corporate

• Koenigsegg closer to buying Saab

  The money seems to be in place for the luxury sportscar maker Koenigsegg to buy Saab from General… 07/09/09 20:39 CET

• Russian airline latest to fail

  Passengers left in the lurch all over Europe by the latest airline bankruptcy are scrambling to get… 07/09/09 20:39 CET

• Goldman Sachs is to be the largest single shareholder in Eurotunnel

  A investment fund controlled by the US investment bank Goldman Sachs is to be the largest single… 07/09/09 20:39 CET

• Kraft bids to swallow Cadbury

  A transatlantic chocolate war is about to be unwrapped after Britain’s Cadbury rejected a takeover… 07/09/09 20:39 CET

economy

• Euro zone investor sentiment rises

  The level of optimism among investors and financial analysts in the euro zone continues to rise… 07/09/09 20:39 CET

europa

• Brussels does bookkeeping with Google

  Books on the Internet, democratically accessible now but perhaps expensive in the future… The… 07/09/09 20:39 CET

markets

• Monday 7th September

  European shares finished the day sharply higher with analysts crediting positive sentiment from… 07/09/09 20:55 CET

science

• Bone marrow break through

  In London’s Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, the doors to certain rooms are sealed because… 07/09/09 21:17 CET

world news

• Push to reregulate milk sector

  A German-French proposal to reregulate Europe’s milk sector has won support from 14 other countries… 07/09/09 20:08 CET

• Israel approves 455 new West Bank homes

  Israel has resumed settlement-building in the West Bank with today’s approval of a further 455… 07/09/09 19:54 CET

• Iran focus of row at UN nuclear watchdog

  As Iran snubs the US in its push for new talks on the nuclear question, a row over the Islamic… 07/09/09 19:54 CET

• Libya to contest IRA victims’ compensation claims

  Libya will challenge any compensation demands from relatives of IRA victims who say the terror… 07/09/09 19:54 CET

• Three British men guilty of aircraft bomb plot

  Three British citizens have been found guilty of plotting to kill thousands of people by blowing up… 07/09/09 19:54 CET

• US gives backing for world Afghan summit

  Scores of civilians were killed in Friday’s NATO air strike on Taliban insurgents in northern… 07/09/09 19:54 CET

• Deal looks close on Brazil buying French jets

  The French President has been the special guest at Brazil’s Independence Day celebrations, but he… 07/09/09 19:54 CET

• A right to left crossover for Samoan motorists

  The remote South Pacific island of Samoa is to change the side of the road it drives on, from right… 07/09/09 19:54 CET

• Sudanese woman jailed in trousers case

  A Sudanese journalist convicted of indecency for wearing trousers is spending the night in prison… 07/09/09 19:54 CET

• Fine but no lashes in sudan indecency case

  A Sudanese journalist has been found guilty of indecency for wearing trousers, but given a fine… 07/09/09 14:13 CET

• Germany’s Bundestag celebrates 60th birthday

  The 60th anniversary of the first session of the German parliament is being celebrated today… 07/09/09 14:03 CET

• Tehran: nuclear programme will continue

  Iran has rejected talks on its nuclear programme. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has declared… 07/09/09 14:03 CET

• Sarkozy promotes Rafale jet in Brazil

  Nicolas Sarkozy is on a mission to promote French-made fighter jets. The French President is… 07/09/09 14:03 CET

• Another boat sinks near Philippines

  Just 24 hours after the Philippines ferry accident that left nine people dead, another ship has… 07/09/09 14:03 CET

• Japan plans big greenhouse gas cuts

  The Tokyo skyline tells its own story: Japan is the world’s fifth biggest greenhouse gas emitter… 07/09/09 10:43 CET

• “State of siege” likely in Gabon

  Three days of unrest following disputed presidential elections have moved Gabon’s government… 07/09/09 07:29 CET

• Germany and Britain call for Afghan conference

  Germany and Britain have made a joint call for a special U.N. conference on Afghanistan to be held… 07/09/09 07:28 CET

• French fighter talks top Sarkozy visit to Brazil

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in Brazil in the hope of winning a lucrative defence contract… 07/09/09 07:26 CET

• Venice hands out first Golden Lion to “Woody”

  The Venice Film festival may be only half way through but the first Golden Lion has been awarded… 07/09/09 07:24 CET

• UK denies putting Libya first in IRA victims row

  The UK’s relations with Libya are back in the spotlight with Gordon Brown denying he shied away… 07/09/09 07:24 CET

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