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Consumer concerns over cyber fraud

Reuters — 10 Nov 2009 15:06:50 +0000

Government and banks are still failing to protect private data adequately, according to UK and U.S. consumers.

Beyond the wall new realities emerge

Reuters — 9 Nov 2009 17:06:01 +0000

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, the changes instigated by the dismantling of a Cold War symbol continue to shape the new economic realities of Europe.

EA turns Dante's Inferno into game

Reuters — 6 Nov 2009 13:51:14 +0000

The fourteenth century literary masterpiece by Italian poet Dante Alighieri has been reinterpreted as a graphic slasher video game which will come out in 2010.

German Opel workers on strike

Reuters — 5 Nov 2009 16:29:19 +0000

Thousands of German Opel workers go on strike to protest against GM's decision to keep European unit Opel, even though British Vauxhall staff were pleased with the move.

Mixed views over GM keeping Opel

Reuters — 4 Nov 2009 15:36:42 +0000

European GM workers have mixed opinions about GM's decision to keep hold of its Opel and Vauxhall units - some are pleased and others worried about their jobs.

Welcome money from West to East

Reuters — 3 Nov 2009 10:27:48 +0000

East Germans remember how they spent their 100 Deutschmarks "welcome money" after arriving in the West following the fall of the Berlin Wall.

South Africa tops currency charts

Reuters — 2 Nov 2009 15:01:46 +0000

British holidaymakers are ditching 'staycation' in favour of South Africa, the Far East and Turkey.

McDonald's closes in Iceland

Reuters — 30 Oct 2009 11:08:05 +0000

Fast food chain McDonald's to close restaurants in Iceland.

UK mail strike hits small businesses

Reuters — 28 Oct 2009 13:56:18 +0000

Online retailers and small businesses, already struggling in the recession, wait to hear if further strikes at Royal Mail are to go ahead.

Introducing Germany's new ministers

Reuters — 27 Oct 2009 14:29:30 +0000

Germany's new government, including Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, starts work and looks to boost German growth.

New German govt faces econ challenge

Reuters — 28 Sep 2009 16:55:45 +0100

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the FDP want to form their centre-right coalition in the next month, and prepare to tackle economic challenges.

HIV vaccine 'cuts' infection rates

Reuters — 24 Sep 2009 17:16:54 +0100

Researchers from Thailand and the United States say an experimental AIDS vaccine, made using two older vaccines, cuts the risk of HIV infection by almost a third during trials.

All eyes on London fashion talent

Reuters — 23 Sep 2009 13:46:44 +0100

London stays true to its quirky and eccentric styles as strong colours and more volume emerge as the next big thing.

German parties fighting for power

Reuters — 22 Sep 2009 15:23:12 +0100

Germany's minor parties, the Free Democrats, the Greens and the left-wing Linke, all hope to be coalition partners after the German election.

Economy weighs on German election

Reuters — 21 Sep 2009 17:29:44 +0100

The German economy, rising unemployment and the future of car maker Opel are all hot topics for German voters preparing to go to the polls.

Gold hits 13 month high

Reuters — 16 Sep 2009 13:14:50 +0100

As the U.S. dollar falls to its lowest level this year against the Euro, investors have been turning to preciosu metals with Gold leading the pack.

Music-streamer Spotify sees more red

Reuters — 15 Sep 2009 21:53:20 +0100

Making his first public appearance since Spotify's iPhone application was approved, the company's CEO Daniel Ek answers questions about his plan for reaching profitability.

Trabant green revival in Frankfurt

Reuters — 15 Sep 2009 18:02:58 +0100

Communist East Germany's infamous Trabant gets a modern makeover at the Frankfurt car show, as car makers look to the future with green technologies.

Lehmans - one year on

Reuters — 15 Sep 2009 13:59:18 +0100

One year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the joint administrator of the company's European operations calls for lessons to be learnt.

Germany's Opel fix draws fire

Reuters — 14 Sep 2009 16:14:25 +0100

Britain and Belgium urge the European Commission to ensure the takeover of carmaker Opel does not favour German workers after Berlin pledged 4.5 billion euros in aid.