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• RPT-Pentagon expands probe of troubled components on fighter jet-sources

  *Navy official wants to check company's quality practices. WASHINGTON, Feb 1- The Pentagon is inspecting other components of the F-35 fighter jet in addition to the faulty fuel lines blamed for the grounding of the Marine Corps version of the warplane, two sources familiar with the program said on Friday.

• UPDATE 2-Carlsberg returns to Myanmar after sanctions eased

  COPENHAGEN, Feb 1- Danish brewer Carlsberg is returning to Myanmar following the easing of international sanctions which forced it out of the country in the mid-1990s. "There is no doubt that this will go fast," Carlsberg's Chief Executive Jorgen Buhl Rasmussen told Reuters from Myanmar before an inauguration ceremony in Yangon on Friday. "

• Denmark's Nokia Moment on $100 Billion Stock

  

  Denmark is facing its "Nokia moment"; drugmaker Novo Nordisk has ballooned into a $100 billion giant, dominating its home stock market just as the Finnish firm did at the height of the 1990s tech boom.

• Denmark Faces Nokia Moment on $100 Billion Stock

  Denmark is facing its "Nokia moment"; drugmaker Novo Nordisk has ballooned into a $100 billion giant, dominating its home stock market just as the Finnish firm did at the height of the 1990s tech boom.

• Denmark Faces Nokia Moment on $100 Billion Novo Stock

  Denmark is facing its "Nokia moment"; drugmaker Novo Nordisk has ballooned into a $100 billion giant, dominating its home stock market just as the Finnish firm did at the height of the 1990s tech boom.

• Brazil's ETH, Denmark's Inbicon to partner on cellulosic ethanol

  SAO PAULO, Jan 30- Brazil's ETH Bioenergia and Denmark's Inbicon will partner to find cheaper ways to produce second-generation or cellulosic biofuels, an ETH director told Reuters on Wednesday, tackling one of the technology's biggest drawbacks.

• Learn lessons to avert youth jobs crisis-report

  LONDON, Jan 29- Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands all hold lessons for countries seeking to ease what German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls Europe's biggest burden- youth unemployment, a think-tank said on Tuesday.

• UPDATE 1-Faulty manufacturing seen behind F-35B grounding

  WASHINGTON, Jan 28- Pentagon and industry investigators have identified a manufacturing problem as the most likely cause of an engine failure that led to the grounding of the Marine Corps version of the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet, a spokesman for engine maker Pratt& Whitney said on Monday.

• Biogen 4Q profit slips on tax hit, rising costs

  WESTON, Mass.-- Biogen Idec's fourth-quarter earnings slipped nearly 3 percent after it fixed a tax error and saw expenses climb. The biotech drugmaker said Monday that its tax expense increased by $29 million after altering the way it logs capitalized interest at a Denmark location.

• UPDATE 4-Despite Biogen profit dip, shares rise on MS drug optimism

  *Q4 adjusted earnings $1.40/ shr vs $1.46 view. BOSTON, Jan 28- Biogen Idec Inc said fourth-quarter net profit fell slightly due to a tax accounting error, but the company's shares rose more than 3 percent Monday on higher-than-expected drug sales and optimism over a new multiple sclerosis treatment.

• RPT-London hotels ranked the worst in 100 cities

  LONDON, Jan 25- Visitors to London have marked its hotels as the worst in a list of 100 cities due to overpriced minibars, lousy breakfasts and slow service, according to a survey released on Friday. Close behind Dresden in the list of cities with good hotels were Hanoi in Vietnam, Tokyo, Chicago, and Krakow in Poland.

• UPDATE 1-Lockheed sees deals for next F-35 jets in 1st half

  WASHINGTON, Jan 24- Lockheed Martin Corp Chief Executive Marillyn Hewson said the company's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program was progressing "very well" despite the grounding of the Marine Corps model, and she expected to sign a deal with the Pentagon on sixth and seventh production lots in the first half of 2013..

• Antwerp builds a gateway to EU: world's biggest lock

  *Antwerp building 340 mln euro lock, ready for 2016. ANTWERP, Belgium, Jan 24- Belgium is building the world's largest lock- as wide as a 19- lane highway- ready to welcome the latest generation of giant ships after Europe's brace of new trade deals.

• Bank lobby preached to the converted in liquidity talks

  *Central banks faced funding banks indefinitely. LONDON/ PARIS, Jan 21- Lobbyists found themselves preaching to the converted: the European Central Bank and Bank of England needed little persuading in the end that new global liquidity rules for commercial banks needed loosening.

• REFILE-UPDATE 4-US issues final tax anti-evasion rules, enforcement ahead

  Treasury on Thursday, require foreign financial institutions with $50,000 of any American taxpayer's assets to report the holdings to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

• UPDATE 2-France steps up Mali operation, Africans try to catch up

  BAMAKO, Jan 15- France hit Islamist rebels in Mali with fresh air strikes and deployed armoured cars on Tuesday, stepping up its intervention in the West African state as regional allies struggled to accelerate their plans to send in troops.

• UPDATE 1-France keeps up Mali air strikes, African troop plan advances

  BAMAKO, Jan 15- France kept up its air strikes against Islamist rebels in Mali as plans to deploy African troops gathered pace on Tuesday amid concerns that delays could endanger a wider mission to dislodge al Qaeda and its allies.

• UPDATE 3-France to stay in Mali until stability restored

  BAMAKO/ DUBAI, Jan 15- France will end its intervention in Mali only once stability has returned to the West African country, French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday, raising the prospects of a costly, drawn-out operation against al Qaeda- linked rebels.

• Lockheed Struggling to Deliver F-35 Jet

  

  Lockheed Martin Corp's new F-35 fighter jet has completed over a third of its planned flight tests, but it is still facing problems with the helmet needed to fly the plane, software development and weapons integration, according to a report by the Pentagon's chief weapons tester.

• Pentagon report cites 'lack of maturity' of Lockheed F-35 jet

  WASHINGTON, Jan 12- Lockheed Martin Corp's' s new F-35 fighter jet has completed over a third of its planned flight tests, but it is still facing problems with the helmet needed to fly the plane, software development and weapons integration, according to a report by the Pentagon's chief weapons tester.