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- Eurozone business activity falls
Business activity in the 15 countries sharing the euro falls in November to a ten-year low, the purchasing managers' index (PMI) shows.
- World Stocks Leap After U.S. Rout
European stock markets were little changed Friday as expectations of a recovery on Wall Street prompted some investors to scoop up battered financial and energy shares, although concerns about the global economy capped most gains. The FTSE 100 index of
- Ford Germany Says No to Handouts, Yes to Loans
The CEO of Ford Germany has called on the European Union to make 40 billion euros ($50 billion) in loans available to the continent's auto sector, emphasizing that the move would in no way resemble a government bailout.
- Egis reports 82% growth in profits
Egis Pharmaceuticals, the Hungarian pharmaceutical company, generated revenues of HUF 96bn (€356m) and net profit of HUF 14bn (€51.9m) in the financial year ending on 30 September. Sales [...]
- Green Inc.: Environmentalists on Auto Bailouts
Detroit's Big Three car companies went to Washington this week seeking $25 billion to shore up their parlous balance sheets while the European Automobile Manufacturers Association has called for a bailout that could be even larger – 40 billion euros. Now environmentalists also are stepping into the debate and proposing some criteria of their own. 
- National Bank of Poland official currency rates - 21/11/2008
WARSAW. NOVEMBER 21. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Following is a table containing the referential fixing rates for foreign currencies as established by the National Bank of Poland (NBP). NBP OFFICIAL CURRENCY RATES - 21/11/2008 Currency Symbol Mid-rate
- PM suggests global crisis will not delay eurozone entry
Poland sees no need for change in the euro zone entry criteria, PM Donald Tusk said in a meeting with ECB head Jean Claude-Trichet in Frankfurt, Germany. '[There are] such signals, voices, from experts rather than politicians, that the financial crisis
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- Einstein Truly A Genius, Physicists Confirm
French, German and Hungarian physicists have finally confirmed the equation on mass-energy equivalence more than a century after the German-born theoretical physicist unveiled his e=mc2 formula.
- Ford Germany Says No to Handouts, Yes to Loans
The CEO of Ford Germany has called on the European Union to make 40 billion euros ($50 billion) in loans available to the continent's auto sector, emphasizing that the move would in no way resemble a government bailout.
- PM suggests global crisis will not delay eurozone entry
Poland sees no need for change in the euro zone entry criteria, PM Donald Tusk said in a meeting with ECB head Jean Claude-Trichet in Frankfurt, Germany. '[There are] such signals, voices, from experts rather than politicians, that the financial crisis
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- Attorney general collapses giving speech
U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech Thursday at the Federalist Society dinner at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington. Mukasey, 67, was giving a spirited defense of the Bush administration's legal policies when
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- Einstein Truly A Genius, Physicists Confirm
French, German and Hungarian physicists have finally confirmed the equation on mass-energy equivalence more than a century after the German-born theoretical physicist unveiled his e=mc2 formula.
- Argentina eye weakened Spain in Davis Cup final
Argentina could win all five rubbers in this weekend's Davis Cup final, a confident home team captain Alberto Mancini said before their clash against Spain who will be without world number one Rafael Nadal. The knee injury to the French Open and
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- Einstein Truly A Genius, Physicists Confirm
French, German and Hungarian physicists have finally confirmed the equation on mass-energy equivalence more than a century after the German-born theoretical physicist unveiled his e=mc2 formula.
- Egis reports 82% growth in profits
Egis Pharmaceuticals, the Hungarian pharmaceutical company, generated revenues of HUF 96bn (€356m) and net profit of HUF 14bn (€51.9m) in the financial year ending on 30 September. Sales [...]
- Hungarian Tourist Arrivals Rise In Q3
a report by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office said tourist arrivals into the country rose 3.1% year-on-year in the third quarter, reversing the 2.4% drop in the second quarter. The number of tourist arrivals increased to 14.05 million from 9.32
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- LFO assets fail to attract buyers
The auction of assets belonging to Laboratorium Frakcjonowania Osocza (LFO), the abortive government-backed venture to launch production of blood plasma in Poland in mid-1990s that is [...]
- National Bank of Poland official currency rates - 21/11/2008
WARSAW. NOVEMBER 21. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Following is a table containing the referential fixing rates for foreign currencies as established by the National Bank of Poland (NBP). NBP OFFICIAL CURRENCY RATES - 21/11/2008 Currency Symbol Mid-rate
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- US pessimistic on normal Nato-Russia ties
The 26-nation military alliance scaled back its co-operation with Russia after the August conflict over Georgia's rebel South Ossetia, declaring that 'business as usual' was impossible after a Russian incursion condemned by the West as disproportionate.
- Report predicts U.S. decline, Russia rise
Global warming could be a boon to Russia while the U.S. could further decline in importance during the next two decades, says a U.S. intelligence report with predictions for the world in 2025.
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