cinema

• The Men Who Stare At Goats/Brooklyn’s Finest

  George Clooney and Ewan McGregor star in The Men Who Stare At Goats – a screwball psychic warzone… 09/09/09 19:17 CET

corporate

• Kraft cuts costs, pursues Cadbury bid

  Kraft has detailed how it is going to improve productivity and cut costs to boost its financial… 09/09/09 20:59 CET

• Commerzbank sued over bonuses

  Seventy-two City of London bankers are suing Dresdner Kleinwort and Commerzbank for 33 million… 09/09/09 20:59 CET

• China’s Geely to bid for Volvo

  Private Chinese carmaker Geely Automotive has said its parent company will be a bidder for Volvo as… 09/09/09 20:59 CET

• Vivendi bids for Brazil’s GVT

  French entertainment and telecoms group Vivendi is offering two billion euros in an amicable… 09/09/09 20:59 CET

economy

• Spanish recession effects to linger

  Spain’s Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said the worst of the country’s recession… 09/09/09 20:59 CET

europa

• eCall goal to save lives on the road

  This call system for drivers could save lives: eCall. The worldwide mobile communications… 09/09/09 20:59 CET

• Backing a ban on bluefin tune

  Sushi lovers take note: bluefin tuna could soon be off the menu. The European Commission has… 09/09/09 20:59 CET

• Electronics consumers duped online

  Consumers are being cheated or misled by more than half of European websites selling electronic… 09/09/09 20:59 CET

hi-tech

• TecWatch at IFA

  The TecWatch area at Berlin’s consumer electronics fair IFA presents the results of non-commercial… 09/09/09 19:45 CET

• Electronic novelties at IFA

  At IFA, the consumer electronics fair held in Berlin, one of the stars of the show was a new mobile… 09/09/09 19:17 CET

le mag

• Akseli Gallen-Kallela/Korean Contemporary Art

  An major exhibition of works by Akseli Gallen-Kallela has opened in Stavanger in Norway… 09/09/09 19:17 CET

markets

• Wednesday 9th September

  European shares finished up for the fifth straight session and hit an 11-month closing high… 09/09/09 20:59 CET

world news

• Istanbul survivors re-live floods ordeal

  The rising waters turned normally busy rush-hour roads into fast-flowing rivers, with debris… 09/09/09 20:03 CET

• More victims in Turkish flash floods

  At least 23 people are now known to have died as freak storms batter northwestern Turkey. Istanbul… 09/09/09 20:03 CET

• Obama’s health reforms under microscope

  Barack Obama’s plans to overhaul America’s healthcare system face the acid test when the … 09/09/09 20:03 CET

• Berlusconi hit by more damaging headlines

  Silvio Berlusconi is the focus of new, damaging media reports. Two respected Italian… 09/09/09 20:03 CET

• Iran hands plans to western powers

  The Iranian foreign minister has handed a package of proposals to a group of world powers, as the… 09/09/09 20:03 CET

• Court case against top Spanish judge

  Spain’s top court is hearing a complaint against one of the country’s most prominent judges… 09/09/09 20:03 CET

• Crunch time for Obama’s health care reforms

  President Obama is gearing up for a half-hour televised speech on the American health care system… 09/09/09 13:35 CET

• Flash floods swamp Istanbul

  Freak storms have sparked flash floods in Turkey, cutting a major motorway and stranding hundreds… 09/09/09 13:28 CET

• Beatles re-masters and game tipped to top charts

  The Beatles are making a new assault on the charts with yet another re-master of all of the… 09/09/09 13:28 CET

• British journalist freed in Afghanistan

  A British journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan has been freed by NATO, but his Afghan interpreter… 09/09/09 13:28 CET

• UN claims fraud in Afghan elections

  The West’s hopes of a stable democracy in Afghanistan have been hit by claims of fraud in last… 09/09/09 13:28 CET

• Election setback for Merkel

  Senior members of German Chanellor Angela Merkels conservatives have urged their leader to raise… 09/09/09 10:53 CET

• Clooney and new love go public in Venice

  He is a regular at the Venice Film Festival but this year George Clooney didn’t come alone… 09/09/09 07:45 CET

• Obama set for crucial healthcare speech

  Barack Obama will later address both houses of Congress on an issue that could define his… 09/09/09 07:34 CET

• Afghanistan becomes an election issue in Germany

  Several hundred demonstrators have protested in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate against the… 09/09/09 07:34 CET

• Recount undermines Afghan election

  The presidential election that the West hoped would usher Afghanistan into a new democratic era has… 09/09/09 07:33 CET

• Deadly flash floods hit Turkey

  Flash floods triggered by torrential rain have left at least nine people dead and several missing… 09/09/09 07:31 CET

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