archive 09·10·2012

behindmarkets

• Barclays buys ING Direct

  As promised last summer by its new CEO, Barclays is beefing-up its retail banking business… 09/10/12 18:48 CET

cinema

• BFI 56 takes over London’s screens

  The 56th BFI London Film Festival URL|bfi.org.uk kicks off on Wednesday, featuring the European… 09/10/12 15:22 CET

corporate

• French spin-off to put FNAC back on track

  The French luxury group PPR has confirmed reports that it is planning to sell-off its FNAC chain of… 09/10/12 20:23 CET

economy

• Greek reforms praised by ECB’s Draghi

  The president of the European Central Bank has given Greece a pat on the back for the economic… 09/10/12 16:52 CET

• Lisbon to swap tax rises for spending cuts

  Portugal’s government is to tone down sweeping tax rises proposed for next year to tackle the… 09/10/12 15:24 CET

• IMF cuts global growth forecasts

  The International Monetary Fund has joined a growing band of world experts who are taking a more… 09/10/12 14:47 CET

europa

• Russian band Pussy Riot shortlisted for Sakharov

  Russian punk band Pussy Riot are among the three finalists shortlisted for this year’s Sakharov… 09/10/12 20:10 CET

• EU to push ahead with Tobin Tax plans

  Finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg have backed controversial plans for a European financial… 09/10/12 17:01 CET

hi-tech

• A future for happy feet?

  We have our feet to thank for walking, standing, running and so many other activities. They take… 09/10/12 13:21 CET

interview

• ‘We need to bring immediate end to the violence in Syria’ Ban Ki-moon

  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is in Strasbourg for the World Forum for Democracy at the Council… 09/10/12 18:58 CET

le mag

• Gauguin opens window on the exotic in Madrid

  “Gauguin and the Voyage to the Exotic” at the Thyssen Museum in Madrid is a major exhibition that… 09/10/12 15:22 CET

markets

• European markets at close: 09.10.2012

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newsplus

• Greece and Germany ‘keeping minds open’

  The hostility of austerity-burdened Greeks towards Chancellor Merkel has taken on harder and harder… 09/10/12 19:48 CET

pictureoftheday

• SpaceX Dragon capsule launched from Cape Canaveral

  The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Sunday from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral… 09/10/12 12:12 CET

Sport

• Road to Brazil

  Germany will be looking for a third straight victory in their World Cup qualifying campaign when… 09/10/12 20:00 CET

world news

• New Year poll likely as Israel’s Netanyahu calls early election

  The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called an early general election months ahead of… 09/10/12 23:13 CET

• Body of Mexico drugs kingpin Lazcano stolen

  The body of one of Mexico’s most wanted men who was killed in a shootout with marines has been… 09/10/12 22:24 CET

• Netanyahu calls early Israel election

  The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called an early general election months ahead of… 09/10/12 21:20 CET

• NATO to defend Turkey over Syria shelling

  NATO says it has drawn up plans to protect Turkey should the war in Syria spill over its border… 09/10/12 20:03 CET

• Spain newspaper El Pais cuts one in three jobs

  Spanish daily El Pais is to lose one third of its workforce as a severe advertising downturn… 09/10/12 19:10 CET

• Moscow protest over Radio Liberty staff cuts

  A small protest has taken place outside the US Embassy in Moscow over mass lay-offs at Radio… 09/10/12 19:10 CET

• France close to adopting EU fiscal pact

  France’s lower house has overwhelmingly approved ratification of the EU fiscal pact despite… 09/10/12 19:10 CET

• Anti-Merkel protesters clash with police in Athens

  Amid the thousands who defied a ban on protests in Athens to demonstrate against Angela Merkel’s… 09/10/12 19:04 CET

• EU summit to back idea of separate euro zone budget – draft conclusions

  The euro zone should have its own budget, which would be separate from the long-term budget of the… 09/10/12 18:49 CET

• UN raises alarm over rising hunger levels

  The United Nations food agency has issued a fresh warning over growing hunger levels. One in eight… 09/10/12 18:43 CET

• Body of slain Mexico top drug lord stolen

  An armed group stole the body of the slain leader of Mexico’s brutal Zetas drug cartel from a… 09/10/12 17:49 CET

• Libya formally requests a home trial for Gaddafi son

  Libya has formally challenged the right of the International Criminal Court in the Hague to try one… 09/10/12 17:44 CET

• Fraudulent bankers should be jailed, survey says

  Most Europeans think fraudulent bankers and traders found to have manipulated market rules such as… 09/10/12 17:01 CET

• Berlusconi quashes comeback talk

  Silvio Berlusconi has abandoned his hopes of running for Italy’s top job. The former prime… 09/10/12 16:53 CET

• Merkel praises Greek reform and promises support

  The German Chancellor Angela Merkel, making a symbolic visit to Athens, has praised Greece for the… 09/10/12 16:13 CET

• Romney leads in new poll

  U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney has edged ahead of current President Barack Obama in a poll… 09/10/12 15:53 CET

• Greeks say Merkel visit unwelcome

  Thousands of people are protesting outside the Greek parliament against the visit of Angela Merkel… 09/10/12 14:03 CET

• Merkel lands in Greece for first visit since start of euro crisis

  The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Athens amid tight security for her first visit… 09/10/12 13:34 CET

• Quantum particle work wins Nobel for French and US scientists

  France’s Serge Haroche and American David Wineland will share this year’s Nobel Prize for physics… 09/10/12 12:43 CET

• Maliki in Russia to seal closer military ties

  The Iraqi Prime Minister is expected to sign a major arms agreement with Russia. Nuri al-Maliki has… 09/10/12 12:13 CET

• Protest ban in Athens

  Greek police have tightened security in Athens for the visit of German Chancellor, Angela Merkel… 09/10/12 11:34 CET

• France’s Serge Haroche and US David J. Wineland win 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics

  A French and an American scientist won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for finding ways… 09/10/12 11:07 CET

• Protests in Venezuela following Chavez victory

  Several hundred Venezuelen students too to the streets of Caracas to protest at the re-election of… 09/10/12 10:04 CET

• North Korea Missiles Warning

  North Korea has said that it has missiles that can hit the United States. This statement comes just… 09/10/12 08:43 CET

• US meningitis outbreak linked to injections

  It is feared as many as 13 thousand people across 23 US states may have received steroid injections… 09/10/12 07:42 CET

• Flying high – Austrian man attempts space jump

  An Austrian man is hoping to become the first person to parachute from a balloon 37 kilometres up… 09/10/12 07:42 CET

• Meningitis outbreak on Italian cruise ship

  Antibiotics have been handed out to passengers on board an Italian cruise ship after four crew… 09/10/12 07:42 CET

• Egypt’s President pardons all political prisoners

  Egypt’s President has pardoned all those arrested during last year’s popular uprising that resulted… 09/10/12 06:13 CET

• Eurozone finance ministers meet for more talks

  Having launched the European Stability Mechanism, Eurozone finance ministers got round the table in… 09/10/12 03:54 CET

• Security is tight as Angela Merkel visits Greece

  As far as foreign visits go, this can’t be one that Angela Merkel is looking forward to. The German… 09/10/12 01:53 CET

• French terror arrests: dead suspect radicalised in jail

  French television has obtained video footage of the suspected Islamist militant shot dead by police… 09/10/12 01:13 CET

• Rothko masterpiece scribbled on in London

  One of the world’s most valuable paintings has been scribbled on with black marker pen. Vladimir… 09/10/12 00:33 CET

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