corporate
Intel to buy security tech firm McAfeeMicrochip maker Intel is to buy McAfee, which provides security for computers. It is its biggest… 19/08/10 18:42 CET
MasterCard buying DataCashMasterCard is to buy the British payment service provider DataCash Group for the equivalent of 405… 19/08/10 18:18 CET
GM moves towards IPOGeneral Motors has taken the first step to paying back the billions it was given in a controversial… 19/08/10 18:18 CET
economy
Greece OK for more EU aidAthens is on track to cut its excessive budget deficit. European Commission experts say Greece… 19/08/10 18:18 CET
UK retailers enjoy strong JulyBritish retail sales volumes rose nearly three times faster than economists had forecast in July… 19/08/10 18:18 CET
world news
Disneyland facing legal action in hijab rowA Muslim woman employed as a restaurant hostess in Disneyland, California has been sent home for… 19/08/10 20:06 CET
Probe follows claims Turkish army aided PKKSix families of Turkish soldiers killed by the Kurdish separatist group the PKK have filed a… 19/08/10 20:06 CET
Romanian President reacts to deportationsIn Romania as the first of the Roma people arrived in Bucharest from France there has been official… 19/08/10 19:51 CET
Battle to save ‘unique’ Russian fruits and berriesAn inquiry ordered by President Medvedev could be the last chance to save the world’s largest… 19/08/10 18:01 CET
Economy, internet and immigration top Oz pollImmigration, the monarchy, the internet and the economy are just some of the key issues on the… 19/08/10 18:01 CET
More Roma return to BucharestAt Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Paris the latest group of Roma boarded a flight for Bucharest… 19/08/10 18:01 CET
South African police fire rubber bullets at strikersSouth African police have used rubber bullets and water cannon on striking public sector workers as… 19/08/10 17:01 CET
Livelihoods in ruins after Pakistan’s floodsThey escaped with their lives but wait for work, day after day, in vain. For the labourers who… 19/08/10 17:01 CET
Spain cracks down on speeding foreign drivers.A new speed campaign has been launched on the roads of Spain and the authorities have foreign… 19/08/10 14:32 CET
First Roma leave FranceAt Paris’s main airport the first group of Roma prepared to leave France. They were part of the 79… 19/08/10 13:17 CET
Iraqis react to US combat troops’ exitIraqis have paid a huge price during the years of war in their country. They have died in horrific… 19/08/10 13:02 CET
UN set to boost aid to PakistanThe slow response to the crisis in Pakistan continues to dominate thinking and strategy at the… 19/08/10 11:48 CET
Radioactive boars raise food fears in GermanyTheir meat is a delicacy in Germany. But the spectre of Chernobyl hangs over the dinner plate… 19/08/10 11:09 CET
Final US combat brigade leaves IraqThe last American combat brigade has left Iraq, more than seven years after the invasion that… 19/08/10 10:00 CET
Bull jumps into crowd at Spanish arena, 40 hurtA trip to the bullring turned to terror for spectators in Spain when the bull decided not to play… 19/08/10 08:39 CET
French farmers welcome a rise in milk pricesFrench dairy farmers and their larger customers have struck a deal over the price of milk… 19/08/10 08:06 CET
‘Important progress’ in talks to form Belgian govtThe leader of Belgium’s French-speaking socialists is to hold more talks with Flemish separatists… 19/08/10 08:05 CET
Moroccans suspend Spanish enclave protestMoroccan demonstrators have suspended a blockade of Spain’s north African enclave in Melilla until… 19/08/10 08:05 CET
China rallies its stressed work forceYoung workers at the forefront of China’s economic boom are being encouraged to attend morale… 19/08/10 07:24 CET
UN to hold special session on PakistanFlood survivors from Pakistan’s Sindh province continue to head for the city of Karachi in search… 19/08/10 07:23 CET
Moscow to introduce night-time spirit banFrom September 1, Muscovites will be unable to buy spirits at more that 15 per cent strength… 19/08/10 05:14 CET
US ends combat mission in IraqThe last brigade of US combat troops has left Iraq ahead of a self-imposed August 31 deadline. It… 19/08/10 04:34 CET
Abducted Mexican mayor found murderedThe bound and blindfolded body of the kidnapped mayor of Santiago in Mexico has been found dumped… 19/08/10 00:35 CET
