archive 15·07·2011

businessweekly

• Euro zone: crisis & chaos

  It has been another business and finance week dominated by the increasingly chaotic debt crisis in… 15/07/11 19:07 CET

cinema

• ‘Magic realism’ receives mixed reviews at Czech Film festival

  Two films featured at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival have polarised critics.“Dormir al sol’” from… 15/07/11 17:25 CET

corporate

• Eni invests in Venezuela

  Italian energy company Eni has signed an agreement to invest five billion euros ($7 billion) in… 15/07/11 15:28 CET

• Japanese disaster hits Sony Ericsson profits

  Sony Ericsson is forecasting an upturn in its fortunes in the second half of the year. That… 15/07/11 15:28 CET

• US targets Credit Suisse in tax dodge probe

  Credit Suisse said on Friday that is being investigated by US authorities for allegedly helping… 15/07/11 12:33 CET

economy

• Euro zone trade in balance in May

  Euro zone export growth in May reached its best level in four months while imports slowed sharply… 15/07/11 15:28 CET

europa

• Belgium’s highly developed sense of division

  I am from Spain so I know a bit about regional divisions, different languages in the same country… 15/07/11 20:28 CET

• EU and Mexico to step up fight against drugs

  The European Union and Mexico have begun their first security dialogue, which among other things… 15/07/11 12:44 CET

• Fitch downgrades five Greek banks to CCC

  The debt the crisis rattling the eurozone has deepened, after ratings agency Fitch downgraded… 15/07/11 12:32 CET

europeweekly

• Europe Weekly: round up

  For those of you who couldn’t follow the news during the week, Europe Weekly has a round up of the… 15/07/11 19:57 CET

le mag

• African Performers at Montreux

  Mixing the talents of music veterans Femi Kuti and Seal with the up and coming singer-songwriter… 15/07/11 17:10 CET

pictureoftheday

• Peek-a-boo in North Korea

  North Korean soldiers look in from outside the UN Command Military Armistice Commission meeting… 15/07/11 15:02 CET

u talk

• New ways of measuring wealth

  In this edition of U talk our guest is answering your questions on new ways of measuring wealth… 15/07/11 08:08 CET

world news

• Syrian forces fire on crowds amid ‘biggest demos so far’

  Friday’s anti-government demonstrations in Syria look to have been the largest so far, since the… 15/07/11 23:03 CET

• Italy braces for belt-tightening as austerity plan is passed

  Is the price too high to pay? That is what some are asking as Italy gave final approval to a 48… 15/07/11 22:14 CET

• Eight European banks fail watchdog stress tests

  A London-based watchdog says nearly one in 11 of Europe’s banks it tested would not be able to… 15/07/11 20:03 CET

• Italy’s parliament backs hard-hitting austerity plan

  There is no turning back now. Italy’s parliament has fully approved a 48 billion euro austerity… 15/07/11 19:34 CET

• Thor’s hammer thunders as Hushovd wins stage 13

  The mighty Thor thunders in the mountains to win stage 13 of the Tour de France in a textbook… 15/07/11 19:30 CET

• Protesters killed in Syrian violence

  At least 20 protesters have been killed during marches in several Syrian cities.   It is estimated… 15/07/11 19:04 CET

• Inside Bank Stress Tests

  So what is it that the European Banking Authority has been doing? The EBA has tested about 90… 15/07/11 18:57 CET

• Obama: US ‘running out of time’ in debt crisis

  Barack Obama says he is ready to compromise over a debt deal if Republicans put forward a plan to… 15/07/11 18:53 CET

• Republicans play chicken with White House over debt

  Debt default is hanging over the United States like the sword of Damocles. After a month of sterile… 15/07/11 18:35 CET

• Murdoch editor steps down over hacking scandal

  Rebekah Brooks resigned on Friday as the UK chief of Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper business. The… 15/07/11 17:34 CET

• Egyptians send ‘final warning’ to military rulers

  It had been dubbed the ‘Friday of the Final Warning’ and an air of revolution returned to Cairo’s… 15/07/11 17:04 CET

• Twitter marks fifth year since public debut

  US micro-blogging service Twitter said on Friday that it has 200 million users worldwide as it… 15/07/11 15:53 CET

• Italy’s parliament gives final backing to austerity plan

  Italy has given the final green light to a 48 billion euro austerity package to bring its economy… 15/07/11 14:43 CET

• Leaders meet: Gaddafi’s future uncertain

  Western and Arab leaders are meeting in Istanbul to seek a political end to Libya’s civil war… 15/07/11 14:13 CET

• Back in the Day: discovery of the Rosetta Stone

  *July 15, 1799.* French Lieutenant Pierre-Francois Bouchard discovers a slab of black granite while… 15/07/11 13:04 CET

• Murdoch chief resigns over phone hacking

  Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch’s most senior newspaper executive in the UK resigned on Friday… 15/07/11 12:43 CET

• US welcomes Darfur agreement

  The United States has welcomed Thursday’s signing of a peace accord between Sudan and a small… 15/07/11 12:03 CET

• FBI probes 9/11 phone hacking claims

  Another day, another allegation this time on home turf of Rupert Murdoch, who though Australian… 15/07/11 11:53 CET

• Air Algerie takes to the skies after strike

  Air Algerie flights resumed on Friday after a four-day strike over pay and conditions. The… 15/07/11 11:33 CET

• Sulawesi islanders flee volcano eruption

  Mount Lokon erupted on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Thursday, spewing lava and hot volancic… 15/07/11 09:43 CET

• Obama urges lawmakers to end debt squabble

  US President Barack Obama has told legislators must come up with a plan of action by Saturday… 15/07/11 08:33 CET

• Holowczyc and Kabirov make hay in the Silk Way Rally

  Stage five of the Silk Way Rally of Russia saw the leaders in both car and truck categories lay… 15/07/11 07:54 CET

• Original manuscript tops estimates

  At Sotheby’s auction house in London the earliest surviving Jane Austen manuscript sold for just… 15/07/11 07:50 CET

• President set to travel to Brazil for treatment

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is to go to Brazil for cancer treatment according to sources in… 15/07/11 07:29 CET

• US announce new strategy to protect computers

  The United States defence department has struck back in the fight against attacks from cyberspace… 15/07/11 07:25 CET

• Euro zone debt in focus as banks face health checks

  The Italian senate has passed an austerity budget approving cuts of 48 billion euros aimed at… 15/07/11 03:05 CET

• Portuguese austerity tax on bonuses sparks protest

  “We want higher pay”: that was the message from thousands who marched in Lisbon on Thursday… 15/07/11 01:34 CET

• Putin blasts, ‘greed’ over Volga boat tragedy

  Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin has visited the scene of the Volga boat tragedy. Twenty… 15/07/11 00:14 CET

• Relief for passengers as strike ends at Air Algerie

  The strike by cabin crews at Air Algerie is over, after stranding thousands of holidaymakers at a… 15/07/11 00:13 CET

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