archive 30·08·2012

behindmarkets

• Adverse conditions hurt WPP

  The world’s largest advertising group WPP, disappointed the markets with mixed first-half results… 30/08/12 19:08 CET

cinema

• Mostra Di Venezia

  The Venice International Film Festival, or Mostra Di Venezia, celebrated its 80th anniversary this… 30/08/12 16:02 CET

corporate

• Lack of details on Carrefour turnaround disappoint

  Carrefour’s new boss is promising to slash costs and defend the troubled retailer’s key markets… 30/08/12 18:09 CET

• Merkel visit marks major Airbus order

  Beijing is buying 50 Airbus A 320 planes and will assemble more aircraft in China by extending an… 30/08/12 14:49 CET

economy

• Inflation adds to Spain’s woes

  There is more economic pain for the people of Spain in the form of higher inflation. Consumer… 30/08/12 17:05 CET

• German joblessness rises

  Unemployment was up in Germany for a fifth month running in August. It is the latest in a string… 30/08/12 15:03 CET

innovation

• Cool baking technology

  Jörg Schulz is a baker in Germany who has found a cool money-saving new way of baking his bread… 30/08/12 14:34 CET

le mag

• Argentine couple tango to victory

  Luna Park in Buenos Aires sizzled this week as an Argentine couple: Cristian Sosa and Maria Noel… 30/08/12 16:02 CET

markets

• European markets at close: 30.08.2012

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pictureoftheday

• Where is Wally?

  A man rides across the desert during the Burning Man 2012 “Fertility 2.0” arts and music festival… 30/08/12 11:39 CET

reporter

• Detroit: Bailing out the American Dream

  Detroit, better known as the Motor City or simply Motown, is  a city which for decades stood as a… 30/08/12 14:27 CET

Sport

• Iniesta voted Europe’s best player

  Barcelona’s puppet master Andres Iniesta won UEFA’s best player in Europe award for last season on… 30/08/12 20:37 CET

• Clijsters retires on a losing note

  Belgian former world number one Kim Clijsters signed off her singles career with a second-round… 30/08/12 20:25 CET

u talk

• Studying the Erasmus way

  In this edition of U-talk Maroš from Bratislava posed the following question: “I study law in… 30/08/12 16:18 CET

• How do I volunteer in Europe?

  In this edition of U-talk Kate from London posed the following question: “I have heard about an … 30/08/12 11:03 CET

world news

• Ryan sounds good to Republicans

  The big speech by Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential running mate, 42-year-old Paul Ryan, went over… 30/08/12 16:42 CET

• Angola President dos Santos set for election win

  Angola goes to the polls on Friday for only its third general election since independence from… 30/08/12 23:23 CET

• English village gets ‘Angry Birds’ play equipment

  Life in the sleepy Nottinghamshire hamlet of Rampton, central England, has just got a lot more… 30/08/12 22:43 CET

• Shot miners charged with murder

  270 striking mine workers are being charged with murder after police shot dead 34 of their… 30/08/12 21:03 CET

• London university students could face deportation

  More than two thousand students could face deportation from the UK. Earlier, dozens of them… 30/08/12 19:43 CET

• Syrian rebels claim more hits against govt

  Rebel fighters in Syria claim to have shot down a Syrian air force fighter in the Idlib province… 30/08/12 19:04 CET

• France and Spain unite behind euro

  French president Francois Hollande and Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy have both pledged total… 30/08/12 18:03 CET

• The biggest speech of Romney’s Republican life

  The Republican candidate for the White House Mitt Romney is gearing up for the biggest speech of… 30/08/12 17:33 CET

• Turkey marks Victory Day

  Turkey is celebrating Victory Day to mark the final battle in the Turkish War of Independence in… 30/08/12 16:49 CET

• Drug gang shootings rise in Marseille

  The French government has rejected calls for the army to be sent to Marseille following a wave of… 30/08/12 16:49 CET

• Two dead bodies found in ‘Pussy Riot’ murder

  The bodies of two murdered women have been found in Russia beneath a message scrawled in blood… 30/08/12 16:49 CET

• Moscow privatises iconic hotel

  One of Moscow’s most historic landmarks has been sold for 222 million euros. The luxury Metropol… 30/08/12 15:44 CET

• Egypt’s Mursi slams Syria regime in Iran speech

  Egypt’s President Mohammad Mursi has blasted Syria’s government as an “oppressive regime” and urged… 30/08/12 15:33 CET

• Heavy Australian losses in Afghanistan

  Australia has suffered its bloodiest day in Afghanistan since entering the conflict in late 2001… 30/08/12 14:03 CET

• Lufthansa braces for Friday strike

  Germany’s biggest airline Lufthansa will be hit by strike action from tomorrow in a long-running… 30/08/12 12:33 CET

• Focus on Syria aid as UN Security Council ministers meet

  As Syria spirals deeper into civil war, UN Security Council foreign ministers will meet today to… 30/08/12 12:13 CET

• Refugee boat disappears, only handful survive

  There are fears for the lives of more than 140 asylum seekers after a suspected refugee boat… 30/08/12 11:03 CET

• Egypt’s Mursi slams Syria regime at Iran summit

  President Mohammad Mursi has become the first Egyptian leader to visit Iran since its Islamic… 30/08/12 10:34 CET

• USA: Isaac flooding forces thousands to flee

  They had tried to sit out the storm but Hurricane Isaac had the final word, forcing thousands of… 30/08/12 09:13 CET

• Amazon dam building starts again

  A judge in Brazil has ruled that construction can resume on the 13bn dollar Belo Monte dam in the… 30/08/12 07:29 CET

• Georgia frontier gun battle

  Government security forces in Georgia have shot dead 11 gunmen in an operation to free hostages… 30/08/12 07:29 CET

• USA: Woman jailed for stealing Motorola secrets

  A Chinese-born American woman has been sentenced to four years in jail for stealing millions of… 30/08/12 07:28 CET

• Lonmin seek symbolic peace deal at troubled mine

  Platinum producer Lonmin and South African government officials are seeking to negotiate a peace… 30/08/12 07:28 CET

• Chile pardons Bolivian prisoners

  Hundreds of Bolivians arrested in Chile for attempted drug smuggling have been sent back home… 30/08/12 07:28 CET

• USA: Ryan wins over doubters at Republican convention

  Republican Paul Ryan has promised to help Mitt Romney lead America back to prosperity as he… 30/08/12 06:23 CET

• Italy: Striking miner slashes his wrists on TV

  The leader of a group of striking Sardinian miners has slashed his wrists in front of television… 30/08/12 04:33 CET

• Iran to play peacemaker at non-aligned summit

  A two-day summit of non-aligned countries opens in Tehran today with Iran intending to play… 30/08/12 02:33 CET

• Venice film festival opens with ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’

  The 69th Venice Film Festival has opened with a gala ceremony. The festival’s grand jury features… 30/08/12 01:03 CET

• Palestinian cars burnt in suspected hate crime

  Palestinians have been targeted in a fresh act of vandalism, near a refugee camp close to Ramallah… 30/08/12 00:33 CET

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