http://www.newstin.com/us/COPENHAGEN Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57505325 By Gelu Sulugiuc COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish brewer Carlsberg announced a deeply discounted 30.5 billion crown ($6.3 billion) rights issue to repay a bridging loan used to buy UK rival Scottish & Newcastle, in line with January's plans for the deal. The company's chief executive said the rights... Fri, 16 May 2008 07:59:24 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57505325 2008-05-16T07:59:24Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57511219 COPENHAGEN (Thomson Financial) - Denmark's National Bank said it has raised its lending rate and the interest rate for certificates and deposits to 4.35 percent from 4.25 percent as of May 16 to support the Danish crown. The discount rate and the interest rate on banks' current accounts with the... Fri, 16 May 2008 09:03:04 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57511219 2008-05-16T09:03:04Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57491544 First North announcement # 10, 2008 Copenhagen, May 16, 2008 Aresa has achieved to get permission from the Serbian authorities to plant transgenic tobacco for the detection of explosives It is the second time in two attempts that Aresa has achieved to get permission to plant transgenic plants in... Fri, 16 May 2008 06:34:37 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57491544 2008-05-16T06:34:37Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57402027 Denmark's container-shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S said Thursday that first-quarter net profit nearly tripled, news that sent its shares up more than 7 percent. The Copenhagen-based group said net earnings for the period increased to US$1.05 billion (€680 million) from US$390 million a... Thu, 15 May 2008 15:22:28 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57402027 2008-05-15T15:22:28Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57450719 In the show that was always going to be a success, Catherine Kusasira managed to pull off a great performance that was witnessed by a very good audience. The crowd was made up of people from all races and generally everybody seemed to have a nice time. Thu, 15 May 2008 22:12:22 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57450719 2008-05-15T22:12:22Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57366690 COPENHAGEN (Thomson Financial) - Denmark's AP Moller Maersk AS reiterated its previous guidance for full year net profit of 18 to 20 billion Danish crowns and sales of 300 billion crowns as it posted a consensus-beating first quarter net profit of 5.223 billion crowns, with a positive impact from... Thu, 15 May 2008 12:03:25 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57366690 2008-05-15T12:03:25Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57326528 Copenhagen - Danish judges, bishops, Muslim associations and politicians Thursday continued to debate the merits of a proposed ban against allowing judges to wear a Muslim head scarf or hejab or other religious symbols like a crucifix, turban or skul... Thu, 15 May 2008 07:15:03 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57326528 2008-05-15T07:15:03Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57327829 The Nuance Group recorded sales of CHF 387.3 million, a result 9.7% above last year when restated to eliminate exchange rate impacts and operations closed in the first quarter of 2007 in Copenhagen and Vancouver. EBITDA was above forecasted levels, closing 45.0% better than EBITDA recorded for... Thu, 15 May 2008 07:45:53 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57327829 2008-05-15T07:45:53Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57483436 CALL it whatever you like: wonky pop doesn't cut it with us. Fizzy-dizzy Danes Alphabeat are the Sister Scissors it's ok for the cool kids to like. Yeah, yeah, so they've got a good vintage wardrobe and they hang out with drainpipe jeans-wearing indie types; go and tell someone who believes the... Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57483436 2008-05-14T23:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57257487 it is very important when it comes to public relations. This is why it is important to have an adequate number of spokespeople for your organization because sometimes it isn't sufficient enough to have just one person doing the talking. It looks better on the public relations side of things if... Wed, 14 May 2008 19:33:25 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57257487 2008-05-14T19:33:25Z