Pirelli Settles Plant Expansion Financing

In late December, Pirelli signed a 50 million euro financing agreement with the European Investment Bank that will provide the funds to increase tire production capacity at its facility in Slatina, Romania. This sum will be used as part of the 250 million euro investment that Pirelli previously earmarked for its operations in Romania between […]

Lafferty ‘can cut it’ – Davies

Steven Davis has backed Kyle Lafferty to fill the void left by Rangers strike duo Kenny Miller and Kris Boyd. Miller is suspended for Saturday’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League game at Hamilton, while Boyd is facing several weeks on the sidelines as he recovers from a hernia operation. That could pave the way for Lafferty […]

Que sont devenus les Miss Ok! et Mister Podium de notre jeunesse ?

Pour les trentenaires d’aujourd’hui, souvenez-vous, „OK! magazine” cree l’election de Miss Ok! a la fin des annees 80. En 1988, une jeune normande est elue lors d’une emission retransmise sur M6 et presentee a l’epoque par Marie-Pierre Lacq et Jean-Luc Delarue (puis par Laurent Boyer). La jeune femme fera ensuite ses debuts a la television […]

10 charity challenges for 2010

Why not go on an adventure with a difference this year – and raise money for your favourite charity at the same time? There are hundreds of events to choose from but here is a selection at home and abroad This 12-day trip will take you far from Ethiopia’s tourist trails, through beautiful lowland valleys, […]

Lafferty ‘can cut it’ – Davies

Steven Davis has backed Kyle Lafferty to fill the void left by Rangers strike duo Kenny Miller and Kris Boyd. Miller is suspended for Saturday’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League game at Hamilton, while Boyd is facing several weeks on the sidelines as he recovers from a hernia operation. That could pave the way for Lafferty […]

Gers boss expecting no movement

Walter Smith is hopeful he will have the same squad of players at his disposal for Rangers’ title charge in the second half of the season. Smith does not anticipate any movement before the transfer window closes at the end of the month, despite some interest in his players. Birmingham manager Alex McLeish has already […]

Nach Anschlag in Angola: Afrika-Cup wohl ohne Togo

Einen Tag nach dem blutigen Anschlag auf den Teambus wird die Teilnahme der Fußball-Nationalmannschaft von Togo am Afrika-Cup in Angola immer unwahrscheinlicher. «Kein Spieler ist bereit, bei diesem Cup anzutreten. Wir sind gekommen, um ein Fußball-Fest zu feiern, aber jetzt ist es, als würde man in den Krieg ziehen», sagte Togos Torwart Kossi Agassa im […]

„Voicu”, l’espion roumain qui traquait le Prix Nobel 2009

La laureate du prix Nobel de litterature 2009 n’a pas encore trouve la tranquillite qu’elle recherche depuis qu’elle a quitte la Roumanie pour l’Allemagne, en 1987. Herta Muller, 56 ans, n’en a pas fini avec la Securitate, la police politique de la dictature communiste qu’elle avait fuie. „Plus de 40 % de ceux qui detiennent […]

Cummins Environmental Challenge Yields Benefits for Local Communities

Cummins Environmental Challenge Yields Benefits for Local Communities Employees of Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) brought power to a rural village in India, cleared a stream of silt and sediment in the United Kingdom and increased recycling by 50 percent in a low-income Minneapolis neighborhood, all as part of a companywide effort to commemorate the Company’s 90th […]

Football 2010

5: semi-final 1st leg, Blackburn v Aston Villa. 6: Carling Cup semi-final 1st leg, Man City v . 9: Scottish Cup 4th rd; FA Trophy 2nd rd. 10: Scottish Cup 4th rd; FA Women’s Cup 4th rd. 16: FA Vase 4th rd. 19: Carling Cup semi-final 2nd leg, Man Utd v Man City; Johnstone’s Paint […]