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Profits jump forecast from RichemontRichemont’s net profit in the first half of 2012 may beat expectations. Despite the crisis, the… 06/08/12 18:39 CET
corporate
Knight rescue means pain for shareholdersThey were once market makers in over 500 stocks, a giant of Wall Street with their own trading… 06/08/12 17:46 CET
Fourtout to the rescue…againFrench conglomerate Vivendi has called on Jean-Rene Fourtou, who already saved the company once a… 06/08/12 13:45 CET
Yet another recall for ToyotaJapanese carmaker Toyota, just days after busting profits and sales forecasts and soaring on the… 06/08/12 13:45 CET
economy
Monti seeks urgent actionWith a stand-off over European Central Bank help for Italy and Spain hardening Italy’s technocrat… 06/08/12 16:04 CET
Investor sentiment in the eurozone falls againInvestor sentiment in the eurozone has fallen for the fifth straight month in a row to its lowest… 06/08/12 13:45 CET
markets
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Vigil held after Sikh temple shooting A shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin on Sunday left at least seven people dead, including the… 06/08/12 11:51 CET
Sport
London 2012: Magic Murray and the lightning Bolt shine on day nineOne month after losing the Wimbledon final to a superior Roger Federer Britain’s Andy Murray gained… 06/08/12 08:38 CET
world news
Fasting for longer: the challenge of Ramadan in Europe_“Oh people! A great month has come over you; a blessed month; a month in which a night is better… 06/08/12 16:59 CET
Turkish cinema legend Metin Erksan dies at 83One of the legends of Turkish cinema, Metin Erksan, has died at Istanbul’s Medical Park following… 06/08/12 23:39 CET
Madonna defends Pussy Riot threeMadonna has spoken out in defence of three Russian punk rockers being tried for hooliganism, after… 06/08/12 23:39 CET
Ivory Coast soldiers killed in raid on Abidjan army baseAt least five soldiers have been shot dead in an attack on an army base in Abidjan, the Ivory… 06/08/12 22:24 CET
Three Iranian hostages killed in SyriaThree Iranian men being held captive by Syrian rebels have been killed during an air strike on the… 06/08/12 20:03 CET
Syria’s PM joins list of Assad defectorsNews of the defection of the Syrian prime minister has been welcomed by opposition leaders and the… 06/08/12 19:33 CET
Bomb blast kills four in GroznyThree soldiers have been killed in a bomb blast in the Chechen capital Grozny. Local media suggest… 06/08/12 18:54 CET
Ponta reshuffles Romanian cabinetRomania’s Prime Minister has reshuffled his cabinet after his interior minister resigned. Victor… 06/08/12 18:26 CET
Protests for Belarusian rights activistDozens of people have rallied in the centre of Lithuania’s capital in support of a famed Belarusian… 06/08/12 18:26 CET
Surfer injured in latest shark attackThere’s been another shark attack off the coast of Reunion, the French island in the Indian Ocean… 06/08/12 18:26 CET
Iran offers “realistic” Syria summitIt has been another day of heavy fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo, according to amateur video… 06/08/12 18:03 CET
Mars Curiosity satisfies NASA scientistsThere was applause, tears of joy and cheers of relief at mission control as NASA’s latest Mars… 06/08/12 17:55 CET
Israel wants Egypt to tighten borders after Sunday’s checkpoint slaughterIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has visited the border area where 16 Egyptian frontier… 06/08/12 17:13 CET
Tourism down; Italians spend summer at homeItaly has joined Greece and Spain in reporting a tourism downturn because of the eurozone crisis… 06/08/12 17:03 CET
Firefighters calm wildfires in SpainSpanish firefighters say the wildfires that ripped through the Canary islands and parts of western… 06/08/12 16:06 CET
Drought threatens world food price risesKeeping the huge fields of America’s bread basket healthy and productive is proving to be a growing… 06/08/12 15:38 CET
Western officials in court for Pussy Riot trialWestern embassy officials and a British member of parliament have been in a Moscow courtroom, to… 06/08/12 15:34 CET
Syria: Prime Minister defects; state tv ‘bombed’Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has fled to Jordan, according to officials in Amman. His… 06/08/12 13:53 CET
Mars mission: NASA celebrates Curiosity landingThere were scenes of jubilation at NASA mission control in California, as the Mars science rover… 06/08/12 11:54 CET
US Sikh community in shock at temple mass shootingThe FBI says it’s treating as ‘domestic terrorism’ the shooting of six worshippers at a Sikh temple… 06/08/12 11:46 CET
Hiroshima victims remembered amid growing anti-nuclear concernsSixty-seven years on, Japan has been remembering the victims of the world’s first atomic bomb… 06/08/12 10:24 CET
Curiosity touches down on MarsThere have been celebrations at NASA mission control in California, after the first fully-fledged… 06/08/12 08:33 CET
Controversial Mexican singer Vargas diesPopular Mexican singer Chavela Vargas has died age 93 from respiratory failure. She was open about… 06/08/12 08:30 CET
Hugo Chavez on the campaign trail with Sean PennHollywood actor Sean Penn appeared at an election rally in Venezuela in support of left-wing… 06/08/12 08:14 CET
First Pride for Vietnam’s gay communityVietnam has held its first ever Gay Pride parade. It took place in Hanoi on Sunday. The… 06/08/12 08:14 CET
Gunman in US kills six and wounds three at Sikh templeJust over two weeks since the Colorado cinema shootings and America is grieving again. This time… 06/08/12 05:53 CET
Egyptian president slams checkpoint attackersEgypt’s president has met with military and security officials after suspected Islamic militants… 06/08/12 04:05 CET
NASA waits nervously for Mars landingNASA’s high-tech robot space probe is due to land on Mars shortly. Curiosity, as its called, is… 06/08/12 02:23 CET
Aleppo assault imminent, sources claimMilitary sources claim more than 20 thousand Syrian troops are surrounding Aleppo. Heavy fighting… 06/08/12 00:53 CET
