archive 20·07·2012

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Europe’s car market: driving into the sunset?
Europeans are not buying new cars – vehicle registrations continue to fall. Carmakers are having to… 20/07/12 18:49 CET

‘Red lights’ leaves some critics turned off
Sigourney Weaver and Cillian Murphy play professional “ghostbusting” sceptics in new flick Red… 20/07/12 15:02 CET

Microsoft posts loss but upbeat on future products
Microsoft has reported its first ever quarterly loss as a public company. The reason was the huge… 20/07/12 18:37 CET
Brewing battle bubbles up in the east
Dutch brewer Heineken has bid the equivalent of three and a third billion euros for the shares in… 20/07/12 18:37 CET

Spain’s woes spark share slump
There was a huge sell off on Europe’s stock markets on Friday after Spain’s heavily indebted… 20/07/12 18:37 CET
Bank bailout but at a price for Spain
Eurozone finance ministers approved Spain’s bank bailout on Friday but it comes at a price. The… 20/07/12 17:16 CET
Shares slide despite Spanish bank bailout deal
Europe’s stock markets are in the red with traders responding to global macro-economic events as… 20/07/12 15:09 CET

Europe Weekly: Microsoft in EU’s firing line again
In this week’s Europe Weekly, Microsoft has irked Brussels regulators once again amid allegations… 20/07/12 18:49 CET

Italy: towards deeper European integration
From the financial crisis and European integration to relations with Mediterranean countires and… 20/07/12 11:31 CET

Music: Paléo Festival, Nyon
Revellers of all ages hit the Paléo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland to soak up the atmosphere at one… 20/07/12 16:02 CET

Bank bailout but at a price for Spain
Eurozone finance ministers approved Spain’s bank bailout on Friday but it comes at a price. The… 20/07/12 18:16 CET

Deadly train collision in India
A rescue worker stands near the derailed coaches of the Vidarbha Express train near Kasara, about… 20/07/12 12:03 CET

Russian trade union revival
During the Soviet era, from 1917 to 1991, trade unions in Russia were state run organisations which… 20/07/12 10:09 CET

Olympics: planned economies and the need to succeed
The entry of the USSR and its satellite states into the Olympic arena changed the dynamic of the… 20/07/12 17:35 CET
Tour de France 2012: Valverde wins stage 17
Spain’s Alejandro Valverde kept his composure to claim the 17th stage of the Tour de France on… 20/07/12 08:15 CET

Compensation when denied the right to fly
In this edition of U-talk, Päivi from Madrid asked: “I flew from Madrid to Helsinki via Berlin. … 20/07/12 10:49 CET
WTO vs Protectionism
With == ISEG== In this edition of U-talk, Benjamin, from Saint-Etienne, in France, asks: “Could… 20/07/12 08:36 CET

Speculation over Romney’s running mate intensifies
When it comes to Mitt Romney’s potential vice presidential running mate, late night TV comedians… 20/07/12 12:51 CET
USA: ’12 dead’ in shooting at Batman film premiere
Police say 12 people are now known to have been killed in a shooting rampage at a Batman film… 20/07/12 11:33 CET
Deadly bomb blast in Thailand ahead of Ramadan
Two people have been killed and four wounded in separate car bombing in southern Thailand. The… 20/07/12 10:03 CET