archive 16·10·2012

behindmarkets

• GKN warning drives down shares

  When carmakers suffer, car parts makers also feel the pain and Britain’s GKN saw its shares fall… 16/10/12 19:08 CET

cinema

• Ethan Hawke plays scared for ‘Sinister’

  Directed and co-written by Scott Derrickson, Sinister follows true-crime writer Ellison – played by… 16/10/12 15:20 CET

corporate

• Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit shock resignation

  In a move that took analysts and investors by surprise, Citigroup’s top boss Vikram Pandit has… 16/10/12 16:37 CET

economy

• Merkel softens stance on eurozone strugglers

  “Stop the finger-pointing” – the call from German Chancellor Angela Merkel who has been praising… 16/10/12 18:02 CET

• European car sales slump deepens

  With fewer visitors to the motor shows and the showrooms, the latest figures prove how fast… 16/10/12 15:22 CET

• S&P cuts ratings on 15 Spanish banks

  Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has cut the rating of 15 of Spain’s banks, including the two… 16/10/12 13:53 CET

• Eurozone September inflation stable

  Inflation in the eurozone held steady in September from a year earlier at 2.6 percent. That was… 16/10/12 13:53 CET

europa

• EU Development Days open with focus on hunger in Africa

  This year’s opening of the European Development Days coincides with World Food Day – an occasion to… 16/10/12 15:53 CET

le mag

• Portuguese designers shine at Lisbon Fashion Week

  After New York, London, Paris and Milan, the fashion merry-go-round headed for Portugal and Lisbon… 16/10/12 15:18 CET

markets

• European markets at close: 16.10.2012

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newsplus

• Red Cross warns refugees are being forgotten

  The ‘World Disaster Report’ from the International Red Cross Federation has just come out and its… 16/10/12 18:55 CET

pictureoftheday

• Fire and anger in Lisbon over tax hikes

  A man protests against the new 2013 state budget in front of the parliament as a fire burns in… 16/10/12 11:06 CET

science

• Fearless Felix’s giant leap

  The world’s first supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner described his 38.6 kilometre jump from the… 16/10/12 15:24 CET

Sport

• Schleck continues to clear name of doping

  Frank Schleck arrived at the Luxembourg anti-doping agency building on Monday as begins his bid to… 16/10/12 08:58 CET

world news

• Prestige infamy relived

  The Prestige was just another anonymous ship decaying on the high seas until one final storm found… 16/10/12 19:36 CET

• Prestige tanker spill trial opens in Corunna

  Ten years after the oil tanker Prestige sank off the Spanish coast, hundreds of activists protested… 16/10/12 22:43 CET

• Huge art haul as thieves thwart security

  Just a few minutes in the early hours of Tuesday morning were enough for thieves to pull off the… 16/10/12 22:33 CET

• “Anonymous” claims to out stalker who drove teenager to suicide

  Canadian teenager Amanda Todd took her own life last week after suffering a campaign of online… 16/10/12 20:34 CET

• Britain stops hacker extradition to US

  The UK government has blocked the extradition of a British computer hacker to the United States to… 16/10/12 20:00 CET

• Russia to consider smoking ban

  The Russian government is considering a ban on smoking in public places in an effort to cut the… 16/10/12 20:00 CET

• Danish government reshuffle

  The Danish prime minister has reshuffled her government appointing the new leader of the junior… 16/10/12 19:59 CET

• EU Commissioner quits after anti-fraud probe

  Following a fraud investigation, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy John Dalli has… 16/10/12 19:44 CET

• Bosnian Muslims: Karadzic is mocking us

  Those who lost family and friends at the hands of Bosnian Serb forces watched the events in The… 16/10/12 19:14 CET

• US ‘Fiscal Cliff’: tax crisis pending at year-end

  As the race for the White House enters its final stretch, another drama is also concerning … 16/10/12 18:44 CET

• Obama and Romney square up for 2nd TV debate

  Barack Obama’s campaign managers are promising their man will rebound against Mitt Romney in… 16/10/12 17:43 CET

• Top nationalist lawyer shot dead in Corsica

  One of Corsica’s most prominent lawyers is among two men who have been shot dead on the French… 16/10/12 15:54 CET

• Chemical accident at German Kraft plant sparks mass evacuation

  An emergency alert has been issued by authorities in the north German town of Bad Fallingbostel… 16/10/12 14:03 CET

• Spain: Prestige oil spill disaster trial begins

  Three seamen accused of causing Spain’s worst ever environmental disaster are going on trial. The… 16/10/12 12:24 CET

• Karadzic tells war crimes trial he promoted Balkans peace

  The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has told his trial in the Hague that far from being… 16/10/12 12:13 CET

• Portugal protests against tough tax hikes

  Hundreds of protesters stayed out in front of the Portugese parliament building late into Monday… 16/10/12 11:33 CET

• Unpopular exit permits in Cuba to be abolished

  Cubans will soon no longer have to obtain exit permits and official invitations before travelling… 16/10/12 10:53 CET

• Pakistan girl shot by Taliban has ‘chance of good recovery’

  Doctors treating the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban say she has been flown to… 16/10/12 09:03 CET

• Israel to hold early elections in January

  Israel is to hold early elections on January 22 after parliament approved the date set by out going… 16/10/12 07:45 CET

• Prestige oil tanker trial begins

  The trial begins today of those accused over the sinking of the Prestige oil tanker which caused… 16/10/12 07:44 CET

• Spanish activist sentenced to four years for Paya death

  Spanish political activist Angel Carromero has been sentenced to four years in prison for the death… 16/10/12 07:44 CET

• More delays to peace talks between Colombia and FARC

  Peace talks due to be hosted by Norway between Marxist rebels and the Colombian government have… 16/10/12 04:23 CET

• Portuguese anger over ‘enormous’ tax hikes

  There has been an angry response from protesters in Portugal to government plans for sweeping tax… 16/10/12 02:23 CET

• Scotland blazes independence trail

  Monday’s agreement between Scotland’s Alex Salmond and Britain’s David Cameron for a referendum on… 16/10/12 00:53 CET

• Expectations grow for a fiery presidential face off

  Some are billing it as a “do or die” debate as US presidential rivals prepare for their second… 16/10/12 00:24 CET

• Brahimi attempts another Syrian ceasefire

  The fighting in Syria is getting worse by the day says the UN’s international peace envoy, with the… 16/10/12 00:23 CET

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