archive 28·12·2010

corporate

• Alcatel Lucent settles US bribery case

  Telecoms equipment company, Alcatel Lucent, has agreed to pay a 103 million euros to settle a… 28/12/10 14:56 CET

• Financial cost of snow at Heathrow

  After the flight chaos and passengers sleeping on terminal floors, Heathrow has also taken a big… 28/12/10 14:56 CET

economy

• Chinese tax incentive on small cars to end

  The cost of buying a small car in China will go up in the new year. From January 1st, vehicles… 28/12/10 19:03 CET

• 2010 is a shining year for gold

  It has been a good year for anyone who invested in gold. The precious metal has hit several… 28/12/10 16:13 CET

• French GDP growth figures fall

  France has revised down its second and third quarter GDP growth figures. For the second… 28/12/10 14:56 CET

musica

• Eonnagata: the high-society transvestite spy

  Three world stars on one stage: the French dancer Sylvie Guillem, the Canadian director Robert… 28/12/10 10:41 CET

• Bonus: Eonnagata

  Here are a few extra excerpts from our interviews with French dancer Sylvie Guillem, British… 28/12/10 10:41 CET

pictureoftheday

• Seoul: anti-North Korea rally

  A protester burns a North Korean flag and portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son… 28/12/10 10:30 CET

world news

• Tempers fray as Moscow flight disruption persists

  Tempers have flared as thousands of angry passengers remain stuck at Russia’s biggest airport after… 28/12/10 23:05 CET

• Haiti investigates dead fish mystery

  Authorities near the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic are investigating the… 28/12/10 22:14 CET

• African leaders plead with Gbagbo to quit

  Arriving in Ivory Coast on a delicate mission. The leaders of Benin, Sierra Leone and Cape… 28/12/10 20:32 CET

• Wine under water: a scientific study

  It is not your average wine cellar. But the Spanish seabed may produce a better quality of… 28/12/10 20:03 CET

• Russia tells West to mind own business on Khodorkovsky

  Russia has told the US and EU countries to mind their own business after their criticism of Mikhail… 28/12/10 19:24 CET

• African leaders plead with Gbagbo to quit

  Arriving in Ivory Coast on a delicate mission. The leaders of Benin, Sierra Leone and Cape… 28/12/10 18:04 CET

• New York battles to clear snow for New Year

  New York has been creeping back to life after the Christmas weekend’s blizzard that buried much of… 28/12/10 17:43 CET

• Ivory Coast embassy in Paris closed after takeover

  Ivory Coast’s embassy in Paris has been closed until further notice, the day after it was occupied… 28/12/10 17:34 CET

• African leaders plead with Gbagbo to quit

  Arriving in Ivory Coast on a delicate mission. The leaders of Benin, Sierra Leone and Cape… 28/12/10 17:33 CET

• Winter flight chaos now hits Moscow

  Thousands of passengers are still suffering travel chaos as the worst winter weather for years… 28/12/10 16:15 CET

• ETA “ready to give up violence”

  There are further indications of a likely peace offer from the Basque separatist group ETA, just… 28/12/10 15:35 CET

• Elton John becomes dad at 63

  One of the world’s biggest rock stars is celebrating possibly his proudest work. Elton John… 28/12/10 14:53 CET

• The tiger is dead, long live… the rabbit

  The year of the tiger is coming to an end in Japan. Each year is named after one of 12 animals… 28/12/10 14:44 CET

• At least 80 reported dead in Nigerian clashes

  At least 80 people are said to have died in Nigeria’s Christmas bomb attacks and subsequent clashes… 28/12/10 14:33 CET

• More protests at Khodorkovsky verdict

  Jailed Russian ex tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is awaiting his sentence after being found guilty of… 28/12/10 12:04 CET

• Australian floods force mass evacuations in Queensland

  Severe flooding in northeastern Australia has inundated roads and prompted hundreds of evacuations… 28/12/10 11:13 CET

• African leaders hope to break Ivory Coast deadlock

  As UN troops maintain order – three African heads of state will travel to Ivory Coast today… 28/12/10 08:55 CET

• No let up in the snow for travellers on America’s east coast

  Day two of the winter white-out on USA’s eastern seaboard. The winds that had driven the blizzards… 28/12/10 04:04 CET

• Italian police probe family shooting tragedy

  In a farming village in southern Italy police have been piecing together clues at a murder scene… 28/12/10 01:54 CET

• North Korea’s heir apparent ‘stars’ in documentary

  He is a four star general poised to take command of a nuclear armed nation of 24 million people… 28/12/10 00:14 CET

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