| Thu, 2 Sep 2010  Local Chocolate, for Local Consumption
| BERGL, AUSTRIA — In 1996, Josef Zotter’s bakery business in Graz, Austria, was floundering. Facing bankruptcy, he decided to close shop and go back to his roots, a village named Bergl in the Feldbach district of Styria. There, with 2 of his 40 former emplo... | Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange industrial robots are a common site on auto assembly lines around the world. | Kuka said last month th... | Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
| TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | With the yen at 15-year highs against the dollar, a 9-year peak versus the euro and still near recent... | R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
| LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain to reduce costs. | The job cuts, which represent about 2 percent of the remaining workforce, would af... | Panasonic aiming for half of Europe's 3D TV market
| BERLIN (Reuters) – Panasonic Corp is aiming to grab a 50 percent share of the European 3D television market this year as demand outstrips expectations and the technology wins converts worldwide, its head of Europe said on Thursday. | The company expects sales of... | Russia extends ban on grain exports until 2011
| MOSCOW – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday he has extended Russia's ban on wheat exports until next year's harvest to ensure it has bounced back from a severe drought and wildfires that destroyed 20 percent of the crop this year. | Putin said i... | Disasters show 'screaming' need for action - climate chief
| GENEVA (AFP) – UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Thursday warned that a string of weather calamities showed the deepening urgency to forge a breakthrough deal on global warming this year. | Speaking before some 40 countries were to address finance, an issu... | Asimo the robot makes new friends in Austria
| LINZ, Austria-Asimo the robot is making new friends in Austria. | Researchers are seeking feedback from visitors of a technology fair to help them make Asimo, battery-operated robot that looks like a 4-foot (1.2-meter) child in a spacesuit, more communicative. | Throu... | Greek finmin sees less economic contraction in 2011 - paper
PARIS, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Greece's economy will not contract as much next year as the 4 percent expected in 2010 and the country will have "no problem" in cutting its budget gap to 8.1 percent of GDP this year, its finance minister said in remarks published on Thursday.... | France Tel weeks away from Meditel, TV deals -CEO
* Talks progressing well on stake in Morocco's Meditel * Close to TV partnership between Orange TV and TPS Star * Opposes government plans on triple-play VAT (Adds CEO comments, detail, background) JOUY-EN-JOSAS, France, Sept 2 (Reuters) - France Telecom is weeks away f... | |
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