cinema

• Disney and Bruckheimer go 3D for G-Force

  The Jerry Bruckheimer/Hoyt Yeatman partnership has yielded many a Hollywood blockbuster, including… 22/07/09 18:10 CET

corporate

• Weak advertising continues to hit Yahoo

  Search engine Yahoo’s forecast for revenue in the third-quarter disappointed Wall Street and that… 22/07/09 20:39 CET

• GM’s sales slump further

  General Motors sales continue to head downhill in the face of the economic slowdown . In the… 22/07/09 20:39 CET

• Apple’s profit soars

  Apple quarterly profit was much better than had been predicted by analysts. Strong sales of… 22/07/09 20:39 CET

economy

• French consumer spending jumps in June

  The French went on a shopping spree in June and the country enjoyed the largest rise in consumer… 22/07/09 20:39 CET

europa

• Gdansk shipyards fight another day

  A restructuring plan for the Gdansk shipyards has finally been agreed with the European Commission… 22/07/09 20:39 CET

• Bulgaria and Romania rapped for corruption

  The European Commission today rapped Bulgaria’s knuckles for not doing more to combat endemic… 22/07/09 20:39 CET

• Milk wars rage on

  The European Commission’s report into the dairy farming crisis was published today and as expected… 22/07/09 20:39 CET

le mag

• Russia leads at Baden-Baden opera festival

  There is a distinctly Russian theme for this year’s summer festival at Germany’s largest opera… 22/07/09 18:10 CET

markets

• Wednesday 22nd July

  European shares rebounded from their earlier losses to finish slightly up, ahead for their eighth… 22/07/09 20:39 CET

science

• Melanoma diagnosis that’s more than skin deep

  Doctors could soon receive help in diagnosing melanomas, the most aggressive form of skin cancer… 22/07/09 18:10 CET

world news

• US and Iraqi leaders meet in Washington

  Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki has met US President Barack Obama in Washington, three weeks… 22/07/09 23:53 CET

• Biden carries US support to Georgia

  America’s message of unwavering backing for former Soviet states has arrived in Georgia, on the… 22/07/09 20:19 CET

• Race against time to produce vaccines

  The race to produce vaccines against swine flu is being stepped up around the world. For the… 22/07/09 20:10 CET

• North and south Sudan agree oil region deal

  North and south Sudan have agreed in principle to accept a ruling by the Permanent Court of… 22/07/09 20:10 CET

• Former official held in Ukraine murder case

  Nine years after the killing of investigative reporter Georgy Gongadze sparked a political crisis… 22/07/09 20:10 CET

• Four die as wildfires rage in Spain

  Four firefighters were killed and two others seriously injured as they battled wildfires in… 22/07/09 20:10 CET

• Politkovskaya murder retrial to start in August

  From next month, Russia will begin retrying three men previously cleared of involvement in the… 22/07/09 20:10 CET

• EU: “Summer travel will spread swine flu”

  The surge in summer holiday traffic is expected to dramatically increase the spread of swine flu… 22/07/09 20:10 CET

• Oil must fund Iraq’s recovery

  It is just three weeks since Iraq formally took over responsibility for its own security, as… 22/07/09 13:42 CET

• First human trials of swine flu vaccine

  The first human trials of a vaccine for H1N1 swine flu have begun in the Australian city of… 22/07/09 13:29 CET

• Politkovskaya murder retrial set for August

  Three men accused of involvement in the killing of Russian journalist and Kremlin critic Anna… 22/07/09 13:27 CET

• Maliki urges Obama to invest in Iraq

  Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki takes an optimistic message to the White House today, urging… 22/07/09 13:27 CET

• Asia captivated by long total solar eclipse

  For those lucky enough to see it, it is something they will never forget. The longest total… 22/07/09 13:27 CET

• UN warning over H1N1 flu in poor nations

  The UN is warning of a major humanitarian crisis if the influenza pandemic hits developing… 22/07/09 07:35 CET

• Spanish firefighters killed in forest blaze

  In Spain, four firefighters have been killed and two seriously injured as they battled forest fires… 22/07/09 07:33 CET

• Biden heads for Georgia after visiting Ukraine

  US Vice President Joe Biden will head for Georgia today, after a visit to Ukraine that called for a… 22/07/09 07:33 CET

• Millions witness total solar eclipse

  A total eclipse of the Sun has held millions of people across a strip of Asia in its thrall… 22/07/09 06:04 CET

• Spain reiterates claim on Gibraltar

  Despite an historic visit by a Spanish government minister to Gibraltar, Madrid is making clear… 22/07/09 02:33 CET

« 21 July 200923 July 2009 »