archive 21·09·2010

corporate

• Glitch reduces Halo’s shine

  Despite first day sales of 150 million euros, Microsoft’s Halo: Reach videogame is already losing a… 21/09/10 17:28 CET

• N8 blow for new Nokia boss

  Nokia’s new chief executive, Stephen Elop has had a bad first day in the job. The company has had… 21/09/10 17:28 CET

• Potash hold out on BHP

  Canada’s Potash Corporation has rejected an offer from Anglo-Australian miner, BHP Billiton -… 21/09/10 17:28 CET

• UniCredit chief quits over Libya stake

  UniCredit’s chief executive has reportedly submitted his resignation to the Italian bank… 21/09/10 17:24 CET

economy

• The Fed steers clear of easing

  The Federal Reserve has made no changes to its basic monetary policy following a one-day meeting… 21/09/10 20:37 CET

europa

• Roma treatment by France simmering on EU agenda

  There are solid signs that France has acted illegally in expelling Roma people, the European… 21/09/10 20:46 CET

le mag

• Photojournalist Nachtwey zooms in on conflict

  War, famine, natural disasters – American photographer James Nachtwey has caught on camera some of… 21/09/10 18:21 CET

science

• Statin side-effect studies divide medical opinion

  Daniel Anderson believes these pills are keeping him alive. They are statins, cholesterol-lowering… 21/09/10 18:00 CET

terraviva

• Muni Seva – a Green-Tech Indian Ashram

  Those who think that Indian Ashrams are mainly isolated religious schools, do not know Muni Seva… 21/09/10 16:14 CET

world news

• Protests in Cairo against Mubarak succession

  Anti-government protesters in Egypt have rallied against president Hosni Mubarak’s possible… 21/09/10 22:34 CET

• War would have ‘no limits’, Iran leader warns US

  The Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned that if the US start a war against Iran it… 21/09/10 21:00 CET

• MEPs to leave Strasbourg day early due to strike

  Strike passions are also affecting the European Parliament. The members trooped into the French… 21/09/10 20:09 CET

• North Korea prepares for life after Kim Jong-il

  Official media in the secretive state have today announced an official meeting of the national… 21/09/10 20:01 CET

• Greek truckers protest against reforms

  Striking Greek truckers have demonstrated outside the country’s parliament ahead of a vote on… 21/09/10 19:20 CET

• Merkel casts doubt on UN millennium aid goals

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the UN it’s unlikely to reach its millennium development… 21/09/10 19:05 CET

• Mideast: Quartet ‘want Israel to extend settlement freeze’

  The Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators, meeting at the summit in New York, are set to call on… 21/09/10 19:04 CET

• Homeless World Cup gets underway in Brazil

  It was a great atmosphere on Sunday at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach as the eighth Homeless… 21/09/10 18:27 CET

• Italy orders Google to stop collecting Wifi data

  Italy has ordered US internet giant Google to stop downloading Wifi information through its Street… 21/09/10 18:04 CET

• Czech civil servants storm government office

  Public sector workers in the Czech Republic on Tuesday stormed the country’s interior ministry… 21/09/10 16:34 CET

• Head of Vatican bank under investigation

  The head of the Vatican bank has been formally placed under investigation by judges looking into… 21/09/10 16:09 CET

• US considers marketing of “frankenfish”

  Some are calling it “frankenfish”: salmon that grows twice as fast as normal because it is… 21/09/10 15:43 CET

• Greek truck strike rumbles on

  A strike by Greek truckers has entered its second week with protesters refusing to back down over… 21/09/10 14:06 CET

• Quartet ‘want Israel to extend settlement freeze’

  The Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators are set to call on Israel to extend its freeze on… 21/09/10 13:46 CET

• Turkish president rejects Peres’ snub claims

  Turkish President Abdullah Gul has rejected claims that he refused to meet with his Israeli… 21/09/10 13:46 CET

• Strauss-Kahn tells rich nations to keep their promises

  Rich countries attempting to reduce their debts are being urged not to forget their promises of… 21/09/10 13:20 CET

• Strauss-Kahn tells rich nations to keep their promises

  Rich countries attempting to reduce their debts are being urged not to forget their promises of… 21/09/10 11:24 CET

• Helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 9 troops

  Nine troops from the NATO-led force in Afghanistan have been killed in a helicopter crash… 21/09/10 09:04 CET

• Final curtain call for Shuttle Discovery

  Discovery is making its last ever crawl to the NASA launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The… 21/09/10 08:57 CET

• Mexico newspaper in appeal to druglords

  A Mexican newspaper is asking gang bosses how it can report on the drugs war without them killing… 21/09/10 07:39 CET

• Mutual calls for Mideast nuclear transparency

  Iran and Israel have been told to come clean about their nuclear programmes. At an International… 21/09/10 07:39 CET

• Swedish parties play the waiting game

  The shape of Sweden’s future government remains uncertain after the Green Party rebuffed an… 21/09/10 07:39 CET

• France on full terror alert after foiling bomb plot

  France is on full terror alert after security services say they received a tip-off about a possible… 21/09/10 07:34 CET

• Scientists investigate Brazil’s beached whales

  Wildlife authorities in Brazil are investigating why dozens of whales have been stranded on the… 21/09/10 00:54 CET

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