- RBS halves chief’s annual bonus
Royal Bank of Scotland has sought to defuse mounting political and public pressure in awarding chief executive Stephen Hester a bonus of just under £1m, less than half the amount he received for 2010.
- Olympic village ready for final touches
Six months to the day before Opening Ceremonies, builders have handed the Olympic Village over to the London 2012 organizers.
- Gates donates $750 million to fight diseases
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will inject $750 million into the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Thursday at the World Economic Forum.
- Barclays chief: Bonuses ‘rewards for success’
Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond says he expects levels of compensation across the banking sector to be down this year, but has defended large bonuses as “pay for performance.”
- Breast implant maker’s founder arrested
The founder of a French company that makes breast implants linked to a health scare was arrested, the French national police said.
- Tennis: Nadal overcomes Federer in semifinal
World No. 2 Rafael Nadal battled from behind to win another epic clash with his great rival Roger Federer on Thursday and earn a place in the Australian Open final.
- Tennis: Sharapova seeks Aussie revival
In terms of age, just two years separate Australian Open finalists Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka. But in terms of what the two young women have achieved in their tennis careers so far, they are poles apart.
via: CNN.com - Europe
