archive 23·01·2013

cinema

• Austenland and Stoker at Sundance

  Austenland, directed by Jerusha Hess, and staring Jane Seymour, has premiered at Sundance. The… 23/01/13 12:06 CET

corporate

• Monte Paschi plunges on derivatives loss

  Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena is reportedly facing losses of at least 220 million euros… 23/01/13 14:25 CET

• Google’s results shine

  Google earnings from its core internet business came in much better than many analysts had… 23/01/13 14:25 CET

Davos 2013

• Davos: the big top for an economic circus

  As the A-listers arrived in Davos, police marksmen looked down from the snow covered roofs of the… 23/01/13 19:49 CET

economy

• Davos: leaders look to ‘resilient dynamism’

  The world’s power elite are gathered at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos… 23/01/13 18:55 CET

• Portugal back in bond market

  Portugal enjoyed strong demand from investors in its first sale of longer term government bonds… 23/01/13 14:25 CET

le mag

• Paris Fashion week rolls on

  Uma Thurman and Hilary Swank were among a galaxy of A-listers at the Giorgio Armani Prive couture… 23/01/13 16:39 CET

markets

• European markets at close: 23.01.2013

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newsplus

• Israel, anatomy of an election

  Yair Lapid, the leader of the Yesh Atid party that placed second in Israeli elections on Tuesday… 23/01/13 20:25 CET

• Cameron speech fails to win over UKIP’s Farage

  British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged on Wednesday to hold a referendum before the end of… 23/01/13 18:45 CET

• Mountainous task for uphill strugglers in Davos

  As I wander around Davos the song ‘Climb Every Mountain’ has lodged itself firmly in my head… 23/01/13 15:25 CET

pictureoftheday

• Coffee and a magazine

  Nalini Bharatwaj, 37, chairman of a management institute, holds a gun while posing in her office in… 23/01/13 11:54 CET

science

• Micro-algae is new energy source

  In the Ennesys Lab in Nanterre, France, researchers are working on a project to produce energy from… 23/01/13 13:34 CET

space

• The rocket factory

  The launch of a rocket is the crowning moment, the culmination of a long process of careful… 23/01/13 11:46 CET

Sport

• Rugby captains attend Six Nations launch

  Team captain’s Pascal Pape of France, England’s Chris Robshaw, Wales’ Sam Warburton, Ireland’s… 23/01/13 21:49 CET

world news

• David Cameron’s EU speech – full text

  _This version of David Cameron’s speech is as it was written, and not necessarily as he delivered… 23/01/13 10:06 CET

• Turkish nationalists attack NATO soldiers

  Turkish police have broken up a violent mob in the port town of Iskenderun, after nationalist… 23/01/13 20:35 CET

• Dozens killed in bombing at Shi’ite funeral in Iraq

  More than 40 people were killed at a funeral in Iraq, when a suicide bomber dressed as a mourner… 23/01/13 19:55 CET

• Europe weighing on global growth says IMF

  The unexpectedly stubborn recession in the eurozone, and weakness in Japan, will hold down global… 23/01/13 19:36 CET

• UK minister: we want to remain ‘leading EU player’

  David Cameron wants to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s EU membership before a referendum… 23/01/13 19:25 CET

• Clinton defends herself over Benghazi killings

  The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she accepted responsibility for the fatal attack… 23/01/13 19:05 CET

• Netanyahu leads Israeli coalition talks

  Coalition talks are underway in Israel, after a general election produced deadlock between the… 23/01/13 18:55 CET

• UK-EU relations still divisive in Britain

  The UK in the EU has proved to be a toxic issue for past Conservative leaders. It has loomed large… 23/01/13 17:15 CET

• EU leaders sceptical over Cameron’s referendum pledge

  Britain’s European partners have reacted sceptically after David Cameron promised a referendum on… 23/01/13 17:06 CET

• Suicide bomber targets Shia mosque in Iraq

  A suicide bomber has struck a Shia mosque in the Iraqi city of Tuz Khurmato, 175 kilometres north… 23/01/13 16:01 CET

• Save Hellas, buy Greek

  Traders in the Hellenic Republic trying to win hearts, minds and pockets are calling on people to… 23/01/13 15:35 CET

• No change: Palestinian verdict on Israeli election

  The result of the Israeli election has been greeted with a mixture of resignation and indifference… 23/01/13 14:36 CET

• Jordan holds election despite Muslim Brotherhood boycott

  The first parliamentary elections in Jordan since the Arab spring have been marked by a boycott… 23/01/13 14:36 CET

• Follow the 2013 World Economic Forum in Davos live online

  The 2013 World Economic Forum has started in Davos, Switzerland. It is where the elite, rich, and… 23/01/13 14:18 CET

• Cameron’s EU carrot for Euro-sceptic voters

  Britain’s prime minister has promised a referendum on whether the UK should stay in the European… 23/01/13 13:04 CET

• Israel wakes up to uncertainty

  The surprise rise of the centre-left is threatening to derail the current Prime Minister Benjamin… 23/01/13 12:06 CET

• Cameron’s EU carrot to tempt Euro-sceptic voters

  The British Prime Minister David Cameron has promised a referendum on whether the UK should stay in… 23/01/13 11:05 CET

• In Israel centre-left thwarts rise of right

  In Israel exit polls suggest the predicted shift to the right has ended in a dead heat. The… 23/01/13 10:37 CET

• Israel elections in dead heat

  Neck and neck. Current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s win is not as clear cut as… 23/01/13 08:06 CET

• Russia evacuates nationals from Syria

  Two planeloads of Russian nationals escaping the conflict in Syria have landed in Moscow. The… 23/01/13 06:05 CET

• Shine is taken off Netanyahu’s predicted poll win

  Centre-left parties have taken the shine off Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claimed victory in… 23/01/13 03:46 CET

• Netanyahu to go for a “broad coalition”

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has emerged from Israel’s election poised to form its next… 23/01/13 01:19 CET

• Supplies fly in to Mali as UN warns of suffering

  Eleven days after the beginning of Operation Serval in Mali, US supply planes have begun arriving… 23/01/13 01:15 CET

• No choice for voters in Armenia

  Armenia goes to the polls to elect a new president in February with incumbent Serzh Sargsyan… 23/01/13 00:19 CET

• Woman faints and falls onto metro tracks in Madrid

  Security cameras recorded the heart-stopping moment when a 51-year-old woman fainted and fell onto… 23/01/13 00:19 CET

• Three held over Dutch art heist in Romania

  Police in Romania have detained three suspects believed to be linked to a major art theft from a… 23/01/13 00:19 CET

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