Today at 20:10:12 - Carrefour's plan to sell stores in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore is attracting interest from rival supermarket groups including Tesco of the UK and France's Casino

Today at 19:04:16 - Shares of the troubled telecoms equipment maker rose more then 10 per cent after it maintained its guidance for the year in spite of supply chain problems

Today at 18:45:11 - The French retail and luxury goods conglomerate says it has received "significant signs of interest" in the retail businesses that are for sale - Fnac, the high street book and music retail chain, Con ...

Today at 15:08:04 - The data promise to bolster the government's economic message ahead of the September 19 election, with recent polls showing the four-party Alliance edging ahead of the Red-Green opposition

Today at 13:15:44 - Equities indices set course for their third consecutive session of losses as a cautious outlook statement from Lafarge casts a shadow over construction stocks

Today at 18:30:01 - The volume of retail sales rose by 1% in June compared to the same time last year. There was a monthly fall of 0.2%.

Today at 18:04:44 - Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley vowed the company would stay the course in cleaning up the oil-hit Gulf region.

Today at 16:45:32 - Forfás says a review of the role of State bodies should focus on their role in supporting economic growth.

Today at 16:19:13 - Disney is selling Miramax Films for about $660m to the Filmyard Holdings consortium.

Today at 15:47:56 - The aviation regulator has decided against telling the Dublin Airport Authority to introduce 'differential pricing'.

Today at 14:50:00 - US economic growth slowed to 2.4% in the second quarter of this year, the Commerce Department said today.

Today at 16:05:00 - The long running shareholder dispute between Vladimir Potanin's Interros, and Oleg Deripaska's Rusal over management of Norilsk Nickel has flared again.

Today at 15:41:00 - A new era of oil has begun with technology and safety coming to the fore with remaining oil reserves getting increasingly difficult to access, and the Transocean disaster posing questions for the enti ...

Today at 15:18:00 - With new insider trading laws coming into force, Business RT spoke with Max Gutbrod, partner at Baker & McKenzie, about the issues surrounding them and the impact they will have.

Today at 14:55:00 - Russian pharmaceutical chain, Pharmacy 36.6, has posted a 1Q 2010 net loss of 162 million roubles under IFRS.

Today at 11:58:00 - Russian energy player, Inter RAO, has posted FY 2009 net loss of 282 million euro under IFRS.

Today at 16:04:27 - Italy: Inflation rate his highest in 19 months (30/07/2010 - 14:21:35)

Today at 16:04:27 - Italy: Unemployment decline 'gives encouragement' (30/07/2010 - 15:01:08)

29/07/2010 at 13:31:32 - Italy: Confidence in the economy jumps (29/07/2010 - 12:48:31)

28/07/2010 at 19:09:54 - Serbia: Economics professor elected to head central bank (28/07/2010 - 17:31:44)

28/07/2010 at 17:07:28 - Italy: Serbian car production 'won't hurt' Turin workers (28/07/2010 - 16:38:16)

28/07/2010 at 13:02:11 - Italy: Bank put under state administration amid corruption probe (28/07/2010 - 12:53:22)

23/07/2010 at 14:50:03 - Italy: Fiat workers protest Serbian production plan (23/07/2010 - 13:12:48)

Today at 15:57:51 - British Airways said today that cabin crew strikes and Iceland's volcanic ash cloud had sent the beleaguered airline £164m into the red for the three months to June 30. Related StoriesConcerns raised ...

Today at 11:29:13 - A food company in Co Tyrone is making an investment of over £620,000 to expand sales of its convenience foods and strengthen its brand identity. Related StoriesMarine business is driving profits for ...

Today at 11:25:57 - The launch of Metro Bank looks set to be a fascinating case study for the financial services industry. Its founders promise 200 branches in and around London, very high levels of customer service, bu ...

Today at 11:23:32 - The head of a retail industry body in the Republic has said predictions made earlier this year about the imminent return of like-for-like growth in the sector may have been “overly optimistic&r ...

Today at 11:20:33 - A Northern Ireland construction company is celebrating its role in two major infrastructure projects in Ireland. Related StoriesSolicitors snaps up city rivalAsda powers ahead in bid to become more e ...

Today at 14:51:00 - German luxury car maker Audi, owned by Volkswagen, said Friday it was aiming for record sales this year with help from China where a price war might be brewing with rivals BMW and Daimler.

26/07/2010 at 17:37:00 - Love Parade organiser Rainer Schaller, who also owns the fitness chain McFit, said the event would not be held again following the deaths of 19 party-goers at the weekend. The Local has more details o ...

26/07/2010 at 08:31:00 - German retailers began their annual summer clearance sale on Monday, offering deep discounts of up to 80 percent on warm weather items as they prepare to stock up for the autumn shopping season.

22/07/2010 at 11:18:00 - Investors will comb through the results of stress tests on state-owned German banks this week for signs of trouble in the heart of Europe's biggest economy.

21/07/2010 at 17:34:00 - German luxury sports car maker Porsche said Wednesday it would guarantee the jobs of 9,000 workers at three domestic sites until 2015.

Today at 14:00:00 - PETRONEFT - the Irish oil and gas exploration company with a focus on the Russian market - has brought forward to August the expected date for the commencement of production from its two licences in t ...

Today at 14:00:00 - AN online tool designed to enhance farm safety and reduce risk has attracted hundreds of hits since it was piloted in March.

Today at 14:00:00 - MEDICAL test kit provider Trinity Biotech has reported pre-tax profits of $54.2 million (?41.5m) for the first half of the year, up from $6.2m for the same period last year.

Today at 14:00:00 - REVENUE at renewable energy group NTR's US-based bio-ethanol company Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) have soared by 60% year-on-year.

Today at 14:00:00 - RESEARCHERS at third-level with ideas for start-ups have until September 22 to apply for a cut of a ?7 million fund launched yesterday by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O'Ke ...

Today at 11:43:03 - An increase in the number of people in work was not enough to offset those not finding work in the second quarter

29/07/2010 at 21:03:12 - The abstention of the CiU and PNV allowed the Government to proceed

29/07/2010 at 16:29:43 - 70 percent of air traffic controllers off sick told to return to work

28/07/2010 at 15:47:12 - State income outgrows payments for the first time since the recession

27/07/2010 at 23:32:17 - Caja Mediterráneo, Cajastur, Caja Extremadura, and Caja Cantabria create the third largest Caja in the country

27/07/2010 at 23:03:49 - Gerardo Díaz Ferrán says the change is advisable and necessary

27/07/2010 at 14:44:07 - Spain successfully places more debt

Today at 08:55:10 - Environmentally friendly golf takes centre stage on August 20 at the Lavaux course in Puidoux, canton Vaud. The IGOLF international foundation, which promotes green practices and sustainable course ma ...

29/07/2010 at 15:52:06 - A federal environment department report trumpets the reintroduction of the beaver more than 50 years ago as a "Swiss story of species protection" after the population grows to 1,600. The flat-tailed r ...

29/07/2010 at 11:43:53 - As the world grows increasingly aware of whistle blowing site WikiLeaks, the publisher of secret government and corporate documents uploaded by anonymous contributors, campaigning group Transparency I ...

29/07/2010 at 11:43:53 - As the world grows increasingly aware of whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, the publisher of secret government and corporate documents uploaded by anonymous contributors, campaigning group Transparency In ...

29/07/2010 at 07:44:52 - Swissmedic issues another in a series of warnings about dangerous illegal medecine, highlighting a slimming drug - made in China - that is targetted to customers in Switzerland by a criminal organizat ...

Today at 08:40:01 - CTK Energetický a prumyslový holding (EPH) netted CZK 522 million on CZK 7.22 billion sales in 2009, revenues from sales of electricity, gas and heat at nearly CZK 4 billion, Lidovky.cz reported ...

Today at 08:40:01 - CTK Car maker Skoda Auto raised operating profit by 40.6% year-on-year to around CZK 5.9 billion in the first half of 2010, the company said yesterday.

Today at 08:40:01 - CTK Education Minister Josef Dobes (Public Affairs, VV) yesterday said he would not lower teachers' pay and therefore his ministry will save maximally CZK 1.5 billion by end-2010, a mere half of ...

Today at 01:40:03 - CTK Czech builder Zakladani staveb saw its 2009 net profit fall by 50 percent to CZK 61.2m and sales rose to CZK 3.2bn from 2008's CZK 2.3bn, according to the firm's annual report.

Today at 01:40:03 - CTK The cabinet yesterday approved the freezing of expenditures of individual ministries worth CZK 10.2 billion, Prime Minister Petr Necas told journalists after a cabinet meeting. Despite the o ...

Today at 02:00:00 - ONE of Northern Ireland's most expensive developments planned for Omagh will harm town centre traders, it was claimed yesterday.

Today at 02:00:00 - Antrim-based specialist construction firm Mivan has been awarded a £2m contract from P&O Australia to re-fit restaurants and bars on a cruise liner.

Today at 02:00:00 - FEARS of a further fall in Northern Ireland house prices, job worries and stricter bank lending helped push average property rents in Belfast up four per cent in the second qu

29/07/2010 at 02:00:00 - SPECIALITY cheeses from Fivemiletown Creamery in Co Tyrone struck gold yesterday at the prestigious Nantwich International Cheese Awards in England.

29/07/2010 at 02:00:00 - ONE of Northern Ireland's top performing and fastest growing firms has been acquired in a multi-million pound deal, it was announced yesterday.

Today at 01:39:07 - 2008-08-27 Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Wednesday it was launching a bid worth 3.62 billion Swedish crowns ($569 million) for shipping company Brostrom.

Today at 01:39:07 - 2008-09-06 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A 58-year-old man suspected of keeping a woman locked up in a tiny cabin in southern Sweden for nine years has been ordered by a court to be held in custody.

Today at 01:39:07 - 2008-10-08 (Reuters) - Iceland's biggest bank received an emergency loan from Sweden on Wednesday as the country's financial crisis showed no sign of abating.

Today at 01:39:07 - 2008-07-07 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish refiner Preem said on Monday it planned to start making biodiesel from pine tree oil, a non-edible forestry industry waste product, in the face of criticism ab ...

Today at 01:39:07 - 2008-10-14 - U.S. economist Paul Krugman, a fierce critic of the Bush administration for policies that he argues led to the current financial crisis, won the 2008 Nobel prize for economics on Monday.

29/07/2010 at 22:00:00 - Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian Internet firm and Facebook investor, plans to sell up to 25 percent of shares in its Russian unit in an initial public offering in 2011, a business daily reported T ...

29/07/2010 at 22:00:00 - Rosneft, Gazprom Neft and Tatneft may begin delivering gasoline to Iran in a month, the head of the Iran Commission of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry said.

29/07/2010 at 22:00:00 - The government is counting on foreign investors to help it privatize an estimated $29 billion in assets to reduce the state's "excessive" presence in the economy, Economic Development Minister Elvira ...

29/07/2010 at 22:00:00 - TNK-BP, which is half-owned by BP, said it was considering buying BP's Venezuelan assets, as the British oil major looks to raise funds to cover costs incurred by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

28/07/2010 at 22:00:00 - Billionaire Suleiman Kerimov is seeking to replace Uralkali's chief executive officer with an ally after gaining control of Russia's second-largest potash producer last month.

29/07/2010 at 19:00:00 - Germans seem to be vying for the title of the biggest foreign investor in Croatia hoping to edge the current leaders Austria and Netherlands from the top slots.

29/07/2010 at 18:00:00 - Croatians work 39.2 hours a week, a fraction of an hour below the European Union averages of 39.4 hours, the results of research conducted by Eurostat and Eurofund show.

29/07/2010 at 13:00:00 - Croatian oil company Ina is being investigated for suspected illegal hiring after Finance and Central Budget Committee chairman Goran Maric alleged that 300 Hungarian citizens are working without perm ...

28/07/2010 at 19:15:00 - Although Pula has been considered the most expensive city in Croatia for the past several years, neighbouring Rovinj has taken the title this summer.

28/07/2010 at 19:00:00 - Croatia is becoming a strategically important partner for the Serbian economy, latest analysis from the Serbian Chamber of Commerce shows.

29/07/2010 at 11:30:43 - Earning kroner during the summer is a strong pull for many eastern Europeans

20/07/2010 at 10:54:47 - Mortgage holders are increasingly choosing fixed interest mortgages

02/07/2010 at 15:14:36 - Number of unemployed drops to 4.1 percent of the workforce

16/06/2010 at 10:19:43 - Government says latest EC requirements to reduce the national budget deficit by 2013 were just as expected

09/06/2010 at 12:14:52 - Latest figures reveal the country's public sector spends more on IT than other Nordic countries

26/05/2010 at 10:13:33 - A law designed to give a cement producer a tax break in lieu of increased environmental charges is expected to be ruled illegal by the EU

19/05/2010 at 11:56:30 - Tourism industry insiders are casting doubt on the timing of a planned 800-room hotel being built by in the Ørestad district, reports financial daily Børsen.

29/07/2010 at 04:00:00 - "The Hungarian forint has remained stable overnight vs. the euro at 283 amid hesitant optimism in global markets as there has been no high-impact local news to create a new trend for the national curr ...

29/07/2010 at 03:10:00 - "Hungary's new government has announced details of the new Széchenyi Plan - a scheme to support small and medium-sized enterprises - on Wednesday. Economy Minister György Matolcsy named seven "breakou ...

27/07/2010 at 03:00:00 - "The collapse of Hungary's deal with international lenders marks the greatest challenge by a government so far to the Europe-wide orthodoxy of austerity, with markets and other nations watching closel ...

26/07/2010 at 04:00:00 - "U.S. Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis participated in a July 22 press conference at the Ministry of National Economy announcing the opening of a new pharmaceutical packaging center by Mylan, I ...

26/07/2010 at 04:00:00 - "OTP was found to be Europe's second most sound bank in stress tests conducted by the European banking supervisory CEBS, it was announced on Friday. Spain's Banca March topped the list of 91 banks exa ...

28/07/2010 at 14:20:31 - The Moravian city of Brno might soon see its main train station move out of city centre. Brno's central district recently issued a planning permit for the controversial multi-billion project. But opp ...

23/07/2010 at 13:30:51 - In this week's Business News: Skoda Auto sets first half sales record; foreign investment flows pick up; defence minister declares war on tender corruption; construction giant to challenge suspicious ...

16/07/2010 at 14:16:59 - In Business News this week: privatisation possibilities earmarked by finance minister; shake-up in Prague's power sector; skimming surges; film incentives start to roll; and municipal football joins ...

09/07/2010 at 14:26:13 - In this week's business news: consumer confidence climbs; gloomy figures for film industry; financial arbitrator's workload rises; survey suggests women's opportunities not so bad; and football's Wor ...

02/07/2010 at 15:21:02 - In Business News this week: first half budget figures offer some relief, gas sector competition steps up, lower sales but higher profits for state brewer, milk automats go mobile, and motorcycle taxi ...

28/07/2010 at 11:30:33 - The Lithuanian economy returned to growth last quarter on rising exports and expanding industrial output. GDP grew 1.1 percent from a year ago after a 2.8 percent contraction in the first quarter, acc ...

28/07/2010 at 10:12:33 - A new study by Eurostat from June 2010 shows that Estonia has one of the lowest minimum wages in the European Union. Estonia belonged to a group of eleven countries where the minimum wage was between ...

28/07/2010 at 09:46:18 - Estonian Air carried 60,415 passengers, out of which 55,209 on regular flights in June.

28/07/2010 at 09:00:37 - Baltic Taxi, a taxi company based in Riga that is half-owned by Latvian airline airBaltic, has announced its intention to expand outside Latvia, most likely into Estonia, Lithuania and Ukraine.

27/07/2010 at 14:02:59 - Nasdaq OMX has decided to discontinue plans to launch a single marketplace for Baltic equities to be traded in euros under a multi-lateral trading facility framework, according to newspaper reports.

28/07/2010 at 06:33:34 - To say that the Watergate scandal marked American history is an underestimation of the real effect it had in international history and how much it changed the role journalism with those two tiredly co ...

22/07/2010 at 06:43:57 - There was a time in my life when France loomed big in my radar screen of the countries that I needed to visit. In my teenage years, I occasionally met French tourists, mostly college going students. M ...

21/07/2010 at 07:55:31 - The last few months Greece manages to become headlines all around the world and not for good reason all the time. It was the economic failure and now it is the murder of a known journalist and blogger ...

21/07/2010 at 07:55:09 - While the Conference was widely seen as having failed, what was the assessment of participatin g climate change activists? The immediacy of their hopes, aspirations, frustrations and disappointments a ...

20/07/2010 at 07:16:09 - Things are getting more complex concerning Iran\'s nuclear program. The Brazil, Turkey-brokered Tehran Declaration according to which Iran agreed to ship 1,200 kilograms of its Low Enriched Uranium to ...

23/07/2010 at 08:28:47 - Competition among Swiss cantons to induce foreign companies to relocate with the carrot of low tax rates is heating up once again, with Lucerne leading the charge.

22/07/2010 at 10:27:00 - Credit Suisse has reported a net profit of SFr1.6 billion ($1.53 billion) for the second quarter, beating analysts' forecasts despite uncertain market conditions.

15/07/2010 at 21:38:47 - The United States Congress passed the country's most comprehensive financial reforms since the 1930s on Thursday, but doubts remain about the overall impact on banks.

14/07/2010 at 12:24:00 - German tax investigators were seeking evidence against Credit Suisse employees as well as clients during a series of raids on bank branches on Wednesday.

14/07/2010 at 08:33:42 - Switzerland's central bank, industrial exporters and retailers continue to shoulder the burden of the strengthening franc, which shows no signs of slackening.

22/07/2010 at 10:30:00 - Volvo Trucks, the world's second-largest maker of heavy-duty trucks, reported unexpectedly strong quarterly profits on Thursday and maintained its forecast of recovery in US and European markets.

21/07/2010 at 15:50:00 - Nordea Bank announced a second-quarter profit decline on Wednesday and issued a mixed economic outlook, pointing out that the Nordic countries doing well, but the eurozone is still fighting a debt cri ...

20/07/2010 at 13:41:00 - TeliaSonera reported on Tuesday that profit rose in the second quarter near expectations, adding that earnings in the second half of the year would be similar to the first half.

19/07/2010 at 18:16:00 - Metro International, which publishes a number of free newspapers around the world, said on Monday that it had narrowed its losses in the second quarter.

16/07/2010 at 09:48:00 - The Swedish-Japanese mobile handset maker said its focus on the top end of the market had helped it recover from last year's losses.

13/10/2009 at 17:04:58 - France's utility operators Gaz de France and Dalkia are interested in the forthcoming privatisation of Sofia's steam heating company "Toplofikatsiya", minister of industry Traicho Traikov said Tuesday ...

12/10/2009 at 11:14:57 - Bulgaria's economy will contract by 2% next year compared to a 6.3% contraction this year, finance minister Simeon Djankov said as quoted by the media on Monday.

08/09/2009 at 19:10:58 - Bulgaria's budget deficit contracted to leva (BGN) 105 million in August from BGN 565 million in July due to belt-tightening measures enforced by the new government, finance minister Simeon Djankov sa ...

03/09/2009 at 11:00:50 - Bulgaria's minister of finance Simeon Djankov expects the country to emerge from the economic crisis next April and is planning to cut its 20% flat-rate value added tax (VAT) to 16% between 2011 and 2 ...

02/09/2009 at 10:20:36 - Bulgaria expects to reverse current recession and be back to economic growth in 2011, a finance ministry forecast said Wednesday.

Today at 20:20:11 - European markets closed on a mixed note Friday, trimming early losses amid cautious trading as investors digested mixed reports about the US economy.

Today at 17:35:32 - Health care giant Merck & Co. Inc. Friday reported a 52% drop in second-quarter profit as restructuring and merger-related costs after the acquisition of Schering-Plough in 2009 more than offset a 92% ...

Today at 17:03:41 - Engineered automotive systems supplier BorgWarner Inc. (BWA) reported Friday a profit for the second quarter, compared to a loss last year, helped by stronger demand that resulted in a 55.2% growth in ...

Today at 16:43:12 - Canadian gold mining and exploration company Centerra Gold Inc. (CG.TO) reported Friday a profit for the second quarter compared to a loss last year. The turnaround reflected mainly higher realized pr ...

Today at 16:41:24 - The U.S. economy slid into its downturn somewhat faster and more severely than previously estimated, according to new information from the Commerce Department. The department's Bureau of Economic A ...