corporate

• UBS to make ‘small profit’

  A rare piece of good news from the banking world. Switzerland’s UBS has told its shareholders it… 02/10/08 19:42 CET

economy

• Paris show opens at gloomy times for carmakers

  The Paris Motor Show opens this week with the industry under pressure. There have been double-digit… 02/10/08 19:42 CET

europa

• EU flotilla to tackle Somali pirates

  The pirates who have made the waters around Somalia the most dangerous in the world may not be… 02/10/08 19:57 CET

• Council of Europe refuses to punish Russia

  Georgian protestors turned up outside the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Thursday, to stage a… 02/10/08 19:57 CET

markets

• European shares sag

  European stocks fell over 1% on Thursday, reversing a two-session recovery. Bleak US data on… 02/10/08 19:42 CET

world news

• Euro zone interest rate on hold for now

  The European Central Banks has said that inflation risks in the euro zone have diminished and… 02/10/08 19:39 CET

• No room for gaffes in Palin-Biden TV debate

  It is a case of the relatively novice Republican against the experienced Democrat: she who says it… 02/10/08 19:12 CET

• US running mates in spotlight for TV debate

  The stage is set for a TV showdown between the two vice-presidential candidates in the US. The… 02/10/08 19:03 CET

• Flash floods swamp Sahara oasis

  Flash floods have killed at least 29 people in an oasis in the Algerian desert. Forty-eight people… 02/10/08 18:27 CET

• Fossett’s mysterious disappearance solved

  The mysterious disappearance of the American adventurer Steve Fossett may finally have been solved… 02/10/08 17:41 CET

• Expert says Europe needs different rescue plan

  As European banks and financial institutions wrestle with some of the worst economic conditions in… 02/10/08 17:35 CET

• Europe’s leaders divided over bank crisis action

  Despite growing anxiety about the global financial crisis, Europe’s leaders have been unable to… 02/10/08 17:35 CET

• Jaruzelski says martial law saved Poland

  Poland’s last communist leader has told a court he had little choice but to declare martial law in… 02/10/08 17:35 CET

• Pressure mounts for EU action on financial crisis

  Pressure is rising in Europe for bankers and politicians to follow America’s lead and take similar… 02/10/08 14:40 CET

• Russia hosts German leader to mend ties

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in St Petersburg in Russia, helping to mend ties between the two… 02/10/08 13:48 CET

• Euro falls to one year low against US dollar

  The euro has fallen to its weakest in more than a year against the US dollar ahead of speculation… 02/10/08 13:24 CET

• US Senate approves financial rescue plan

  The United States Senate has approved a four hundred billion euro bail out of the US financial… 02/10/08 13:17 CET

• New poll dampens Palin enthusiasm

  A new poll for the influential Washington Post newspaper will make uncomfortable reading for… 02/10/08 13:04 CET

• Cameron prepared to take “tough decisions”

  British opposition leader David Cameron has said he would make tough and unpopular economic… 02/10/08 08:41 CET

• EU divided over response to global financial turmoil

  The European Commission says it could take up to two years for new regulations on the financial… 02/10/08 07:51 CET

• US Senate approves multi-billion euro bail out

  The US Senate has approved a 500 billion euro bail out bid for the country’s financial markets… 02/10/08 07:51 CET

• Markets fail to react to news of US bail-out

  Asian stocks continued to extend their declines even after the news that the Senate had approved… 02/10/08 07:51 CET

• EU monitors enter Georgian buffer zone

  EU monitors have started entering a Russian-controlled buffer zone around Georgia’s breakaway… 02/10/08 07:51 CET

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