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People demonstrate in Madrid to demand help from the government ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - People demonstrate in Madrid to demand help from the government for the agricultural sector. Thousands of Spanish farmers and stockbreeders demonstrated to protest against the economic crisis and demand action from the Spanish government over the threat of 'collapse' of the sector. Photo:Pedro Armestre/AFP

A sign is pictured outside Nortel's Carling Campus in Ottawa ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A sign is pictured outside Nortel's Carling Campus in Ottawa August 10, 2009. REUTERS/Blair Gable

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Russian Prime Minister ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin enter the hall to open the congress of the United Russia party in Saint-Petersburg. Putin on Saturday strongly backed Medvedev's call for economic modernisation, moving to smother talk of differences between the two leaders. Photo:Dmitry Astakhov/AFP

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) and Russian Prime ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin enter the hall to open the congress of the United Russia party in Saint-Petersburg. Putin strongly backed Medvedev's call for radical economic modernization, in an apparent bid to smother talk of differences between the leaders. Photo:Dmitry Astakhov/AFP

Smoke billows from factory chimneys in St. Petersburg, 2005. ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - Smoke billows from factory chimneys in St. Petersburg, 2005. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday strongly backed President Dmitry Medvedev's call for economic modernisation, moving to smother talk of differences between the two leaders. Photo:Sergey Kulikov/AFP

Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende arrives at an European ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende arrives at an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on October 2009 in Brussels. Dutch workers protested on Saturday against a government decision to increase the state retirement age. Photo:Georges Gobet/AFP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) receives the 2009/2010 annual ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) receives the 2009/2010 annual expert report from the chairman of the Council of Experts Wolfgang Franz at the chancellery in Berlin on November 13. The top economists issued a sharp attack on Chancellor Angela Merkel's new government on November 13, saying her plans to reduce the country's ballooning debt were 'vague' and 'deceptive.' Photo:Berthold Stadler/AFP

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Luiz Fernando ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:19:00 GMT

(AFP) - Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Luiz Fernando Beraldi president for Latin America of French tyre maker Michelin pose with the mascot during the inauguration of a new earthmover plant in Campo Grande in 2008. Michelin will build a new factory in Brazil at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, the company's chief executive Michel Rollier told a newspaper Saturday. Photo:Vanderlei Almeida/AFP

US President Barack Obama, seen here on November 19, back from ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama, seen here on November 19, back from a tour of Asia, called for the United States to produce more goods to sell across the Pacific, touting trade as a way to revive the troubled US economy. Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP

Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz, seen here in May 2009, ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz, seen here in May 2009, said that the country is determined to build a nuclear power plant and will launch a new project to replace a failed tender. Photo:Ali al-Saadi/AFP

Map of Europe showing the South Stream and rival Nabucco gas ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map of Europe showing the South Stream and rival Nabucco gas pipelines. Photo:/AFP

Australian 50 dollar note, made of polymer, is seen in this ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Australian 50 dollar note, made of polymer, is seen in this file photo. Two executives at a banknote-making firm part-owned by Australia's central bank have been suspended over a police probe into alleged bribery and kickbacks, according to officials. Photo:William West/AFP

Indian workers put up the logo of telecom firm Vodafone outside ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - Indian workers put up the logo of telecom firm Vodafone outside the corporate office in Mumbai, 2007. British mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc has sought an extra two months to reply to a two-billion-dollar Indian tax claim over its purchase of India's third-largest mobile operator. Photo:Sajjad Hussain/AFP

In this product image provided by Hewlett Packard, the HP Mini ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:13:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this product image provided by Hewlett Packard, the HP Mini laptop computer is shown. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Hewlett Packard)

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty speaks to a luncheon meeting ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:31:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty speaks to a luncheon meeting of the combined Canadian and Empire Clubs in Toronto on Friday November 20, 2009. Flaherty says the Conservative government doesn't plan to undertake major new spending initiatives in next year's budget. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

A bar of Cadbury's milk chocolate. A charitable trust controlling ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - A bar of Cadbury's milk chocolate. A charitable trust controlling US chocolate maker Hershey is backing a bid of 17 billion dollars for Britain's Cadbury, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP

People using mobile phones walk by a securities firm's electronic ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:17:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - People using mobile phones walk by a securities firm's electronic board indicating global stock prices in Tokyo. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost 51.79 points, or 0.5 percent, to 9,492.74, the lowest finish since July 17 when the key index closed at 9,395.32. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Shizuo Kambayashi)

A Pakistani employee fills the tank of a motorcycle at a gasoline ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Pakistani employee fills the tank of a motorcycle at a gasoline station in Karachi, in July 2009. Oil prices remained depressed Friday amid a strengthening dollar and concerns over sustainable economic recovery. Photo:Rizwan Tabassum/AFP

Employees at Johnson Controls, an automotive parts plant east ...

(CBC) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:48:50 GMT

(CBC) - Employees at Johnson Controls, an automotive parts plant east of Windsor, Ont., could walk off the job if they don't reach a deal by midnight Friday. A strike would affect thousands at Chrysler's Windsor assembly plant, which uses the components.

Interactive graphic on the Airbus A380, the world's largest ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - Interactive graphic on the Airbus A380, the world's largest civilian airliner, as an Air France super-jumbo makes its first Transtlantic flight with production and delivery delays still plaguing Airbus. Photo:/AFP

An Airbus A380 operated by Air France lands for the first time ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Airbus A380 operated by Air France lands for the first time on a commercial Paris-New York route at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Photo:Emmanuel Dunand/AFP

Newspapers are displayed at a newsstand in October 2009 in San ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:14:00 GMT

(AFP) - Newspapers are displayed at a newsstand in October 2009 in San Francisco, California. US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies. Photo:Justin Sullivan/AFP

Hundreds of passengers wait in line in the area of departure ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - Hundreds of passengers wait in line in the area of departure at Santiago airport. Chilean airports resumed normal activity on Friday, after some 2,000 airport workers launched a country-wide strike that caused flight delays, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation said. Photo:Martin Bernetti/AFP

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is unveiled in Everett, Washington ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is unveiled in Everett, Washington in 2007. US aerospace giant Boeing broke ground Friday for the second assembly plant for its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft scheduled for its first test flight by the end of the year. Photo:Tangi Quemener/AFP

Henry Lyatsky wants B.C.'s coast opened to oil drilling but ...

(CBC) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:23 GMT

(CBC) - Henry Lyatsky wants B.C.'s coast opened to oil drilling but environmentalists stand opposed.

Participants are seen under the World Economic Forum logo in ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - Participants are seen under the World Economic Forum logo in Davos in January 2009. The impact of the global financial crisis is still in its 'first half,' but there is only a brief opportunity to bring tough reforms, the World Economic Forum warned on Friday. Photo:Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Greenpeace activists lay in front of the Energy Ministry in ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - Greenpeace activists lay in front of the Energy Ministry in Ankara in 2008. Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant -- a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by a court decision. Photo:Adem Altan/AFP

The Greek socialist government tabled a budget on Friday to ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Greek socialist government tabled a budget on Friday to cut the public deficit to 9.1 percent of output and save the country's economy from the 'emergency room,' Prime Minister George Papandreou, pictured on November 19, said. Photo:Georges Gobet/AFP

CEO of General Motors Co. Fritz Henderson is seen at the Opel ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:21:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - CEO of General Motors Co. Fritz Henderson is seen at the Opel headquarter in Ruesselsheim, central Germany, Nov. 10, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Michael Probst)

A Volkswagen Polo model being retrieved by an automated palette ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Volkswagen Polo model being retrieved by an automated palette from a storage tower near the company's main factory in Wolfsburg. Volkswagen is to invest about 25.8 billion euros ($39 billion) in factories, materials and vehicle types by the end of 2012. Photo:John Macdougall/AFP

Interactive graphic on Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Interactive graphic on Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, whose supervisory board has cleared the way for its planned takeover of luxury sportscar maker Porsche to forge a merged German car giant. Photo:/AFP

People are reflected on a Volkswagen logo in Hamburg, Germany. ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - People are reflected on a Volkswagen logo in Hamburg, Germany. Volkswagen said its supervisory board has cleared the way for its planned takeover of sportscar maker Porsche. Photo:Roland Magunia/AFP

Workers pack roses for export on a farm in Naivasha, northwest ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - Workers pack roses for export on a farm in Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi. Leaders of the five-member East African Community are in northern Tanzania to to sign a common market treaty to allow free trade, movement and right of residence in the region. Photo:Simon Maina/AFP

An employee walks past two slabs of flat carbon steel in a blast ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - An employee walks past two slabs of flat carbon steel in a blast furnance in Arcelor's Eisenhuettenstadt facility in eastern Germany. World steel output rose 13.1% in October from the level of output a year earlier, driven largely by production in China, the World Steel Association says. Photo:Michael Urban/AFP

Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, says its supervisory ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, says its supervisory board has cleared the way for its planned takeover of sportscar maker Porsche. Photo:/AFP

A man uses a ATM machine at French bank Caisse d'Epargne. Banks ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man uses a ATM machine at French bank Caisse d'Epargne. Banks should step up their lending to support economic growth while taking steps to curb 'undue' bonuses, European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet says. Photo:Stephane de Sakutin/AFP

Night view of the Suncor oil extraction facility in Alberta, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - Night view of the Suncor oil extraction facility in Alberta, Canada. Oil prices were mixed and likely to stay under $80 amid high energy inventories in the United States, the world's biggest energy-consuming nation, analysts say. Photo:Mark Ralston/AFP

Iberia planes at Barajas airport in Madrid. Iberia cabin crews ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iberia planes at Barajas airport in Madrid. Iberia cabin crews have axed plans for a series of one-day strikes in the coming weeks after reaching a pay agreement with the carrier, a union spokesman says. Photo:Pierre Philippe Marcou/AFP

Investors play cards in front of an electronic screen showing ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Investors play cards in front of an electronic screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer

A one euro coin with a one pound coin in London. The dollar ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - A one euro coin with a one pound coin in London. The dollar has rallied as investors shun assets viewed as risky, such as the euro, amid fresh concerns about the strength of global economic recovery, analysts say. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP

George Washington on the front of the one dollar note in Washington, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - George Washington on the front of the one dollar note in Washington, DC. The dollar has rallied as investors shun assets viewed as risky, such as the euro, amid fresh concerns about the strength of global economic recovery, analysts say. Photo:Karen Bleier/AFP

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) exchanges documents ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) exchanges documents with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Moscow in April 2009. Putin announced late Thursday a compromise deal with Ukraine on the thorny issue of gas supply, lessening the threat of multibillion-dollar fines that might cripple Ukraine's economy. Photo:Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP

A pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - A pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in Sudzha near the Russian-Ukrainian border in January 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced late Thursday a compromise deal with Ukraine on the thorny issue of gas supply, lessening the threat of multibillion-dollar fines that might cripple Ukraine's economy. Photo:Sergei Supinsky/AFP

VIDEO: European countries reliant on Russian gas supplies. Originally ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO: European countries reliant on Russian gas supplies. Originally filed 110109. Duration: 1:50 Photo:/AFP

Interactive graphic on Russian gas supplies to Europe as Prime ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - Interactive graphic on Russian gas supplies to Europe as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko meet in Yalta for talks aimed at preventing a repeat of last winter's gas crisis. Photo:/AFP

Nokia's Networks Broadband building in Oulu, northern Finland. ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - Nokia's Networks Broadband building in Oulu, northern Finland. Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, is to would shed about 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark as part of a streamlining of its research and development operations. Photo:Jukka Ritola/AFP

A Dell desktop monitor is seen at a Dell outlet in Hong Kong, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Dell desktop monitor is seen at a Dell outlet in Hong Kong, October 21, 2009. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Europe's main stock markets have steadied one day after equities ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - Europe's main stock markets have steadied one day after equities slumped on jitters regarding the economic outlook, traders say. Nokia's share price was down 1.54% at 8.96 euros after the world's biggest mobile phone maker said it would shed about 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark Photo:Volker Hartmann/AFP

View of the Paris stock exchange, the Bourse, and the Eiffel ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - View of the Paris stock exchange, the Bourse, and the Eiffel tower. Europe's main stock markets have steadied one day after equities slumped on jitters regarding the economic outlook, traders say. Photo:Pierre Verdy/AFP

Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer, center, accompanied ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:15:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer, center, accompanied by Executive Deputy President Hiroshi Yoshioka, left, and Executive Vice President Kazuo Hirai, speaks in Tokyo. Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, Hirai said Friday. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Shizuo Kambayashi)