Russia, Hamid Karzai has been assured… 18/08/10 15:50 CET
Blockade heightens tensions in MalillaThere is anger on the streets at the Moroccan border of Spain’s north African enclave in Melilla… 18/08/10 13:17 CET
Boost in aid for PakistanThe sight of vital life-saving aid on its way to Pakistan is evidence of the quickening response to… 18/08/10 13:09 CET
Dozens missing after new landslide in ChinaDozens more people are feared dead in the latest landslide to hit China, adding to the thousands… 18/08/10 13:09 CET
Multiple deaths in Philippines bus tragedyIn the northern Philippines, at least 41 people have died after a bus lost control and plunged into… 18/08/10 10:44 CET
UK govt’s ‘honeymoon’ continues after 100 daysOne hundred days into office and it is so far so good, it seems, for Britain’s coalition… 18/08/10 10:24 CET
Turkish embassy intruder in Israeli hospitalA Palestinian man who was shot and wounded after breaking into the Turkish embassy in Israel has… 18/08/10 08:32 CET
Colombian court suspends US military base dealA deal giving US troops more access to bases in Colombia has been suspended after a court in the… 18/08/10 08:24 CET
Putin rewards foreign pilots for fighting firesRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has thanked foreign countries who helped tackle wildfires… 18/08/10 07:39 CET
Car-bomb injures dozens in North CaucasusDozens of people were injured when a car-bomb exploded at a crowded cafe in a popular Russian… 18/08/10 07:39 CET
Whisky gets you going in more ways than oneA new whisky biofuel that can be used to power cars has been developed by scientists in Edinburgh… 18/08/10 07:36 CET
US still confident Iraq is on right trackDespite Tuesday’s deadly suicide bombing at the heart of Iraqi security, the US is sticking to its… 18/08/10 06:04 CET
Pakistan aid effort gaining speed – but only justMuch-needed aid is slowly beginning to arrive in flood-ravaged Pakistan but still only a fraction… 18/08/10 02:54 CET
Romania to expel Russian in tit-for-tat spy rowRomania has reacted angrily at Russia’s arrest and expulsion of one of its embassy workers in… 18/08/10 00:14 CET
