Archive 01·09·2006

corporate

• US jobs figures rise enough to probably head off interest rate hike

  The latest US figures show that employers there added 128,000 workers to their payrolls in August… 01/09/06 06:09 CET

• Alcatel buys Nortel’s mobile network equipment making division

  Alcatel says it has reached a preliminary agreement to buy the third generation mobile phone… 01/09/06 06:09 CET

• EDF’s first half growth boosted by strong international sales

  French power group EDF has reported better than expected first-half profit growth. It says that was… 01/09/06 06:09 CET

europa

• Health sector competition linked with patients rights

  How to reconcile the offering of health services with the EU’s principle of free circulation in… 01/09/06 06:09 CET

• Bulgaria’s 2007 EU entry still not guaranteed

  Bulgaria still needs to demonstrate it can ensure the rule of law, fight organised crime and tame… 01/09/06 06:09 CET

world news

• French and Italian leaders in Lebanon talks

  Italy and France are at the forefront of the new peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. The prime… 01/09/06 12:09 CET

• Newcomers net top MTV award

  Scooping the top prize at the MTV awards capped a memorable year for Las Vegas band Panic at the… 01/09/06 12:09 CET

• Europe opts for the diplomatic route over Iran

  European foreign ministers meeting in Finland have put on hold the idea of bringing in sanctions… 01/09/06 08:09 CET

• Superman returns in Venice as Ben Affleck

  If this year’s Venice film festival is remembered for one thing it could be the apparent resurgence… 01/09/06 07:09 CET

• Donors pledge more than 700m euros for Lebanon

  International donors at a conference in Stockholm have pledged more than 700 million euros to… 01/09/06 07:09 CET

• EU continues to search solution over Iran

  Europe’s Foreign Policy chief, Javier Solana, is to meet Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator in the… 01/09/06 07:09 CET

• Lebanese parliament prepares sit-in protest

  The speaker of Lebanon’s parliament has called for a sit-in to protest against Israel’s continuing… 01/09/06 07:09 CET

• Sanctions threat hangs over Iran as deadline passes

  Iran now faces the threat of UN Security Council sanctions after failing to stop work on its… 01/09/06 07:09 CET

• Donor pledge boost for Palestinians

  International donors have pledged almost 400 million euros in aid for the Palestinian Territories… 01/09/06 06:09 CET

• UN force set to deploy in Lebanon

  The Italian prime minister, who has been meeting his French counterpart Dominique de Villepin in… 01/09/06 06:09 CET

• Tons of rotten Kebab meat seized in Bavaria

  German police in Munich have seized between 30 and 40 tons of meat passed its sell-by date… 01/09/06 06:09 CET

• Syria to reinforce border to stop arms smuggling

  The shuttle diplomacy of Kofi Annan has paid off with Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad promising… 01/09/06 06:09 CET

• Dozens die in Iran plane tragedy

  It remains unclear how many people were killed when their plane caught fire after landing in… 01/09/06 06:09 CET

• Beslan remembers its dead

  A monument has been unveiled to those who died two years ago trying to rescue the hostages caught… 01/09/06 06:09 CET

• Beslan families continue to grieve two years after the school massacre

  Floral tributes mark the second anniversary of the Beslan school massacre in North Ossetia in which… 01/09/06 01:09 CET

• Syria backs UN resolution and strengthens border with Lebanon

  Kofi Annan’s shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East apears to have paid off with a rare pledge of… 01/09/06 01:09 CET

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