MADRID - Spain announced a crisis budget for 2013 based mostly on spending
cuts on Thursday in what many see as an effort to pre-empt the likely conditions
of an international bailout.
UNITED NATIONS - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew his "red
line" for Iran's nuclear program on Thursday despite a U.S. refusal to set an
ultimatum, saying Tehran will be on the brink of a nuclear weapon in less than a
year.
PARIS - Automakers warns that Europe's car market may not improve for the
next two years as austerity measures and high unemployment keep drivers away
from showrooms. Full Article | Factbox
GENEVA - The EU asks the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the right to
impose trade sanctions of up to $12 billion annually on the U.S. in retaliation
for illegal subsidies to plane maker Boeing. Full Article
Global investors staged a tentative return to euro zone stocks and bonds this
month following the European Central Bank's bond-buying rescue plan and credit
easing from the U.S. and Japanese central banks, a Reuters poll shows. Full Article
WARSAW/BRUSSELS - Microsoft will be charged for failing to comply with a 2009
ruling ordering it to offer a choice of web, which could mean a hefty fine for
the company. Full Article
VATICAN CITY - One of the worst crises in Pope Benedict's papacy will play
out in a small Vatican tribunal, where a three-judge panel will decide the fate
of papal butler Paolo Gabriele, who is charged with stealing and leaking the
pontiff's personal papers. Full Article
Sept. 27 - Republican Mitt Romney calls the U.S.'s 1.3 percent growth
'unacceptable' as he urged voters in the battleground state of Virginia to
support him. Deborah Gembara
reports.
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