archive 28·10·2010

cinema

• After Slumdog, Boyle is back with 127 Hours

  After his hugely successful ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Danny Boyle could pretty much shoot whatever film… 28/10/10 19:28 CET

corporate

• Shell’s profit jumps

  Royal Dutch Shell’s third-quarter profits came in much higher than forecast – up 18 percent on the… 28/10/10 17:47 CET

• Sanofi sceptical on Genzyme forecast

  Sanofi-Aventis is signalling that it may not increase the size of its hostile takeover bid for … 28/10/10 17:47 CET

• Massive recall by Nissan

  Japan’s Nissan has issued a recall for 2.14 million cars to fix a fault with the ignition system… 28/10/10 17:47 CET

• New rules hit Santander profit

  The euro zone’s biggest bank, Santander, has said its profit this year would be less than… 28/10/10 17:47 CET

economy

• German jobless total dips below 3 million

  German unemployment fell slightly in October, dropping to its lowest level in 18 years. The… 28/10/10 17:47 CET

europa

• EU-US relations ‘steady’, though admiration fairly ‘one-way’

  The United States’ Star Spangled Banner has lost some of the new luster Europe saw in it with… 28/10/10 20:58 CET

• EU summit raises temperatures over treaty and spending

  Germany and France have set out to re-tune the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty. At a two-day summit… 28/10/10 20:36 CET

europeans

• Stuttgart 21: dividing a city

  In the German city of Stuttgart, for many months thousands of citizens have been protesting against… 28/10/10 19:20 CET

world news

• EU-US relations ‘steady’, though admiration fairly ‘one-way’

  The United States’ Star Spangled Banner has lost some of the new luster Europe saw in it with… 28/10/10 20:42 CET

• Medvedev hopeful over Nagorno-Karabakh

  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wants to agree the principles for a peace deal for the breakaway… 28/10/10 20:41 CET

• Rousseff lead widens as Brazil vote draws near

  They waved flags and chanted in the street for President Lula da Silva’s 65th birthday – and in a… 28/10/10 20:33 CET

• Bond’s Aston Martin sold for 3 million euros

  The Aston Martin DB5 driven by Sean Connery as James Bond in ‘Goldfinger’ was sold at an auction in… 28/10/10 20:15 CET

• Outpouring of grief for Argentina’s Nestor Kirchner

  Many camped overnight to ensure their place in the long line of mourners waiting to pay tribute to… 28/10/10 20:15 CET

• German MPs vote to extend use of nuclear power

  Germany’s lower house of parliament voted on Thursday to back Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plan to… 28/10/10 20:07 CET

• EU releases cash for Indonesia’s twin disasters

  Emergency workers in western Indonesia have been finding more bodies after a devastating tsunami… 28/10/10 20:06 CET

• French protesters vow to continue speaking out

  They have been as vocal as ever in their protests against the rise in the retirement age – but even… 28/10/10 20:02 CET

• Argentina’s ex-leader Nestor Kirchner lies in state

  Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez has led mourning for her husband and predecessor as president, in… 28/10/10 19:50 CET

• French reject Bin Laden threat

  The French foreign minister has described Osama Bin Laden’s security threat to France as… 28/10/10 13:23 CET

• French fatigue dulls pension protest

  France is being hit by a seventh national day of strikes against controversial pension reforms… 28/10/10 12:37 CET

• Obama woos young voters on TV comedy show

  Barack Obama has appeared on a prime time TV comedy show to appeal to voters just days before… 28/10/10 11:42 CET

• Myanmar hints strongly Suu Kyi to be freed

  Myanmar has given its strongest indication yet that the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi could be… 28/10/10 11:20 CET

• Cholera epidemic spreads in Haiti

  In Haiti the cholera epidemic is growing. Official figures show the number who have died from the… 28/10/10 11:20 CET

• Argentines mourn ex-President Nestor Kirchner

  Throughout the day the presidential palace in Buenos Aires was the focus of grief. Expressing their… 28/10/10 07:31 CET

• Man arrested in Washington metro ‘terror plot’

  A man from the US state of Virginia was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly plotting to help… 28/10/10 07:31 CET

• Argentina cries over Kirchner

  The death of one of Argentina’s most powerful and influential former presidents, Nestor Kirchner… 28/10/10 07:30 CET

• Death toll rises after Indonesian tsunami

  The devastation after Monday’s tsunami in western Indonesia is clear from the air. Over 280 people… 28/10/10 07:29 CET

• World leaders pay tribute to Nestor Kirchner

  Tributes to former Argentinian President Nestor Kirchner, who has died from a heart attack aged 60… 28/10/10 07:29 CET

• French day of disruption but is support waning?

  French workers are holding a seventh national day of action against unpopular pension reforms but… 28/10/10 07:28 CET

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