archive 14·10·2008

cinema

• Arctic Monkeys Live on DVD

  British indie band the Arctic Monkeys are starring their own film, due out on DVD next month. It… 14/10/08 20:54 CET

corporate

• Pepsi cutting workers as demand fall

  Pepsi is laying off 3,300 workers, almost two per cent of its work force worldwide. That as the… 14/10/08 20:29 CET

• Ongoing Boeing strike threatens 787 first flight

  A top Boeing executive has said that the first flight of its crucial 787 Dreamliner could be pushed… 14/10/08 20:29 CET

economy

• Daimler and Saab cut back

  Germany’s Daimler is closing its Sterling truck making division in the US and Canada in response to… 14/10/08 20:29 CET

europa

• Barroso calls for change of rules in financial markets

  When the hurly-burly is done, financial rules will need rethinking, says the president of the… 14/10/08 20:38 CET

• Industry-conscious European leaders weigh green energy ambitions ahead of applying them by law

  Industry and environmental lobbies are keeping busy as the EU leaders prepare to discuss legally… 14/10/08 20:38 CET

hi-tech

• Coming up noses: GM scientists boost flower scent

  There is more than a whiff of flower-power emerging from the labs at the Hebrew University of… 14/10/08 20:54 CET

le mag

• Drawing back the Iron Curtain at the V&A

  Nearly 20 years after the cold war ended, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is taking a new… 14/10/08 20:54 CET

questions for europe

• Eco-friendly cities

  How do European Union policies affect Europe’s urban planning decisions? 14/10/08 21:30 CET

• Committee of the Regions

  Brussels is not only the capital of the European Union’s various institutions but also the… 14/10/08 21:30 CET

world news

• Gomorrah author faces death by Christmas

  The Napels based Camorra want Robero Saviano, the author of the best selling book Gomorrah, dead by… 14/10/08 19:50 CET

• Aliyev favoured for Azerbaijan election

  A presidential election anywhere in the world normally generates acres of headlines, but the… 14/10/08 19:49 CET

• Economic optimism abounds amid bail outs

  The weekend’s frantic economic negotiations seem to have borne fruit. There will be more talks in… 14/10/08 19:43 CET

• Iceland’s economy goes into free fall

  Iceland’s top finance heads have gone cap in hand to Moscow for a 4 billion euro loan to ward off… 14/10/08 19:36 CET

• Merkel defends 500 billion bail out

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has strongly defended her governments bail out blueprint to save… 14/10/08 19:36 CET

• Muted investor enthusiasm for US bank plan

  It seems that investors did not really know what to make of a US government plan to directly inject… 14/10/08 19:29 CET

• US pumps cash into banks

  President Bush has announced that the US government will spend the equivalent of 185 billion euros… 14/10/08 19:29 CET

• Bush to unveil cash boost for troubled banks

  The United States is due to announce a 185 billion euro cash injection into its banks following… 14/10/08 13:33 CET

• Ongoing optimism in Europe’s markets

  The optimism in most European stock markets appears to be holding. The FTSE in London is up more… 14/10/08 13:33 CET

• Iceland talks to Russia about a 4bn euro loan

  Talks are underway in Moscow on the possibility of Russia lending Iceland four billion euros to… 14/10/08 13:33 CET

• European banks benefit from government intervention

  Banks across Europe appear satisfied after the continent’s big players vowed to support the banking… 14/10/08 13:33 CET

• Czech president says he won’t fly EU flag

  The Czech president has ruled out flying the European flag over Prague Castle when his country… 14/10/08 13:33 CET

• Markets surge after bank bail-outs

  After one of the biggest one day gains in its history yesterday, Wall Street may find added impetus… 14/10/08 07:31 CET

• People on Main Street want their bail-out

  The bail-out of banks may have boosted the markets in Europe and on Wall Street, but people on Main… 14/10/08 07:31 CET

• Clashes in Montenegro over Kosovo

  A demonstration in Montenegro against the government’s decision to recognise Kosovo has turned… 14/10/08 07:31 CET

• Israeli agreement on draft coalition deal

  Israeli Foreign Minister Tsipi Livni’s Kadima Party has signed a draft coalition deal with its… 14/10/08 07:31 CET

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