archive 28·04·2010

corporate

• Shell predicts new growth after earnings rise

  Europe’s biggest oil company Royal Dutch Shell has announced a 57 per cent rise in earnings, after… 28/04/10 19:56 CET

• SAP rising in Germany

  Germany’s software giant SAP has posted double-digit growth in first quarter sales and operating… 28/04/10 19:56 CET

• BBVA stabilises bad debt for profit increase

  There is a glimmer of hope emerging from Spain’s banks that have been battered by the property… 28/04/10 19:56 CET

economy

• Fed stands firm over US interest rates

  America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, has maintained its promise to keep interest rates at… 28/04/10 20:46 CET

• IMF and ECB back Germany over Greek bailout

  Germany’s pivotal role in a bailout for Greece was emphasised with a visit to Berlin by the head of… 28/04/10 20:39 CET

• Markets fret over Portugal’s debt

  Fears over Portugal’s sovereign debt continues to plague markets after the Standard & Poor’s agency… 28/04/10 14:34 CET

• Zapatero defends economic record

  Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero believes his country’s economy will soon start… 28/04/10 14:04 CET

• Greek crisis continues to weaken global markets

  Protests continue against Greece’s austerity measures, and the country’s financial crisis continues… 28/04/10 10:55 CET

europa

• Drivers’ directive still riling independents

  A protest battle over regulating professional drivers’ working time is being waged in Brussels. … 28/04/10 21:55 CET

le mag

• Broadway premier for Denzel Washington

  Gabourey Sidibe, Jessica Lange and Mikhail Baryshnikov are amongst the fans of Denzel Washington… 28/04/10 19:20 CET

• Exhibition in Albania

  Albania has never seen an exhibition like it. 71 works by the likes of Picasso, Warhol, Chagall… 28/04/10 18:45 CET

world news

• Russia publishes Katyn massacre archives

  Russia has made public for the first time documents on the 1940 Katyn massacre when some 20,000… 28/04/10 22:14 CET

• Thai government halts protesters’ break-out

  One soldier has died and at least 18 protesters have been injured in the latest clashes between… 28/04/10 21:40 CET

• Anne Frank’s diary on show in Amsterdam

  Anne Frank’s entire diary has gone on public display at the Amsterdam house where she sheltered… 28/04/10 21:40 CET

• Greek crisis sparks fears of domino effect

  How much damage will Greece’s, and now Spain’s, downgraded credit rating status cause to other… 28/04/10 21:40 CET

• British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised

  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised to a 65-year-old grandmother who he called “a… 28/04/10 21:38 CET

• Shanghai ready to welcome the world

  The finishing touches are being made to China’s first-ever World Expo in Shanghai, which opens on… 28/04/10 16:57 CET

• Russia publishes Katyn massacre archives

  Russia’s once-secret files on the 1940 Katyn massacre have been published. The documents shed… 28/04/10 16:14 CET

• Pakistani police attacked again by Taliban

  Another police station has been hit by a suicide bombing in Pakistan, the latest attack in a wave… 28/04/10 13:46 CET

• Thai protestors fail to break army blockade

  Thailand’s Red Shirt protesters have clashed with security forces on the outskirts of Bangkok. … 28/04/10 13:46 CET

• City gives Osborne thumbs down

  The Conservative’s would-be finance minister George Osborne has receved a rebuff from a group of… 28/04/10 13:46 CET

• Chinese school killer executed

  China has executed Zheng Minsheng, a former community doctor who stabbed eight schoolchildren to… 28/04/10 11:46 CET

• Wind of change blows through Germany’s energy supplies

  Germany has launched its first offshore wind farm just as scepticism in the country is growing over… 28/04/10 07:33 CET

• Noriega behind bars pending French trial

  A French judge has ordered that the former dictator of Panama, Manuel Noriega, is to remain in… 28/04/10 07:23 CET

• Will Portugal follow Greece into the financial mire?

  Public transport workers in Lisbon have responded to a pay freeze as part of their government’s… 28/04/10 07:21 CET

• Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens wildlife

  A huge oil slick measuring over 74,000 square kilometres, is expected to spill onto the fragile … 28/04/10 07:19 CET

• Markets nervous over Greek austerity protests

  Angry scenes in Athens are fuelling anxiety in the world’s financial markets amid fear of even… 28/04/10 07:18 CET

• Goldman Sachs boss faces Senate critics

  Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein has denied his bank contributed to the US financial crisis… 28/04/10 06:14 CET

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