CHINESE premier Wen Jiabao pulled out of a press conference with the EU following a summit between the two during the week because of objections to some journalists present, according to EU officials.

KINGSPAN, the building products group that is due to announce a dip in earnings, has bought a US panels group for $111 million (€75m).

TWENTY-SIX countries in an international energy consortium will release 60 million barrels of crude oil and petrol to relieve the energy crunch caused by Hurricane Katrina.