Spanish recession effects to linger Spain’s Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said the worst of the country’s recession is over but with plenty of hard times still ahead 09/09/2009
Kraft cuts costs, pursues Cadbury bid Kraft has detailed how it is going to improve productivity and cut costs to boost its financial position as it moves forward with a hostile takeover 09/09/2009
Wednesday 9th September European shares finished up for the fifth straight session and hit an 11-month closing high. The weakness of the dollar underpinned shares of 09/09/2009
Commerzbank sued over bonuses Seventy-two City of London bankers are suing Dresdner Kleinwort and Commerzbank for 33 million euros in unpaid bonuses. As many as thirty others 09/09/2009
eCall goal to save lives on the road This call system for drivers could save lives: eCall. The worldwide mobile communications industry body GSMA has signed an understanding with the 09/09/2009
Backing a ban on bluefin tune Sushi lovers take note: bluefin tuna could soon be off the menu. The European Commission has provisionally backed a ban on fishing for Atlantic 09/09/2009
Vivendi bids for Brazil's GVT French entertainment and telecoms group Vivendi is offering two billion euros in an amicable takeover bid for Brazilian phone operator GVT. If the 09/09/2009
China's Geely to bid for Volvo Private Chinese carmaker Geely Automotive has said its parent company will be a bidder for Volvo as and when Ford goes ahead and sells it. Ford 09/09/2009
Electronics consumers duped online Consumers are being cheated or misled by more than half of European websites selling electronic goods. If they do not change their ways, national 09/09/2009
Court case against top Spanish judge Spain’s top court is hearing a complaint against one of the country’s most prominent judges. Baltasar Garzon, who has vigorously pursued alleged 09/09/2009
Iran hands plans to western powers The Iranian foreign minister has handed a package of proposals to a group of world powers, as the West increased its pressure on Tehran to take part 09/09/2009
More victims in Turkish flash floods At least 23 people are now known to have died as freak storms batter northwestern Turkey. Istanbul, the biggest city, was worst-hit: flash floods cut 09/09/2009
Obama's health reforms under microscope Barack Obama’s plans to overhaul America’s healthcare system face the acid test when the US President addresses Congress. Republicans have opposed 09/09/2009
Berlusconi hit by more damaging headlines Silvio Berlusconi is the focus of new, damaging media reports. Two respected Italian newspapers – Corriere della Sera and La Stampa – have 09/09/2009
Istanbul survivors re-live floods ordeal The rising waters turned normally busy rush-hour roads into fast-flowing rivers, with debris everywhere. As cars and lorries were left like so much 09/09/2009
TecWatch at IFA The TecWatch area at Berlin’s consumer electronics fair IFA presents the results of non-commercial research. So rather than being presented with 09/09/2009
Electronic novelties at IFA At IFA, the consumer electronics fair held in Berlin, one of the stars of the show was a new mobile phone called Blue Earth. It’s a touch screen 09/09/2009
The Men Who Stare At Goats/Brooklyn's Finest George Clooney and Ewan McGregor star in The Men Who Stare At Goats – a screwball psychic warzone comedy. Despite the cheesy tash he wears in the 09/09/2009
Akseli Gallen-Kallela/Korean Contemporary Art An major exhibition of works by Akseli Gallen-Kallela has opened in Stavanger in Norway. Gallen-Kallela is Finland’s national painter, best known 09/09/2009
Crunch time for Obama's health care reforms President Obama is gearing up for a half-hour televised speech on the American health care system tonight – an address that could shape the future of 09/09/2009
British journalist freed in Afghanistan A British journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan has been freed by NATO, but his Afghan interpreter and a British soldier were killed in the rescue 09/09/2009
Flash floods swamp Istanbul Freak storms have sparked flash floods in Turkey, cutting a major motorway and stranding hundreds of people. Torrential rain sent a wall of water 09/09/2009
UN claims fraud in Afghan elections The West’s hopes of a stable democracy in Afghanistan have been hit by claims of fraud in last month’s controversial election. Latest results show 09/09/2009
Beatles re-masters and game tipped to top charts The Beatles are making a new assault on the charts with yet another re-master of all of the Fab-Four’s back-catalogue. At 200 euros, the collection 09/09/2009
Germany Election setback for Merkel Senior members of German Chanellor Angela Merkels conservatives have urged their leader to raise her game after a poll setback just a few weeks 09/09/2009
Italy Clooney and new love go public in Venice He is a regular at the Venice Film Festival but this year George Clooney didn’t come alone. The American actor was joined by his latest love 09/09/2009
USA Obama set for crucial healthcare speech Barack Obama will later address both houses of Congress on an issue that could define his presidency: healthcare. He warmed up with a speech to 09/09/2009