archive 23·02·2011

corporate

• Barclays wins Lehman lawsuit

  Lehman Brothers hurried sale of much of its US operations to Barclays at the height of the… 23/02/11 18:52 CET

• Commerzbank to start repaying state aid

  Commerzbank has said it will post higher earnings this year and start to repay the 16.4 billion… 23/02/11 15:05 CET

economy

• Nasdaq considers NYSE bid

  The Nasdaq exchange is reportedly looking at launching a rival bid for NYSE Euronext rather than… 23/02/11 15:05 CET

• Chinese consumers more pessimistic

  Consumer confidence in China dropped in the final three months of last year hurt by expectations… 23/02/11 15:05 CET

europa

• Italy’s EU immigration rescue call

  What if Arab revolutions launched a thousand ships? Italy has not felt this vulnerable to illegal… 23/02/11 19:50 CET

• EU considers immigration emergency

  Italy’s interior minister, Roberto Moroni, has voiced fears of an immigration tsunami caused by… 23/02/11 19:42 CET

futuris

• A photovoltaic oasis

  In the harsh, isolated, semi-desert region north of Cairo in Egypt, 150 acres has been planted with… 23/02/11 16:55 CET

hi-tech

• Kite solution on horizon for windpower

  Conventional wind turbines can be dangerous for birds, are ugly, noisy, and do not take advantage… 23/02/11 13:47 CET

• New imaging system may cut caesareans

  Doctors worried about the rise in caesarean sections as a means of childbirth take heart from a new… 23/02/11 13:47 CET

le mag

• Three more top London fashion tickets

  In this fashion edition of ‘Le Mag’ Julien Macdonald, Burberry and Giles Deacon unveil their… 23/02/11 17:24 CET

• Exhibition highlights dark side of Nazi Olympics

  Most people know about the 1936 Summer Olympics in Munich when Hitler had to shake Jessie Owen’s… 23/02/11 17:16 CET

pictureoftheday

• Anti-government protesters in Yemen

  Anti-government protesters destroy a car belonging to government supporters outside Sanaa… 23/02/11 12:00 CET

world news

• Italy wants EU help amid Libyan immigration fear

  Italy fears that the unrest in Libya will see a flood of Libyan immigrants heading for its… 23/02/11 19:26 CET

• Gaddafi: ‘mad dog of the Middle East’

  The late US President Ronald Reagan once described Colonel Muammar Gaddafi as “the mad dog of the… 23/02/11 18:52 CET

• More than just Libya behind soaring oil prices?

  Oil prices continue to soar – going above $110 a barrel on Wednesday – as a quarter of Libya’s… 23/02/11 17:07 CET

• Benghazi activist: “we’re holding mercenaries”

  It is extremely difficult to get information out of Libya, but euronews managed to speak to Mohamed… 23/02/11 09:23 CET

• Fianna Fail look set to be routed in historic Irish vote

  Irish voters appear set to deliver a humiliating verdict on the ruling Fianna Fail party in the… 23/02/11 23:15 CET

• Gunfire on the streets of Abidjan

  Fresh gunbattles have broken out in Abidjan in Ivory Coast. Reports claim forces loyal to… 23/02/11 20:18 CET

• Nations scramble to get nationals out of chaotic Libya

  Hundreds of foreign nationals are camped out at a frantic Tripoli Airport as governments from… 23/02/11 19:15 CET

• Eastern Libya free from Gaddafi rule: ex-major

  Thousands of Libyans in the eastern city of Tobruk have been celebrating after breaking free from… 23/02/11 19:14 CET

• Libyan pilot refuses orders to bomb city

  A Libyan air force jet has reportedly crashed near Benghazi after its crew bailed out after… 23/02/11 19:03 CET

• Exodus to leave Libya

  On Libya’s western border with Tunisia, thousands passed the checkpoints in a matter of hours… 23/02/11 18:14 CET

• Greece in the grip of anti-austerity demos

  Violence has once again hit the streets of the Greek capital as police and protesters clashed… 23/02/11 17:44 CET

• Yemen politicians resign over government violence

  At least seven members of parliament have resigned in Yemen to protest over government violence… 23/02/11 16:43 CET

• New Zealand rescuers face ‘hard choices’

  Rescuers in Christchurch have been concentrating there efforts on earthquake damaged buildings… 23/02/11 16:15 CET

• Deaths from New Zealand quake likely to rise

  Rescue teams in New Zealand worked late into Wednesday night to search for survivors of the… 23/02/11 16:13 CET

• More Libyan officials abandon Gaddafi

  Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi appears to be taking increasingly brutal measures to put down a… 23/02/11 15:45 CET

• Saudi King returns with promises of social aid

  A ceremony has been laid on in the Saudi capital to welcome home king Abdullah after three months… 23/02/11 14:13 CET

• Tripoli eyewitnesses: green flags, gunfire and shortages

  There have been more emotional reunions as foreigners arrive home from Libya where many have… 23/02/11 12:04 CET

• Rahm Emanuel elected Chicago mayor

  Barack Obama’s former chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, has been elected as the next Mayor of… 23/02/11 11:59 CET

• Libya witness: ‘It’s time for revolt. We are free’

  With foreign journalists banned form Libya, information on what is happening on the ground is hard… 23/02/11 11:16 CET

• Anti-Gaddafi forces parade through Tobruk

  Some of the first professional images to come out of Libya appear to show anti-Gaddafi rebels in… 23/02/11 09:43 CET

• Foreigners race to flee violence in Libya

  The relief was evident as foreign nationals were greeted by relatives in Paris after flying out of… 23/02/11 09:27 CET

• UN condemns Gaddafi regime’s violence

  The UN Security Council has condemned the violent crackdown in Libya by Muammar Gaddafi’s regime… 23/02/11 09:24 CET

• Serbia ‘dedicated’ to hunting Mladic

  Officials in Serbia have been hard at work trying to convince war crimes prosecuter Serg Brammertz… 23/02/11 09:23 CET

• Ruby of Berlusconi fame gets special offer

  A 78-year-old Austrian construction mogul has invited “Ruby the Heartbreaker”, the 18-year-old at… 23/02/11 09:23 CET

• Libyans count the cost of their revolt

  The violence which has accompanied Libya’s bloody revolt against the Gaddafi regime has left 300… 23/02/11 09:23 CET

• German minister gives up doctorate

  German defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenburg is under pressure to quit amid allegations he… 23/02/11 09:23 CET

• Bahrain frees political prisoners

  In what is thought to be a gesture of good will, a number of political prisoners in Bahrain have… 23/02/11 09:23 CET

• Supporters back Gaddafi as he vows to die a martyr

  Gaddafi supporters poured into Tripoli’s Green Square as the Libyan leader made an inflammatory… 23/02/11 09:23 CET

• Gomis denies Madrid while Chelsea down Copenhagen

  Real Madrid were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw by Lyon in their opening Champions League round of… 23/02/11 07:49 CET

• Libyans abroad add their voices to protests back home

  Across Europe Libyans have been voicing their opposition to the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. In… 23/02/11 00:24 CET

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