International

Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UK Barclays and ABN Amro agree to largest bank merger

Britain's Barclays bank agreed to merge with Dutch bank ABN Amro in a deal worth 90 billion US dollars, creating one of the world's largest banks with a turnover of 190 billion US dollars.
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Cuba plans to become oil refined products exporter in 2008

A refurbished oil refinery set to begin production next December could turn Cuba from a net import dependent to an oil refined products exporters, according to the official press in Havana.
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Boris Yeltsin Moscow funeral announced

The body of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin is to lie in state in Moscow ahead of a funeral on Wednesday
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Toyota en route to dethrone GM as world's top automaker

Japan's Toyota sold more vehicles globally in the first quarter of 2007 than General Motors according to preliminary figures the clearest sign yet that the Japanese company is on track to overtake its U.S. rival as the world's top automaker.
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
China warns cooperation with US could be ”seriously undermined

China warned this week that the recent complaints filed by the United States against China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) would seriously damage cooperation between the two countries.
Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Crash of Spanish real state market knocks Madrid's stock exchange

Europe's main stock markets closed lower in line on Tuesday following a weak performance on Wall Street and the full impact of the Spanish stock exchange hit by a housing market crash.
Monday, April 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
British Airways May Make Iberia Bid With Equity Group

British Airways Plc, Europe's third- largest airline, may make an offer for Iberia Lineas Aereas de España SA with a group of private equity investors to protect its interest in the Spanish carrier.
Saturday, April 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Finland: President and 60% of cabinet ministers, women

A century after becoming the first country in the world to grant women full voting rights, Finland on Thursday marked another milestone by appointing the world's most female-dominated cabinet.
Friday, April 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Decisive stage of South Pacific Regional Fisheries Organisation

Representatives from 22 countries will meet in Chile's coastal town of Reñaca, Region V, at the end of this month to discuss creation of a regulatory body to monitor fishing in the South Pacific. The fishing industry ÃÂ¢€“ represented by Sonapesca ÃÂ¢€” is expected to agree with ecologists on the need to limit currently unrestricted fishing of scad (horse mackerel) in the Pacific's open waters.
Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Australian farmers face “unprecedentedly dangerous” water shortage

Australia's “food bowl” along the Murray-Darling rivers basin, which accounts for the country's 41% agriculture produce faces an “unprecedentedly dangerous” situation if it does not rain in the next six to eight weeks warned Australian Primer Minister John Howard.