歐洲銀行業今年面臨2410億美元資金缺口

Eurozone leaders in push for fiscal crackdown amid debt fight

德法意領導人承諾加強財政治理

Shunned Bund sale fuels debt crisis fears

德國國債拍賣遭到冷遇

Nomura dumps eurozone debt

 野村證券拋售歐元區國債

Businesses plan for possible end of euro

跨國企業為歐元區解體制定應急方案

Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune

字義：酒神淹死的人比海神還要多

Talks to boost EU’s financial ‘bazooka’

歐盟爭辯三點紓困方案

Eurozone bonds hit by mass sell-off

歐元區國債再度遭拋售

Virgin buys Northern Rock for £747m

維珍金融7.47億英鎊收購北岩銀行

The ‘protester’ is selected as Time’s Person of the Year for 2011

Time magazine’s highly anticipated Person of the Year for 2011 is … the Protester. The magazine made the call to recognize the dissent that has spread from the Middle East to Europe and the U.S. and the way protesters are reshaping global politics.

Senior politicians form election watchdog committee

China previously interfered in Taiwan’s elections, most notably in 1996 when it tried to influence the outcome by firing missiles off the coast of Taiwan. To prevent a repeat event, a group of senior politicians have formed an election watchdog committee.

CRITICS HIT AT ‘FLAWED' MOBILE PHONE CANCER STUDY

The largest-ever international study of mobile phone safety has concluded the devices do not raise the risk of brain cancer – except possibly a slight increase in tumours among the most intensive users.

World is growing warmer, but pace slows

The evidence for man-made global warming has become “even stronger” over the past year, according to scientists at the UK Meteorological Office.

Computers set for quantum leap as devices tap into speed of light

A new photonic chip that works on light rather than electricity has been built by an international research team, paving the way for the production of ultra-fast quantum computers with capabilities far beyond today’s devices.

An aspirin a day helps keep death from cancer away, research finds

Taking an aspirin a day can cut your risk of dying from cancer by 25 per cent, according to research published today.

Absorbing research on human sweat

Sweat and its role in human evolution feature in two intriguing studies by UK researchers. Scientists at Loughborough University have compiled a “sweat map” of the human body. They attached super-absorbent panels of special fabric, which can soak up 20 times its own weight of sweat, to male athletes exercising in hot conditions.

We have to do better on inequality

The principal problem facing the US and Europe for the next few years is an output shortfall caused by a lack of demand. Nothing would increase the incomes of all citizens – poor, middle-class and rich – as much as an increase in demand and associated increases in incomes, living standards and confidence in institutions and the future.

Top dogs take ever bigger slice of global spoils

To adapt the exchange between Ernest Hemingway and his literary agent: the super-rich are very different from the rich. They have even more money.

Hopes for global recovery take a hit

The global manufacturing recovery appeared to have come to a grinding halt in August, activity surveys suggested on Thursday, undermining hopes of a vigorous economic recovery in the second half of the year.

Welcome, number seven billion

On October 31, earth will gain its seven billionth inhabitant, according to official UN population projections.