corporate

• Telefonica bids for Britain’s O2

  A major telecoms takeover is in the works as Spain’s Telefonica has made a 26 billion euro bid for… 31/10/05 08:10 CET

• Novartis boosts vaccine capacity with Chiron purchase

  As governments around the world increase their spending on influenza treatments, the Swiss… 31/10/05 08:10 CET

• Fed expected to keep raising US interest rates

  The Federal Reserve is expected to raise US interest rates as it latest regular meeting on Tuesday… 31/10/05 07:10 CET

world news

• New princess enters Spanish royal house

  Spain’s Crown Prince Felipe has appeared in an early morning press conference to announce the happy… 31/10/05 07:10 CET

• Poland to get minority government

  Poland’s prime minister announces the composition of the country’s new government today, but it… 31/10/05 07:10 CET

• N.Irish group orders paramilitaries to stand down

  It is the latest step on the tortuous path towards peace in Northern Ireland. An outlawed… 31/10/05 07:10 CET

• Sarkozy vows more help for police in French riots

  France’s interior minister has been meeting members of the security forces to pledge support for… 31/10/05 07:10 CET

• New Polish PM sworn in

  Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz has been sworn in as prime minister of Poland at the head of a minority… 31/10/05 07:10 CET

• Protests as Ivory Coast leader refuses to stand down

  Already it is a country divided. Now tension has increased further, with angryprotests at the… 31/10/05 07:10 CET

• Elections fail to reconcile “two Polands”

  Parliamentary elections last month were supposed to mark a turning point in Polish politics… 31/10/05 07:10 CET

• Spain abuzz as royal baby is born

  There is excitement in Spain at the birth of a possible future Queen. Leonor was born to Princess… 31/10/05 07:10 CET

• UN united over Syrian resolution

  The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding Syria cooperate… 31/10/05 07:10 CET

• Berlusconi and Bush meet amid Iraq controversy

  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s latest visit to Washington is likely to be a difficult… 31/10/05 07:10 CET

• Paris suburb suffers fourth night of riots

  Violence has flared for a fourth night in a suburb of Paris. Groups of youths hurled rocks and… 31/10/05 01:10 CET

• Iraq controversy clouds Berlusconi’s US visit

  The US and Italian leaders meet today in an encounter overshadowed by claims likely to put a strain… 31/10/05 01:10 CET

• No bird flu on Greek island

  The Greek island of Chios is breathing a sigh of relief after tests on asuspected outbreak of bird… 31/10/05 01:10 CET

• Markets jumpy as Polish coalition talks stall

  Poland’s prime minister has formed a minority cabinet after last-minute talks with potential… 31/10/05 01:10 CET

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