ICELAND

WikiLeaks activists may seek to quash demand for docs

IBTimes Logo
Two prominent WikiLeaks supporters in the Netherlands and Iceland are consulting U.S. lawyers about ways to stop the Justice Department getting their Twitter records in a probe into the leak of secret documents.

Iceland protests to U.S. over Twitter data demand

IBTimes Logo
Iceland called in the U.S. ambassador in Reykjavik on Monday to register its displeasure at a U.S. court's demand for details of an Icelandic lawmaker's Twitter account, the State Department said.
More news
IBTimes Logo

Supreme Court to decide generic drug labeling issue

The Supreme Court said on Friday that it would decide whether generic drug companies could be sued under state law over allegations they failed to provide adequate label warnings about potential side effects.
Large euro sign installation is seen in front of the European Central bank headquarters in Frankfurt

'Euro can be saved if PIGS bow out'

The crisis-hit peripheral countries have more of a 'solvency problem' than a liquidity problem and their public finances cannot be brought to order without leading to a deep and prolonged recession, as long as they are part of the eurozone, analysts have said.
IBTimes Logo

Iceland nears Icesave deal with UK, Dutch: report

Iceland is within days of reaching a deal with Britain and the Netherlands on repaying the more than $5 billion paid to Landsbanki Icesave accounts holders after the bank collapsed, according to a report late on Saturday.
Woman with an umbrella walk past the logo of TUI AG outside the company's headquarters

TUI Travel posts full-year loss on weak UK trading

Europe's biggest tour operator TUI Travel reported a full-year pretax loss, blaming weaker trading in the UK, mainly due to increased winter losses resulting from capacity-led volume reductions. However, underlying pretax profit rose 4 percent on good turnaround progress.
Eurogroup Chairman Juncker, Belgium's Finance Minister Reynders and EU Commissioner Rehn address a news conference at the end of a EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels

Analysis: Break-up of eurozone needn’t be a difficult process

The force of political will binding together a seemingly crumbling euro zone is still strong, but the imperatives of domestic economic realignments could force members to an exit option, analysts have said; and the road out of the bloc doesn’t exactly look daunting.
WikiLeaks logo

Did Turkey help al-Qaeda in Iraq? Wikileaks' release may have answer

According to the London-based daily al-Hayat, the WikiLeaks release includes documents showing Turkey has helped al-Qaeda in Iraq, So far, the countries making rounds in news and on Twitter which may figure in Wikileaks' release include the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Norway, Israel, Iraq, India, China, Turkey, Russia and Iceland.
A humpback whale's tail comes out of the water during a ride on the Les Ecumeurs boat on the St. Lawrence river at Les Escoumins, Quebec, August 13, 2009.

U.S. condemns Iceland's whaling ways

Iceland’s decision to resume international trade in whale meat with Japan brought a sternly worded response from U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.
The Northern Lights

Astronomy tourism: world’s best places for star gazing

From the clear skies of Canary Islands in Atlantic Ocean to the Northern lights that marvel in the skies on North Pole, here is a list of best places for enjoying astronomy tourism in the world. Read on and the next time you are planning a vacation, these places are sure to top your list of destinations.
IBTimes Logo

Iberia first-half loss narrows

Spain's Iberia posted a narrower-than-expected first-half operating loss on Friday as improving business travel and air cargo demand countered the negative impact of a volcanic ash cloud in April.
IBTimes Logo

AIG tops view and starts talks on govt exit

American International Group Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Friday and said it had started talks on disentangling itself from the U.S. government.
IBTimes Logo

Base Metals recover in July, outlook positive'

The base metals have recovered from the depressed levels of early June with prices trending higher in July and hence Natixis Commodity Markets maintains a positive view for base metals. The impact of escalating sovereign debt crisis in Europe and unctertainy over China's efforts to curb excessive credit creation which were the main concerns of the first quarter of 2010 has eased, Natixis Commodity Markets maintains.

Pages

IBT Spotlight

We Help Businesses Find B2B Service Providers They Can Trust.