archive 11·12·2012

behindmarkets

• Thyssenkrupp steeled for better times

  Despite posted a net loss five times bigger than feared and not paying a dividend, Thyssenkrupp saw… 11/12/12 19:23 CET

corporate

• Land Rover looks to Saudi Arabia

  Jaguar Land Rover is looking at setting up a car plant in Saudi Arabia. The Indian owned British… 11/12/12 14:57 CET

economy

• Greek debt buyback a partial successs

  Greece’s attempt to reduce its debt has been only a partial success. Athens was able to buy back… 11/12/12 18:50 CET

• More Fed stimulus due

  The Federal Reserve is likely to expand its monetary stimulus to the US economy this week at the… 11/12/12 14:57 CET

• Euribor manipulation report

  There have been more developments in the interest rate manipulation scandal. The Wall Street… 11/12/12 14:57 CET

europa

• Pat pending: Patience pays as EU announce new patent laws

  More than 40 years ago the EU began a discussion on the formation of a common European patent in… 11/12/12 17:40 CET

hi-tech

• The Internet of Things

  LeWeb is one of the major annual dates in the Web industry, attracting around 3,500 professionals… 11/12/12 14:05 CET

le mag

• Rostropovich Festival in Baku

  The annual Rostropovich Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan, honours the cellist, pianist and conductor… 11/12/12 16:18 CET

• The Bodyguard – musical show

  Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen star in the new musical of ‘The Bodyguard’ which has just opened in… 11/12/12 16:18 CET

markets

• European markets at close: 11.12.2012

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pictureoftheday

• Filipino children appeal for food on roadside

  Typhoon victims hold placards as they appeal for food and aid from motorists along a road in Osmena… 11/12/12 10:24 CET

Sport

• Spend on football development not technology – Platini

  It was diplomacy and hand shakes in Kuala Lumpur for UEFA President Michel Platini. The once deft… 11/12/12 19:55 CET

the global conversation

• Erasmus students quiz Barroso on the state of Europe

  A day after receiving the Nobel Prize for Peace on behalf of the European Union, EU Commission… 11/12/12 16:04 CET

world news

• Vote for your Person (or People) of 2012

  euronews is looking back at the year’s events and the people for whom 2012 will be remembered. In a… 11/12/12 16:30 CET

• HSBC and Standard fined for sanction violations

  Europe’s biggest bank, HSBC, has agreed to pay a record 1.5 billion-euro fine for failing to… 11/12/12 15:55 CET

• Syrians board the ‘freedom train’ for Strasbourg

  Activists gathered in Strasbourg to await the arrival of the ‘Freedom Train’ from Paris. The train… 11/12/12 22:55 CET

• Mursi agrees to talks as tensions mount

  As tensions between pro- and anti- supporters simmer outside the presidential palace in Cairo… 11/12/12 20:35 CET

• French PM attacks tax exiles after Depardieu’s departure

  The French prime minister has sharply criticised tax exiles following revelations that the… 11/12/12 19:58 CET

• Pump action shuts Italy’s forecourts

  Filling stations in Italy have stopped pumping fuel in a strike that will deprive motorists of… 11/12/12 19:56 CET

• Egypt tourism revival hit by political troubles

  Egypt’s economy, which is heavily dependent on tourism, will have to wait a little longer for help… 11/12/12 18:26 CET

• Constitutional tensions rise in Egypt

  Protesters for and against the Egyptian president are ranging themselves against each other in… 11/12/12 18:07 CET

• UN puts pressure on Afghan government to protect women

  The UN is calling on Hamid Karzai’s Government to enforce a 2009 law designed to protect women. The… 11/12/12 17:35 CET

• Russian soprano’s Galina Vishnevskaya dies at 86

  The russian opera singer Galina Vishnevskaya has died at the age of 86 in Moscow. The widow of… 11/12/12 17:20 CET

• Berlusconi: Italy policies too “German-centric”

  Perhaps already starting his campaign for a political comeback, former Italian prime minister… 11/12/12 16:05 CET

• Hoax radio station to donate profits to dead nurse’s family

  The Australian radio station behind the hoax call to the London hospital where Prince William’s… 11/12/12 14:55 CET

• UNHCR: 500,000 Syrian refugees registered abroad

  The number of registered Syrian refugees in other Middle Eastern countries and in north Africa has… 11/12/12 13:55 CET

• N. Ireland Secretary condemns Belfast flag protests

  The Minister for Northern Ireland has condemned those who threw a petrol bomb into a police vehicle… 11/12/12 12:15 CET

• Hospitalised Mandela has lung infection but ‘doing well’

  The former South African President Nelson Mandela, who was taken to hospital in Pretoria at the… 11/12/12 12:06 CET

• Egypt on alert as pro and anti-Mursi camps plan rival rallies

  Egypt is gearing up for a day of high tension with both supporters and opponents of President Mursi… 11/12/12 11:25 CET

• Arrested Mali PM resigns as military deny new coup

  Mali’s former military junta is denying there has been a new coup, after the resignation of the… 11/12/12 10:35 CET

• HSBC pays record US fine for banking violations

  Standard Chartered has agreed to pay millions of dollars in fines for violating US sanctions. The… 11/12/12 08:45 CET

• Darwin the IKEA monkey gets a new home

  Darwin the “IKEA monkey” has a new home at a primate sanctuary near Toronto. His owner, Yasmin… 11/12/12 08:42 CET

• Depardieu seeks tax exile in Belgium

  The Belgian village of Nechin is to become home to actor Gerard Depardieu who is the latest… 11/12/12 08:38 CET

• Royal hoax: family shattered by nurse’s death

  The grieving family of the nurse who apparently committed suicide after taking a prank call from an… 11/12/12 08:36 CET

• Malian troops arrest PM

  Malian soldiers are reported to have forced their way into the home of the country’s Prime Minister… 11/12/12 05:55 CET

• Eurosceptic Norway celebrates EU’s Nobel Peace Prize

  The European Union’s three presidents have celebrated receiving the Nobel peace Prize on behalf of… 11/12/12 04:36 CET

• Belfast police are attacked in continuing flag row

  There has been more violence on the streets of Belfast – loyalists attacked a police car throwing… 11/12/12 02:55 CET

• Monti plays down fear Italy will stop reforms

  Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti appeared calm among other European leaders who were in Norway… 11/12/12 01:45 CET

• Strauss-Kahn and his sex accuser reach a deal

  The former head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and the hotel… 11/12/12 01:06 CET

• Ukrainian MPs prepare to approve PM

  Ukrainian MPs are counting down to their first parliamentary session since the general election at… 11/12/12 00:05 CET

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