Arduous search for victims of Germanwings crash continues

Germanwings budget flight 4U9525, carrying 144 passengers including 16 German teenagers returning home from a school trip, plunged for eight minutes before hitting the side of a mountain in the French Alps Tuesday with no survivors.

WTF? Leslie Maasdorp leaves Advtech after just four months

Alec was among those who were surprised when Advtech announced last August that its chairman, investment banker Leslie Maasdorp, would succeed long-time CEO Frank Thompson. He took over from 24 October. Just four months later, he’s gone.

EU concerned as Greece passes anti-poverty bill

Greek lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed an anti-poverty bill intended to provide economic support for families suffering financially, despite EU concerns that the country’s creditors were not consulted first.