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Opel, GM and the EU A spanner in the works Oct 19th 2009 From Economist.com Magna’s plans to acquire Opel, GM’s European arm, may face a problem AS THE week commences when General Motors is set to conclude a deal to sell Opel, its European arm, the American car giant finds that the European Union has thrown a spanner into the engine bay. Late on Friday October 16th the European Union’s com..

Renault's electric-car gamble Mr Ghosn bets the company Oct 17th 2009 From The Economist print edition Renault aims to be the first big producer of zero-emission vehicles OVER the past few weeks Renault has been giving politicians, journalists and big commercial customers across Europe the chance to drive a slightly odd-looking battery-powered vehicle based on its Kangoo, a small van. Like most ..

Health reform in America Don't ask how much Oct 14th 2009 | NEW YORK From Economist.com The Senate Finance Committee passes a health-reform bill, at long last AP “WHEN history calls, history calls.” Those were the words uttered by Olympia Snowe just before she cast her vote in favour of a long-awaited health bill in the Senate’s Finance Committee on Tuesday October 13th. Ms Snowe apart, th..

Many American gays want Barack Obama to speed up his plans to improve their lot THE charge that Barack Obama delivers soaring rhetoric but little action is in the air these days. America's gays, for example, are discussing the matter. On Saturday October 10th, Mr Obama spoke at a dinner arranged by the Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest gay organisation. He presented a list of policies h..

Barack Obama and the Nobel peace prize Even greater expectations Oct 9th 2009 From Economist.com Is it premature to give Barack Obama the Nobel peace prize, less than a year into his presidency? AP BARACK OBAMA, who has been America's president for just nine months, has won the 2009 Nobel peace prize. Perhaps the Nordic judges felt it was a suitable consolation after Chicago lost out to Rio de J..

Germany’s elections A new buzz for Germany Sep 28th 2009 | BERLIN From Economist.com Angela Merkel's CDU and the liberal FDP will rule Germany together Reuters THE election campaign was soporific but the results are startling. The “grand coalition” of Germany’s two biggest parties, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD), has been voted out..

EDF's new boss Power couple Sep 28th 2009 From Economist.com Nicolas Sarkozy appoints a friend to run EDF, one of the world’s biggest energy companies AFP BEFORE inking his name to the French presidential decree that confers the top job at EDF, Nicolas Sarkozy would have wanted to secure a candidate of note and ability for one of the world’s biggest electricity companies. As it turned out he..

AIDS vaccines Double, not quits Sep 24th 2009 From Economist.com A big AIDS-vaccine trial reports encouraging results Shutterstock SOME good news about AIDS. After more than two decades of research those labouring to find a vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes the disease, have found a method that might actually work. This method, known as “prime-boost”, has been tested on more than 16..

Climate change and the UN Nice words Sep 23rd 2009 | NEW YORK From Economist.com Leaders offer little of substance at the latest climate change gathering in New York AP/AFP JUST over 70 days to go and there is miserably little progress yet. The outlook for the global summit on climate change to be held in Copenhagen in December is uncertain. The current version of the draft outcome document for ..

The IMF on economic recovery Snail's pace Sep 22nd 2009 From Economist.com Recovery from this recession is likely to take several years, says the IMF Shutterstock WHEN the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, told a Washington think-tank this month that “the recession is very likely over at this point”, he was careful to add that the American economy would remain weak for some time..