archive 07·03·2009

businessagenda

• US consumer sentiment

  A key financial indicator – the University of Michigan’s Index of US Consumer Sentiment – is… 07/03/09 17:16 CET

• Enel’s results

  On Wednesday, Italy’s Enel publishes its 2008 results. The Rome-based power company is also… 07/03/09 17:16 CET

• Gloomy estate agents gather

  On Tuesday in the French city of Cannes, estate agents from around the world gather at the Marché… 07/03/09 17:16 CET

• VW’s perky earnings

  On Thursday, Volkswagen – Europe’s largest carmaker – is expected to report higher earnings for… 07/03/09 17:16 CET

• Global Economy Meeting

  On Monday, we get a preview of the upcoming G20 summit, as the Bank for International Settlements… 07/03/09 17:15 CET

world news

• Talks underway between USA and Syria

  The US Secretary of State has wrapped up her tour of Europe and the Middle East with talks with her… 07/03/09 20:03 CET

• Zimbabwe’s MDC calls for better security for PM

  Zimbabwe’s MDC party has called for better security for the prime minister who was hurt in a… 07/03/09 20:03 CET

• Salam Fayyad – a different Palestinian politician

  Salam Fayyad has become a key figure in the Palestinian political elite, an independent… 07/03/09 20:03 CET

• Three killed in a Algerian suicide bombing

  Islamic rebels are being blamed for an attack in eastern Algeria that’s left two people dead… 07/03/09 20:03 CET

• More job cuts at Opel

  The spectre of wide ranging job cuts is looming at the German car giant Opel as politicians and its… 07/03/09 20:03 CET

• Anti-Israeli protests mar Swedish Davis Cup match

  Sweden’s Davis Cup tie with Israel is being played behind closed doors but that has done nothing to… 07/03/09 20:03 CET

• BNP secures Fortis deal

  The French bank BNP Paribas has taken a seventy five per cent share in the ailing Belgian bank… 07/03/09 13:45 CET

• Palestinian PM resigns but Abbas wants him to stay on

  The Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has announced he will step down at the end of this… 07/03/09 13:45 CET

• Russia calls for new era in nuclear relations

  Russia wants a definitive end to the Cold War. In an address to the United Nations-sponsored… 07/03/09 13:45 CET

• China warns about hosting Dalai Lama

  It is calm in Tibet at the moment but tensions are set to rise as two sensitive anniversaries… 07/03/09 13:45 CET

• NASA launches probe for new Earths

  The American space agency NASA has launched a new telescope its mission: to probe the farthest… 07/03/09 13:45 CET

• BNP Paribas reaches a deal for Fortis

  Marathon overnight talks between the French bank BNP Paribas and the Belgian government have… 07/03/09 08:56 CET

• Mugabe visits injured Tsvangirai

  Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has visited his rival Morgan Tsvangirai in hospital, after a car… 07/03/09 08:56 CET

• Switzerland defends bank secrecy

  The secretive world of Swiss banking says it will co-operate with international regulators, but… 07/03/09 08:56 CET

• Is there life out there?

  The search for another Earth has taken a big step forward, with the successful launch of NASA’s… 07/03/09 06:35 CET

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