archive 11·07·2012

behindmarkets

• Burberry’s sales worries sparks luxury sell off

  After Burberry published quarterly sales that missed expectations the markets expressed a fear that… 11/07/12 19:07 CET

businessplanet

• Meeting targets

  How do you get finance when you’re a small or medium sized enterprise specialising in research… 11/07/12 13:38 CET

cinema

• ‘The Imposter’ – a chilling family tale

  The film ‘The Imposter’ tells the unlikely but true story of how one Frenchman convinced a Texas… 11/07/12 15:55 CET

economy

• Banks still want the euro in their vaults

  The eurozone may be in the midst of a debt crisis, but the euro itself is still in strong demand as… 11/07/12 19:42 CET

• OPEC sees oil demand growth slowing

  The energy cartel OPEC is predicting that the growth in demand for oil – which is already weak so… 11/07/12 16:36 CET

• Eurozone job warning from ILO

  The International Labour Organisation has warned the eurozone could lose another 4.5 million jobs… 11/07/12 15:42 CET

• European slowdown hits Renault’s sales

  Renault’s sales fell in the first six months of the year. They were down 3.3 percent from the same… 11/07/12 15:42 CET

• German bond yields fall further

  Germany’s cost of borrowing has fallen to a new record low. On Wednesday the government easily… 11/07/12 15:41 CET

farnborough2012

• The aerospace technology of tomorrow

  Innovation is key at the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, England. A week long international… 11/07/12 17:14 CET

focus

• Four regions weather the economic storm

  The gentle summer song of road diggers has never been more welcome in Europe! It is music to the… 11/07/12 10:54 CET

futuris

• Maps: Colouring in the Black Sea

  What do microscopic molecules and huge computer grids have in common? They both build up giant… 11/07/12 09:57 CET

le mag

• Half a century of rockin and rollin with The Stones

  Sex, drugs, rock and roll. A well known phrase that may have been coined with The Rolling Stones in… 11/07/12 15:56 CET

markets

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musica

• Classical jazz – when Bollani met Ravel

  Stefano Bollani is a popular Italian jazz pianist who also plays classical music. In Rome he… 11/07/12 13:31 CET

pictureoftheday

• Greek tourism is looking good!

  Contestants of the Miss Tourism Planet beauty contest promote the upcoming television show with a… 11/07/12 11:12 CET

science

• Looking for life beyond earth

  In February this year an international team of scientists confirmed the existence of a very special… 11/07/12 14:12 CET

Sport

• Tour de France: Voeckler wins 10th stage

  The 10th stage of the Tour de France has been won by Frenchman, Thomas Voeckler. The 33-year-old… 11/07/12 20:19 CET

• London residents lose fight to prevent rooftop missiles

  Alarmed residents have lost their High Court battle to prevent surface-to-air missiles being… 11/07/12 07:42 CET

world news

• Srebrenica’s yearly burial of atrocity victims

  Seventeen years after the Srebrenica massacre, trucks are still carrying remains through Sarajevo… 11/07/12 20:10 CET

• Spain: Rajoy’s U-turn

  Six months after taking office, Spain’s prime minister has given way to reality. The crisis has… 11/07/12 20:10 CET

• Medical staff in Portugal march over spending cuts

  Doctors and nurses in Portugal demonstrated in the capital, Lisbon, on Wednesday after going on… 11/07/12 23:53 CET

• Syria’s government frees 275 prisoners

  More unverified amateur video purports to show Homs under heavy bombardment just two days after… 11/07/12 23:23 CET

• Rich countries pledge millions to fund family planning

  A group of rich countries have pledged 2.6 billion dollars over the next eight years to fund family… 11/07/12 22:23 CET

• Arrest of Shi’ite cleric causes sectarian tension in Saudi Arabia

  Thousands of Shi’ite Muslims attended the funeral of a man shot dead as police arrested a Shi’ite… 11/07/12 22:03 CET

• Russian Duma passes controversial internet law

  Russian politicians have taken another step towards approving a new law on the internet which its… 11/07/12 20:36 CET

• Man killed by tiger at Copenhagen Zoo

  Keepers have discovered the body of a young man killed by tigers inside their enclosure at… 11/07/12 18:59 CET

• Suicide bomber kills 10 in Yemen

  A suicide bomber has blown himself up outside a police academy in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa… 11/07/12 18:54 CET

• Evacuations after US chemical train blast

  A derailed train has caused a huge explosion and fire in Colombus, Ohio in the United States… 11/07/12 18:52 CET

• UK police probe death of TetraPak heir’s wife

  Tests continue to determine the cause of death of US-born Eva Rausing, who was married to TetraPak… 11/07/12 18:52 CET

• News trumps entertainment for US TV audiences

  News over entertainment. Those were the results of a study conducted by television researcher… 11/07/12 18:45 CET

• EU unveils new strategy to cut car emissions

  The European Commission has announced new plans to cut the amount of CO2 emitted by new cars and… 11/07/12 18:34 CET

• Japan-China islands row overshadows Asean talks

  The ongoing territorial dispute over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea is… 11/07/12 18:14 CET

• Medics in Portugal strike over spending cuts

  Doctors and nurses in Portugal went on strike on Wednesday in protest at government spending cuts… 11/07/12 17:53 CET

• British journalists arrested over police bribe allegations

  It seems that more and more journalists want to befriend the police. But this friendship hasn’t… 11/07/12 17:42 CET

• Who’s that girl hanging around with Kim Jong-un?

  A woman has been spotted with a man. So why is this a big deal? Because it’s a woman. Because… 11/07/12 17:08 CET

• More bodies of Srebenica victims on 17 year anniversary

  Five hundred and twenty newly-identified victims of the Srebenica massacre are being buried on the… 11/07/12 16:34 CET

• Miners march in Madrid as Spain faces fresh austerity

  “Yes we can!” they shouted in central Madrid. Striking miners marching to the Industry Ministry on… 11/07/12 16:30 CET

• Afghan women protest ‘execution’ video

  Protesters marching through Kabul have been calling for justice after the emergence of a video… 11/07/12 14:35 CET

• Syria opposition tries in vain to win over Russia

  The head of Syria’s main opposition group abroad says the country is in the midst of a revolution… 11/07/12 13:53 CET

• Brazil inmates cycle to freedom by generating electricity

  A group of inmates in a Brazilian high-security jail, clad in red prison uniforms, pedal furiously… 11/07/12 12:14 CET

• More austerity pain for Spain with fresh cuts ahead

  For Mariano Rajoy, it was payback time. He has got a banking bailout and an extra year to hit… 11/07/12 12:04 CET

• UK coalition government suffers biggest rebellion

  Tensions within Britain’s government have seen Prime Minister David Cameron suffer his biggest… 11/07/12 09:23 CET

• Tunisian demo turns violent

  In Tunisia, a demonstration against job cuts in the public sector turned violent on Tuesday… 11/07/12 07:36 CET

• Naples battles with cockroaches

  Naples is waging war against an infestation of cockroaches brought on by warm weather and… 11/07/12 07:36 CET

• Blaze spreads on Croatia’s Adriatic coast

  Firefighters in Croatia have been trying to control a blaze on the country’s Adriatic coast near… 11/07/12 07:36 CET

• Annan seeks regional support ahead of UN briefing on Syria

  After discussing Syria with ministers in both Iran and Iraq, peace envoy Kofi Annan will brief the… 11/07/12 06:03 CET

• Spain’s marching miners arrive in Madrid

  It has taken nearly three weeks with some covering up to 400 kilometres, but scores of Spanish… 11/07/12 04:33 CET

• Mickey Mouse dances for a dictator

  The Disney studios have complained at the unauthorised use of some of their most famous cartoon… 11/07/12 03:03 CET

• Srebrenica prepares for painful memorial

  People have begun arriving in Srebrenica, Bosnia, including some 7000 who came on a symbolic march… 11/07/12 01:43 CET

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