Musician and campaigner Bob Geldof has won the latest round of a legal fight relating to a firm that invests in African businesses.

Musician and campaigner Bob Geldof is waiting to hear the result of the latest stage of a legal fight related to a firm he chairs.

The euro will survive because of the strength of the European Commission, which will push through legislation sufficient enough to keep the monetary union in place, according to John Nugee, senior managing director with State Street Global Advisors.

Taliban militants will soon increase attacks in Afghanistan, but the violence will not amount to a “spring offensive,” a Nato spokesman said today.

Several key Taliban leaders and about 50 fighters have been killed in Afghanistan in an ongoing operation launched last week to clear militants from the country’s violence-plagued south, officials said today.