behindmarkets
Heatwave chills H&M’s salesSwedish clothing chain H&M has suffered in the August heatwave. Sales are down by four percent at… 17/09/12 19:16 CET
cinema
Karl Urban on challenge of playing DreddComic book lawman Judge Dredd is back on the silver screen after Sylvester Stallone’s much panned… 17/09/12 12:51 CET
corporate
Moscow pounces on market to sell SberbankTaking advantage of the share’s highest price since April the Russian government is resuming its… 17/09/12 17:24 CET
Fiat confirms Italian investment plan at riskItalian carmaker Fiat has again said all bets are off as far as its 2010 “Fabricca Italia” project… 17/09/12 15:42 CET
Secrets could be EADS/BAE deal-breakerAmerica’s defence industries have not taken long to respond to the proposed EADS/BAE merger, via a… 17/09/12 14:08 CET
economy
USA, China swap WTO complaintsFears of a trade war have ignited between the USA and China after Beijing filed a case at the … 17/09/12 17:23 CET
europa
EU Commission to limit food-based biofuelsIn a major policy shift, the European Commission has said it wants to cap food-based biofuels to… 17/09/12 20:38 CET
focus
Focus: Yeongam gears up for South Korean Grand PrixIn 2010, the quiet town of Yeongam in South Korea was shaken by the arrival of Formula 1, when the… 17/09/12 10:51 CET
hi-tech
How plastic bottles can heat your homeSome 13 billion plastic bottles are thrown away in the UK alone each year and, as a bottle takes… 17/09/12 11:52 CET
le mag
Eccentric, eclectic: London Fashion Week is backLondon Fashion Week is now is full swing. More than 100 top British and international designers… 17/09/12 13:53 CET
markets
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pictureoftheday
‘Occupy’ movement marks first anniversary‘Occupy’ Wall Street marks its first anniversary.The movement has failed to sustain momentum after… 17/09/12 12:33 CET
right on
EU to simplify cross-border trade rulesLess than one in ten Europeans buy online from other EU countries. For both consumers and sellers… 17/09/12 10:53 CET
womenandwar
In Somalia, one woman’s struggle for her sisters“I came from the Ethiopian border, we used to raise animals, mainly goats. Because of the drought… 17/09/12 19:32 CET
world news
Somalia’s new president faces decades of accumulated anarchyViolence in Somalia has become a more or less permanent condition. The internally warring country… 17/09/12 19:24 CET
Sabra and Shatila massacre, 30 years onThe worst massacre ever suffered by the Palestinian people took place in Lebanon 30 years ago. In… 17/09/12 19:24 CET
UN fears Syrian conflict poses ‘global threat’The United Nations says August was the bloodiest month of the conflict in Syria so far. The world… 17/09/12 23:03 CET
Video shows efforts to save US ambassador killed in LibyaAmateur video has emerged showing the US ambassador to Libya in the moments just after the attack… 17/09/12 22:53 CET
Tunisian police besiege mosque to arrest wanted SalafistPolice in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, surrounded a mosque on Monday where a wanted Salafist leader… 17/09/12 19:44 CET
Greece: Judges go on strikeMagistrates and judicial employees have started a five day strike in protest against a 12 billion… 17/09/12 19:14 CET
Hezbollah leader warns of ‘serious consequences’ of ‘blasphemous’ filmAnswering the call to keep up protests against a film that insults the prophet Mohammed, thousands… 17/09/12 19:03 CET
Occupy Wall Street marks first anniversaryOccupy Wall Street protesters marked the movement’s one-year anniversary on Monday by taking to the… 17/09/12 18:06 CET
Anti-Islam film: Protests across the worldAnti-American clashes sparked by a US-made film which mocks the Prophet Muhammad continue across… 17/09/12 18:04 CET
Tunis mosque beseiged in protest arrest attemptTunisian security forces have surrounded a mosque to arrest the leader of an islamic group accused… 17/09/12 17:35 CET
Gaza court jails jihadists for murder of Italian peace activistA military court Gaza convicted four Islamist extremists on Monday of kidnapping and murdering… 17/09/12 16:44 CET
Police presence at Occupy Wall Street’s first anniversary partyOn Monday, exactly a year after putting economic inequalities under the global spotlight with its… 17/09/12 16:26 CET
British royal couple launch criminal case over topless photosIt is perhaps ironic that Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate were greeted by topless… 17/09/12 16:24 CET
Mohamud is new president of ‘lawless’ SomaliaHassan Sheikh Mohamud has begun the task of overseeing a nation often described as a ‘lawless… 17/09/12 16:13 CET
Hezbollah leader calls for week of anti-film protestsProtests against the film considered ‘blasphemous’ by many Muslims continue in a number of… 17/09/12 14:23 CET
Marikana miners defy protest banStriking miners defied a protest ban to gather once again at a South African platinum mine on… 17/09/12 14:14 CET
Spain transport strike causes road gridlock in Madrid and BarcelonaPublic transport strikes in Spain have caused chaos for tens of thousands of commuters for the… 17/09/12 12:57 CET
Japan-China islands row threatens tradeA territorial row between China and Japan looks set to hurt trade between Asia’s two biggest… 17/09/12 12:47 CET
Anti-Islam film: Violent protests in AfghanistanIn the Afghan capital Kabul, a fourth day of protests against the anti-Islam film “Innocence of… 17/09/12 10:44 CET
Suicide bomber kills four in IraqA suicide bomber has struck close to the heavily fortified Green Zone in the Iraqi capital Baghdad… 17/09/12 09:13 CET
Argentinian parents watch their kids’ party anticsAn Argentinian city has set up a new monitoring programme that lets parents watch what their… 17/09/12 08:43 CET
MP’s domestic violence comments cause outrage in HungaryA member of the ruling Fidesz party in Hungary has caused outrage after he said women should focus… 17/09/12 07:25 CET
William and Kate launch criminal complaint over topless snapsThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to launch a criminal complaint against the photographer who… 17/09/12 07:25 CET
Brussels goes green on no-car dayBrussels goes green as thousands have taken to the streets on foot, bicycles, skateboards and… 17/09/12 07:25 CET
Soyuz 32 back on terra firma after 123 days at the ISSSoyuz expedition 32 has landed safely in Kazakhstan after the three astronauts spent 123 days… 17/09/12 06:23 CET
Somalia’s new president wants an end to conflict and piracySomalia’s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has taken office and called for an end to conflict… 17/09/12 05:33 CET
France to ban anti-US protests as film fallout spreadsFrance has moved to ban any further anti-US demonstrations sparked by the film that has caused… 17/09/12 02:35 CET
Innocent suffer as violence and hunger stalks AleppoFood is becoming ever more scarce as the violence in Syria shows no sign of ending. As body count… 17/09/12 00:44 CET
