cinema

• Is this it?

  Posthumous rehearsal film “This Is It” will be released this weekend but not all Michael Jackson… 27/10/09 16:47 CET

corporate

• BP reports third-quarter profits above expectations

  Oil giant BP has reported third-quarter profits well above expectations, sending its share price up… 27/10/09 18:06 CET

• Bayer’s operating earnings beat forecasts

  Germany’s largest drugmaker Bayer has beaten forecasts with their operating earnings. Profits… 27/10/09 18:06 CET

• Honda’s profits halved

  Honda’s profits between July and September more than halved after car sales continued to fall… 27/10/09 18:06 CET

economy

• Tangiers builds the future at Tanger Med

  Tanger Med, near Tangiers, Morocco, is the largest port in the Mediterranean.   When completed in… 27/10/09 18:06 CET

• Consumer Mood in Europe Varied

  The French consumer mood is improving despite the accelerating job cuts. Household confidence… 27/10/09 18:06 CET

• Consumer confidence gloomy in the US

  Consumer confidence in the US is gloomy as people face the worst job market in a quarter of a… 27/10/09 18:06 CET

europa

• High awareness of poverty in EU

  Nine out of 10 Europeans want urgent action by their government to tackle poverty. A new… 27/10/09 17:38 CET

• Juncker ‘wouldn’t say no’ to EU presidency

  Another contender to lead the EU… Both Tony Blair and now Jean-Claude Juncker are considered as… 27/10/09 16:36 CET

hi-tech

• Monitoring the planet

  Ocean currents play an important part in regulating the Earth’s climate. Driven by the density and… 27/10/09 16:00 CET

le mag

• Q Awards chaos

  At the Q Awards in London, there was the usual rock n roll confusion. Kasabian weren’t sure what… 27/10/09 16:47 CET

markets

• European share gains limited by US consumer gloom

  Gains in European shares were limited in afternoon trading by news of deteriorating U.S. consumer… 27/10/09 18:06 CET

world news

• Prison sentences in French arms scandal

  The guilty verdicts handed down on Tuesday in France’s “Angolagate” arms scandal have lobbed a bomb… 27/10/09 22:14 CET

• Fines but no ban in French Scientology fraud ruling

  Four of the six leaders of the Scientology Church in France have been found guilty of fraud in a… 27/10/09 19:44 CET

• Spotlight on Iran-Turkey relations

  Some commentators are asking whether there may be a shift underway in Turkey’s foreign policy. At a… 27/10/09 19:08 CET

• Prosecution opens case against Karadzic

  The prosecution has opened its case in the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan… 27/10/09 18:56 CET

• Plavsic’s triumphant return to Belgrade

  Former Bosnian Serb President, Bilyana Plavsich, has arrived in Belgrade to a hero’s welcome. She… 27/10/09 18:54 CET

• British lawyer faces jail after Berlusconi bribery

  British lawyer David Mills is facing jail in Italy after losing an appeal against a bribery… 27/10/09 18:54 CET

• “Angolagate” trial jails former Interior Minister

  One of the biggest arms dealing trials in history has wound up in France with prison terms for some… 27/10/09 18:53 CET

• Erdogan backs Iran over nuclear talks

  The Turkish prime minister has praised Iran for what he called its “positive attitude” to nuclear… 27/10/09 18:03 CET

• Czech court to give Lisbon treaty ruling next

  Uncertainty over the EU’s Lisbon Treaty is set to continue after the Czech Constitutional Court… 27/10/09 16:53 CET

• Scientologists may appeal French fraud conviction

  Four of the six leaders of the Scientology Church in France have been found guilty of fraud in a… 27/10/09 14:13 CET

• UN says don’t expect climate deal at Copenhagen

  Do not expect any agreements on how to lower climate change at Copenhagen. That is the message… 27/10/09 13:24 CET

• Russian nomads threatened by gas reserves

  The harsh and remote plains of Russia’s Yamal province are home to the Nenet tribe. Climate change… 27/10/09 13:23 CET

• First Session for New German Government

  Germany’s new coalition government has met for its first parliamentary session today. It’s the… 27/10/09 13:03 CET

• Czech decision on Lisbon Treaty on November 3

  The Czech Constitutional Court is expected to give its ruling on a complaint about the Lisbon… 27/10/09 11:33 CET

• Ex-Bosnian Serb leader released from jail

  Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic has been released from jail in Sweden, after serving… 27/10/09 11:23 CET

• Lisbon treaty faces final legal hurdle

  The Czech Republic’s Constitutional Court is to begin considering today what is likely to be the… 27/10/09 07:38 CET

• Swine flu vaccine programme in EU speeds up

  One EU citizen in three could be infected by the H1N1 flu in the coming months. This is the warning… 27/10/09 07:36 CET

• Karadzic trial to go ahead

  The trial in The Hague of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic goes ahead today despite his… 27/10/09 07:36 CET

• Turkey criticises West over Iranian nuke programme

  Turkey’s prime minister has accused the West of treating Iran and its nuclear programme unfairly… 27/10/09 07:36 CET

• German coalition deal officially signed

  Just hours before the first post-election session of Germany’s parliament, Chancellor Angela Merkel… 27/10/09 07:35 CET

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