corporate
Top toymakers say sales are slidingBarbie is the most popular dolls ever created, but it seems she is falling out of favour and facing… 18/10/04 06:10 CET
Crude oil prices again hit recordsWith no slowdown in demand oil prices continue to surge to record levels. US light crude hit a… 18/10/04 05:10 CET
GM cutback talks start as Bochum strike goes onAngry General Motors workers at the Opel plant in Bochum in Germany have been refusing to go back… 18/10/04 05:10 CET
europa
‘No’ to extra-territorial refugee camps – Paris and MadridRejecting a plan to set up holding centres in North Africa for Europe-bound immigrants… 18/10/04 06:10 CET
Cash flows to Poland’s farmsPolish farmers have begun to get what they were promised when Poland was negotiating its EU entry… 18/10/04 06:10 CET
European plane-maker CEO feisty, confident“Airbus does not get handouts”, that is the difference between it and Boeing, according to the… 18/10/04 05:10 CET
Stalling the trans-Atlantic aircraft aid rowEuropean Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy and his American counterpart meeting in Brussels seemed to… 18/10/04 05:10 CET
world news
Belarus: path cleared for Lukashenko’s third termBelorussian president Alexander Lukashenko has won overwhelming approval in a referendum allowing… 18/10/04 12:10 CET
More details of ETA arms haulFrench authorities have given more details about the weapons seized during raids in the south west… 18/10/04 12:10 CET
US forces bombard Falluja, Baghdad car bomb kills sevenUS forces and Iraqi militants engaged in heavy fighting on Sunday on the eastern edge of Falluja… 18/10/04 07:10 CET
Fraud allegations cloud Lukashenko’s referendum winThe central electoral commission in Belarus says President Alexander Lukashenko has won… 18/10/04 07:10 CET
French and Israelis make up in JerusalemIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has made what is seen as a gesture of peace towards French… 18/10/04 06:10 CET
Florida poised to be crucial state againWith 27 electoral college votes up for grabs, Florida promises to be a crucial battleground again… 18/10/04 06:10 CET
Iraq set for nationwide arms amnestyThe interim Iraqi government says it is going to propose a nationwide arms amnesty next week in a… 18/10/04 06:10 CET
US election: early voting gets underwayEarly voting has got underway in Florida ahead of the main US presidential elections in two weeks‘… 18/10/04 06:10 CET
UK denies US troop request is politicalA US request for a redeployment of British troops in Iraq is causing waves in the UK parliament… 18/10/04 06:10 CET
