archive 02·11·2012

businessplanet

• New ‘business hotel’ scheme revives French region

  Boosting entrepreneurship to combat an ageing population: the French region of Auvergne started… 02/11/12 10:52 CET

businessweekly

• Draghi’s first year in power

  One year ago ECB President Mario Draghi took office in the midst of tough times and since then has… 02/11/12 16:35 CET

cinema

• Maguire dumps the Spidey suit for ‘The Details’

  You might say the devil is in ‘The Details’, the hoped-for breakout role for Tobey Maguire after… 02/11/12 15:44 CET

corporate

• Sharp’s credit downgraded as loss worries mount

  Japanese electronics giant Sharp saw its shares fall further on Friday after it warned of a huge… 02/11/12 15:45 CET

• RBS braced for Libor probe fines

  Royal Bank of Scotland, which faces fines for its part in the Libor global interest rate rigging… 02/11/12 15:45 CET

economy

• Eurozone factory downturn deepens

  There was no respite for the eurozone economy, as manufacturing in the region shrank for the 15th… 02/11/12 16:59 CET

• Regulators to fortify bank’s capital reserves

  Four of the world’s largest banks – Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and JPMorgan Chase – have been… 02/11/12 15:45 CET

• Some relief for Obama as US payrolls rise sharply

  There was better than expected jobs news for President Barack Obama just days before the … 02/11/12 14:26 CET

• euronews business awards: Vote now!

  If you’re inspired by the way European SMEs are using the internet to grow, check the videos of the… 02/11/12 12:22 CET

europa

• Do you feel like a European Citizen?

  Is there really such a thing as European citizenship? If so, what exactly is it? Do Europeans feel… 02/11/12 14:04 CET

europeweekly

• Europe Weekly: British Prime Minister David Cameron’s EU headache

  In this week’s Europe Weekly, we take a look at the challenges facing David Cameron over the… 02/11/12 16:35 CET

interview

• Deschamps: ‘The players need to give more to the team’

  After the French football team were knocked-out of the euro 2012 in the quarter final stages… 02/11/12 21:15 CET

learningworld

• The Great Escape: children break free from crises

  We hear the uplifting story of 13 year old Kesz Valdez, once reduced to scrabbling for survival… 02/11/12 16:40 CET

le mag

• Alt-J pick up 2012 Mercury prize

  The Mercury Album of the Year nominees for 2012 covered a diverse range of styles and genres… 02/11/12 15:25 CET

markets

• European markets at close: 02.11.2012

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newsplus

• Jobs worry many US voters

  As industries drive America, the fanbelt of the US presidential election is the economy. So how… 02/11/12 18:46 CET

• US economy grim for many but not all

  Most analysts agree that this November 6 election is mostly centred on economic concerns. We spoke… 02/11/12 18:27 CET

pictureoftheday

• Smile! you’re in China

  International students walk past a display board covered in photos of smiling faces at the campus… 02/11/12 10:48 CET

reporter

• Fracking in Europe

  Wojciech Swieton has travelled all over the world as a drilling engineer. He started his search… 02/11/12 12:16 CET

• Bonus interview: Piotr Grzegorz Wozniak, junior minister for shale gas at the Environment Ministry of Poland

  Complete interview in English with junior minister for shale gas at the Environment Ministry of… 02/11/12 12:15 CET

• Bonus interview: Jakub Gogolewski, coordinator for CEE Bankwatch Network Poland

  Complete interview in English with coordinator for CEE Bankwatch Network Poland, Jakub Gogolewski. 02/11/12 12:14 CET

• Bonus interview: Pawel Poprawa, Energy Studies Institute

  Pawel Poprawa works for the Warsaw-based Energy Studies Institute and lobbies in favour of shale… 02/11/12 12:13 CET

Sport

• NYC Marathon goes on as planned

  The 43rd edition of the New York city marathon will go ahead as planned on Sunday despite the… 02/11/12 16:27 CET

• San Francisco Giants parade

  Hundreds of thousands of Giants fans flooded the streets of San Francisco on Wednesday to celebrate… 02/11/12 07:26 CET

u talk

• What has the single market done for us?

  The question on this edition of U-talk comes from Anja in Berlin: “As the single market celebrates… 02/11/12 05:34 CET

world news

• States don’t mean a thing if they ain’t got that swing

  Swing states, also named *battleground states* or *purple states*, are US states whose electoral… 02/11/12 17:39 CET

• Haiti appeals for international aid for Sandy victims

  While the world’s attention was fixed on storm Sandy’s impact on the US, the hurricane-force winds… 02/11/12 23:13 CET

• Port workers call off strike in Mombasa

  Workers at Kenya’s main port Mombasa have called off a strike that had brought the principal east… 02/11/12 22:43 CET

• White House candidates focus on swing states

  The US President Barack Obama used the crucial swing state of Ohio as a launchpad for the latest… 02/11/12 20:15 CET

• Ukraine opposition party complains of “stolen” votes

  Tension is continuing to simmer in Ukraine after last weekend’s disputed parliamentary elections… 02/11/12 20:03 CET

• French ‘spies’ attacked in Bulgaria

  French foreign intelligence agents are reported to have been mistaken for thieves during a secret… 02/11/12 18:33 CET

• Assessor: Sandy damage too big to estimate

  Emergency services in the north eastern United States are continuing to uncover death and… 02/11/12 18:23 CET

• ‘Good’, says Koshik the talking Korean elephant

  Scientists who have investigated an elephant’s reported talking skills say there is clear evidence… 02/11/12 17:40 CET

• Jerusalem Christian pilgrimage site in water bill row

  Jesus turned water into wine – now the church at the site where he is said to have been crucified… 02/11/12 17:40 CET

• UN urges Iran to free jailed activists Panahi and Sotoudeh

  A group of UN human rights experts have urged Iran to free jailed activists including film-maker… 02/11/12 17:40 CET

• Greece gears up for another week of strikes

  Greece is preparing for a week of strikes in protest at privatisations and austerity measures in… 02/11/12 17:17 CET

• UN warns of possible ‘war crimes’ by Syria rebels

  The United Nations has warned that an unverified video which appears to show Syrian rebels killing… 02/11/12 16:44 CET

• Obamamania over in sub Saharan Africa

  Kenya rejoiced as “Africa’s son” became the president of the United States in 2008. Yet it is… 02/11/12 16:14 CET

• Space shuttle Atlantis begins Florida retirement

  You thought the Space Shuttle had been retired?   Two of them have already been turned into museum… 02/11/12 15:05 CET

• Bahrain protest ban fails to stop street clashes

  A much-criticised ban on all demonstrations and public gatherings introduced in Bahrain this week… 02/11/12 13:34 CET

• Republican held in Northern Ireland prison guard killing

  Police in Northern Ireland have arrested two men in connection with the shooting of prison officer… 02/11/12 12:18 CET

• Frustration in New York at official response to Sandy

  Amid the destruction and rising death toll in the aftermath of Storm Sandy in the eastern United… 02/11/12 11:34 CET

• Sandy hands surge to Obama as Republicans praise president

  The devastation visited on the New Jersey shoreline by superstorm Sandy may well have far reaching… 02/11/12 10:53 CET

• Mini queues for iPad mini in Asia

  Apple loyalists queued across Asia to get their hands on the company’s new iPad mini, yet crowds… 02/11/12 08:33 CET

• Murder of Northern Ireland prison officer denounced

  There has been widespread condemnation following the killing of prison officer on a motorway in… 02/11/12 07:26 CET

• Berlin asylum seekers on hunger strike for a week

  Protesters have gathered outside Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate to mark the seventh day of a migrant… 02/11/12 07:26 CET

• Comic Freddie Starr is arrested in Savile abuse scandal

  British comedian Freddie Starr has been arrested and later bailed in connection with the abuse… 02/11/12 07:25 CET

• Madrid in mourning after Halloween stampede

  The mayor of Madrid has declared a day of mourning after three girls died in an apparent stampede… 02/11/12 07:25 CET

• Obama and Romney go back on the attack

  It is business as usual for both presidential candidates as Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama… 02/11/12 06:24 CET

• US east coast struggles to recover after Sandy

  As the US east coast struggles to recover after the battering from superstorm Sandy, its now known… 02/11/12 05:13 CET

• Greek journalist is acquitted in Swiss accounts trial

  A journalist who published the names of more than 2,000 Greeks believed to have Swiss bank accounts… 02/11/12 02:13 CET

• More claims of fraud in Ukrainian election

  There is confusion over the counting of votes in many key regions in Ukraine, several days after… 02/11/12 01:04 CET

• Obama and Romney volunteers in last minute dash for vital votes

  It may be the era of the internet and expensive television adverts but you can’t beat time honoured… 02/11/12 00:23 CET

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