archive 30·10·2012

behindmarkets

• BP’s renewed confidence

  BP was the standout gainer on the FTSE100 on Tuesday thanks to its better-than-expected results… 30/10/12 19:34 CET

cinema

• Family laughs as “Fun Size” hits the silver screen

  “Fun Size” is a family comedy, which follows the fortunes of a highschool girl whose cocky little… 30/10/12 17:42 CET

corporate

• UBS slashes jobs, quits fixed income business

  UBS is firing ten thousand people. Their jobs will go as the boss of the Zurich-based Swiss bank… 30/10/12 18:10 CET

• Apple CEO forces software division chief out

  Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has pushed out the chief of their mobile software division Scott Forstall… 30/10/12 17:00 CET

• Weak forecast hits Fiat shares

  Tuesday was a rollercoaster day for Fiat’s share. First they rose after its US unit Chrysler… 30/10/12 14:57 CET

• Virgin Australia at centre of web of airline deals

  Singapore Airlines is buying 10 percent of Virgin Australia. That will step up its competition… 30/10/12 14:57 CET

economy

• Spanish recession continues to bite

  Spain fell deeper into recession in the third quarter of 2012, new figures published on Tuesday… 30/10/12 18:40 CET

hi-tech

• The serious business of Serious Games

  Serious Games use computer technology for teaching and training purposes in a variety of fields… 30/10/12 13:48 CET

interview

• Russia’s economy set for growth?

  Europe’s economy is weak and Russia’s is benefiting from higher energy prices. What does that mean… 30/10/12 22:05 CET

le mag

• Composer Hans Werner Henze dies in Dresden

  Hans Werner Henze is one of the most influential composers of our time. His work spans opera… 30/10/12 17:42 CET

markets

• European markets at close: 30.10.2012

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newsplus

• US ‘still dominates’ – Amanpour

  Against the background of the global economic crisis, domestic issues have trumped foreign policy… 30/10/12 19:39 CET

• Foreign policy complicated

  Barack Obama’s foreign policy record disappointed many people outside the US, notably in Europe and… 30/10/12 19:06 CET

pictureoftheday

• Hurricane Sandy sinks HMS Bounty replica

  The HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, is shown submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane… 30/10/12 11:43 CET

world news

• Sandy kills 52 in Haiti but worse may be yet to come

  As Hurricane Sandy hit the US East Coast on Monday night, the full extent of the storm’s havoc on… 30/10/12 11:52 CET

• US election campaign sidetracked by storm Sandy

  Despite the election being less than a week away, storm Sandy has blown the US presidential… 30/10/12 22:33 CET

• Poland denies explosives downed Kaczynski plane

  Prosecutors in Poland are denying explosive material was found in the wreckage of the plane crash… 30/10/12 20:05 CET

• NYC counts cost of once-in-lifetime storm

  Superstorm Sandy, which hit New York last night, killing at least 18 people along America’s eastern… 30/10/12 20:03 CET

• NYC Mayor Bloomberg calls Sandy ‘devastating storm’

  It could be three days or more before power is restored to parts of New York affected by Storm… 30/10/12 18:44 CET

• Storm Sandy: The morning after the night before in New York

  New York city has woken up to the havoc caused by what is being called ‘Super Storm Sandy’, which… 30/10/12 16:34 CET

• NJ family evacuated to makeshift shelter

  Byran Sotello is one of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who has been forced to leave his… 30/10/12 16:13 CET

• Oldest U.S nuclear plant on alert after Sandy

  Hurricane Sandy slowed or shut a half-dozen U.S. nuclear power plants, while the nation’s oldest… 30/10/12 15:28 CET

• Eurozone crisis pushes up German joblessness

  Unemployment in German was up for the seventh month in a row in October. Allowing for seasonal… 30/10/12 14:57 CET

• Storm Sandy causes historic Wall Street closure

  For the first time in more than 120 years, Wall Street is closed for a second consecutive day due… 30/10/12 14:00 CET

• Storm Sandy sweeps fire and water over New York

  Five of the 16 people confirmed dead across the US and Canada killed by Storm Sandy lost their… 30/10/12 11:53 CET

• Syrian miltary launches record number of airstrikes, rebels say

  The Syrian government launched a record 60 airstrikes on Monday, rebels said. Anti regime… 30/10/12 10:43 CET

• Clinton starts Balkans tour

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday started a four-day trip of the Balkans with a… 30/10/12 08:33 CET

• Hurricane Sandy sends the web into a spin

  The Internet, especially social networking sites, has been close abuzz with the latest information… 30/10/12 08:07 CET

• Death toll mounts from US “Superstorm”

  More than twelve people are now known to have lost their lives in the violent winds and rain from… 30/10/12 06:03 CET

• euronews correspondent reports from NY hotel

  euronews correspondent Kirsten Ripper is in Manhattan on holiday at the moment, and has given us a… 30/10/12 04:43 CET

• Perisic due to launch appeal at the Hague

  The first official from Belgrade to be convicted of war crimes in Bosnia will begin an appeal… 30/10/12 01:43 CET

• Ukrainian Svoboda party reject claims of anti-Semitism

  For the first time the nationalist Svoboda or Freedom party will be represented in Ukraine’s… 30/10/12 01:23 CET

• Yanukovich’s party set for new parliamentary majority

  Results so far from Ukraine’s parliamentary election point to President Yanukovich’s Party of the… 30/10/12 01:04 CET

• A right turn for Israel’s Likud Party

  Members of Israel’s Likud Party have voted in favour of a controversial merger. Israeli Prime… 30/10/12 00:03 CET

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