MILAN (AFP) – All five major Italian banks passed EU banking stress tests on Friday, with capital reserves above the level needed to resist severe financial shocks, the banks announced separately on Friday.
MADRID (AFP) – All eight major Spanish banks passed the EU’s bank stress tests on their ability to weather a crisis but five out of 19 regional lenders analysed failed, the results showed on Friday.
LONDON (AFP) – Britain’s economy sprang a big surprise with growth of 1.
FRANKFURT (AFP) – German business confidence posted in July the strongest rise for 20 years, a benchmark survey showed on Friday as the export giant left other European economies behind to motor out of recession.
FRANKFURT (AFP) – The head of European aircraft manufacturer Airbus says the company can make a profit again if a final agreement is signed on financing for its much delayed A400M military transport plane.
Things that make you go “hmm”: Motorola put up a picture of its new “Charm” handset this week. It’s coming out later. Keep in mind, RIM (Blackberry’s parent company) still outsells the iPhone ten to one in this country. It would appear that after multiple versions of Android coming out on iPhone-looking handsets, Android is [...]
About that new iPhone, I smell gas! For starters, Apple is officially saying “uncle” for now regarding the widely reported antenna problems with the new iPhone 4. Yes, there is an emergency software update (patch) coming out to address this. However, Gizmodo (quoting AppleCare operators who said the same thing on three different calls) is [...]
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