corporate
Unilever bounces backUnilever’s shares shot up 5.4 percent as it announced a four percent rise in second-quarter sales… 06/08/09 19:53 CET
Commerzbank cautiousCommerzbank reported further net losses of 746 million euros in the second-quarter but its… 06/08/09 19:53 CET
Deutsche Telekom earnings riseDeutsche Telekom’s second-quarter net profit was up by a third at 521 million euros and the German… 06/08/09 19:53 CET
economy
Status quo for borrowing costsThe European Central Bank and the Bank of England have both kept interest rates unchanged but the… 06/08/09 19:53 CET
Scrappage scheme boosts UK car salesSales of cars in Britain have risen for the first time in over a year. Manufacturers and… 06/08/09 19:53 CET
markets
Thursday 6th AugustEuropean shares finished ahead, but trimmed their earlier gains as Wall Street slipped from its… 06/08/09 19:53 CET
world news
Hackers cut the Twitter chatterOne of the internet’s most popular networking sites is up and running again after crashing in… 06/08/09 21:43 CET
WHO reports progress on H1N1 flu vaccineThe World Health Organisation has said research into a vaccine against the H1N1 flu virus is “on… 06/08/09 19:53 CET
Turkey agrees to let work start on SouthStreamTurkey has agreed to allow Russia begin exploratory work for a huge pipeline project aimed at… 06/08/09 19:53 CET
Japan echoes calls for nuke-free worldJapan, the only country ever to suffer an atomic bomb attack, has called for a world free from… 06/08/09 19:53 CET
Last WW1 ‘Tommy’ laid to restBritain’s last veteran of the First World War trenches, one of the famous “Tommies”, has been laid… 06/08/09 19:53 CET
Russian car workers protest falling wagesWorkers at Russia’s biggest car-maker have called for it to be re-nationalised in the face of… 06/08/09 19:53 CET
Nabucco pipeline to bring gas to EuropeTurkey is in great demand at the moment as gas producers and consumers try to build for the future… 06/08/09 19:53 CET
WHO to provide progress report on H1N1 vaccine researchThe World Health Organisation is set to provide an official progress update on the production of… 06/08/09 13:21 CET
Greenpeace protests against Turkish power plantRussia is set to sign a deal to build Turkey’s first nuclear power plant and Greenpeace activists… 06/08/09 13:21 CET
Afghan wedding party hit by bomb blastA roadside bomb has killed at least 21 people traveling to a wedding in the south of Afghanistan… 06/08/09 11:39 CET
Japan commemorates Hiroshima anniversaryThe people of Hiroshima have commemorated the 64th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb… 06/08/09 09:56 CET
Manga makes its mark at Swiss film festCannes eat your heart out! The place to be for movie buffs right now is the small… 06/08/09 07:29 CET
Swine flu death toll tops 1,000 worldwideAs swine flu continues its relentless spread around the planet, latest figures show it has killed… 06/08/09 05:53 CET
French reinforcements bound for New CaledoniaFrance is sending police reinforcements to New Caledonia, one of its overseas territories in the… 06/08/09 02:13 CET
Russia says key pipeline deal struck with TurkeyIt looks like a major boost in Russia’s bid to safeguard its European gas market. Ankara is said to… 06/08/09 00:03 CET
