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EUROPEAN UNION News, Mar 15, 2012

US May Sanction India Over Level of Iran-Oil Imports
Bloomberg
Brent oil for April settlement fell $1.25, or 1 percent, to end the session at $124.97 yesterday on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The EU decided two months ago to embargo Iranian oil imports effective July 1. Last year, the 27-member EU ...
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Spain Granted Time To Comply With EU Budget Rules
NPR
And after the latest financial bailout of Greece, Europe is now worried more about Spain. That country has also been overspending for years, in violation ofEU budget rules. To look at the implications, Lauren Frayer brings us thisreport from Madrid.
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US, EU, Japan challenge China over minerals trade
Palm Beach Post
latest money news » From The Post and AP By DON MELVIN AP BRUSSELS — The United States, the European Union and Japan filed complaints Tuesday with the World Trade Organization charging that China is limiting its export of rare earths, minerals that ...
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SWIFT to cut services for Iran firms blacklisted by EU
AFP
BRUSSELS — European Union nations agreed Thursday to ban financial transfers such as SWIFT payments to hundreds of Iranian firms and individuals blacklisted by the bloc over Tehran's contested nuclear drive. In several rounds of sanctions, the latest...
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AFP
Poland out of step with Europe on climate
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
As the lone dissenting voice, Poland last week vetoed theEU's road map for emissions reductions beyond 2020, drawing sharp criticism from environmental groups andEU officials. Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said the EU's executive commission ...
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MyrtleBeachOnline.com
China halts 10 more Airbus orders: sources
Reuters
The European Commission argues the scheme is needed to cut rising emissions and help the world fight climate change. Aviation industry sources said on Thursday that despite the latest pressure on aircraft sales, hopes were tentatively emerging of a ...
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Update on the latest business
NECN
The government said applications for unemployment benefits fell last week to 351000, matching a four-year low. When applications stay below 375000, it usually signals that hiring strong enough to lower the unemployment rate. A separate report showed ...
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Civil Society Activists Feel Like 'Hostages' Amid Heightened Minsk-EU Tensions
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
​​The exit refusals appear to be the latest round of tit-for-tat measures between Minsk and the European Union. Last month, the EU extended targeted individual sanctions to include 19 judges and two police officials believed to be complicit in the ...
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
MARKET WATCH: Energy prices fall despite bullish indicators
Oil & Gas Journal
He said, “If the EU allows the issuance of insurance for Iranian cargoes, then that should make life easier for the Iranian flows to the Far East and help in the West-to-East rebalancing of Iranian crude oil supplies.” Jakob reported thelatest data ...
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High Tide: From BP Alerted To Looming EU Transaction Bans On Iran
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Thebriberyact.com assesses the risks of self reporting. Traceblog sees commercial bribery enforcement on the rise in the UK A client alert (pdf) from Arnold Porter explained the extraterritorial reach of the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act. The latest on ...
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A primer on Belgian company key to Iran sanctions
Palm Beach Post
SWIFT said Thursday it would block Iranian banks that are subject toEuropean Union sanctions from using the service. Because global financial transactions are difficult without using SWIFT, Western governments hope the action will help isolate Iran ...
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EU's Ashton urges full diplomatic withdrawal from Damascus
Focus News
European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton wants the bloc's 27 governments to pull all its ambassadors out of Syria going into talks among foreign ministers next week, AFP reported. A meeting next Thursday and Friday will, for the first time ...
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Canada, EU Push to Finalise Trade Talks by Year's End
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Canada has stressed throughout recent weeks that a trade pact with the EU is essential to the growth of their country. “There is no larger integrated economy in the world than the European Union [and] … there is no more important Canadian trade ...
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Nobel laureates back EU tax on airline emissions
EUobserver.com
Last week, Chinese airlines said they may freeze $12 billion' worth of orders for Airbus jets in a move which could cost its EU-based manufacturer, Eads, 2000 jobs. China's EU ambassador, Wu Hailong, told EUobserver the government did not order the ...
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Scottish separatists bank on black gold
MarketWatch
Would they still belong to the European Union? Do they even want to? Read about uncertainties facing Scotland's financial industry. These are weighty questions. But maybe the Scots should look not to London or even Edinburgh for answers, but to Oslo.
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Barosso: Fair to give Romania Schengen member status, but 'painfully low' EU ...
Romania-Insider.com
If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to our free daily newsletter for updates, browse the menu for more news or read the latest news in the sidebar to the right. The President of the European Commission (EC), Jose Manuel Barosso has ...
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Oil falls after US denies reports on reserves
Palm Beach Post
Oil prices were barely changed Thursday after the White House said reports that the US and Britain had agreed to release oil from government-controlled emergency reserves were inaccurate. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) latest money news » From The Post and AP...
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Palm Beach Post
Privacy watchdog criticizes European data protection proposal
FierceGovernmentIT
FierceGovernmentIT tracks the latest technological developments in the US government. Join more than 17000 federal/state decision makers and IT executives who get FierceGovernmentIT via email. Sign up today! EuropeanData Protection Supervisor Peter ...
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EU challenges China's rare earth export restrictions
evertiq.com
Despite this recent ruling, China has not sent any signals that it would remove its wider export restrictions. The latest rare earth quota announcements further tighten the restrictions. Therefore, the EU decided to launch a second challenge on rare ...
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Report: US, Britain to Agree on Emergency Oil Stocks Release
Fox Business
While there is no significant disruption of world oil supplies at the moment, sanctions on Iran are expected to cut its output when a European Unionembargo takes effect from July. Minor stoppages from South Sudan, Yemen and Syria also have contributed ...
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CORRECTING and REPLACING American Shared Hospital Services Reports Fourth ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This important commercial milestone indicates that Mevion has completed its development in compliance with the European Union's Medical Device Directive. The CE Marking allows the MEVION S250 to be marketed, sold, and installed in the European Union ...
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Trade Rhetoric Just That
Economic Populist
President Barack Obama will personally announce the action to join Japan and the European Union in requesting consultations with China at the Geneva-based trade arbiter over rare-earths shipments. The one thing never mentioned by this administration is...
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Economic Populist
Iran cut off from global financial system
FuelFix (blog)
The action is meant to enforce European Union sanctions, as global financial transactions are impossible without using SWIFT, and will go a long way toward isolating Iran financially. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, ...
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FuelFix (blog)
Latvia Should Consider VAT Cut on Inflation Risk, Rimsevics Says
Bloomberg
“The second half of the year would be the latest that it could be done.” The Baltic country, which completed a 7.5 billion euro ($9.8 billion) loan program from a group led by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund in December, ...
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UK: Vince Cable Speech: BCC Annual Conference, Central Hall, Westminster, 15 ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Our first step was to end the gold-plating of new European Union directives. We are now looking at how to scrape off the accumulated gold plate of recentdecades. However, if we want to tackle the issue at its roots we have to be much more active and ...
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Tehran Is Warned Window Is 'Shrinking'
Wall Street Journal
On Wednesday, Iran's nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, sent a letter to theEuropean Union's foreign-policy chief, Catherine Ashton, requesting the two sides set a date for talks to begin. The latest round of talks took place in Istanbul in January ...
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Latvia and Lithuania sees reduction in new car registrations in February ...
The Baltic Course
In February 2012, new automobile registrations in Latvia decreased by 5%, which was the 11th biggest drop across the European Union, according to the latest report of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).
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The Baltic Course
The European Citizens' Initiative: a New Way to Shape up Debates?
techPresident
This declaration came from European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht during a BBC program focused on the debate around ACTA, two weeks ago. The grassroots movement against the treaty, that built momentum in the past two months, is the latest - and ...
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techPresident
Gas Prices Skyrocket
Utah Business
According to the latest report from AAA Insurance, which tracks fuel costs as a service to consumers, every metro area in the state tracked by AAA saw an increase at the pump over the last month. Of the Utah metro areas tracked by AAA, Salt Lake City ...
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ekathimerini.com | FYROM starts talks with EU to speed up accession
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and the European Union have begun preliminary talks designed to reduce the length of negotiations for full EU membership, which has been held up by its dispute with Greece over the Balkan country's name. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said Thursday's talks with FYROM authorities aim to maintain ...RECENT NEWS. 1. IMF approves aid, urges more reforms ... 3. NBG not planning to sell Finansbank, daily reports ...
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IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS: [IWS] EU: MONTHLY ...
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The number of unemployed continued to trend up in January, reaching 24.325 million, with a sustained increase over the last six months generating on average 200 000 more jobless per month. Divergence among EU labour markets remains ...
IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS
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Mackerel quotas should be built into any future Iceland EU membership. Posted: 15/Mar 08:47. Last Updated: 15/Mar 08:47. Iceland is moving closer toEU membership with the adoption of an enlargement report by the European Parliament.
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Vote ends EU-U.S. hormone-treated beef row Latest News - Editorial ...
Latest news is the place to find the most current and breaking news and market reports for the beef and cattle industry. ... STRASBOURG - The European Parliament approved a deal between the EU and both the United States and Canada on ...
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BRUSSELS: EU: Syrian leadership will be held accountable | Latest ...
The European Union committed itself on Friday to document war crimes in Syria to set the stage for a "day of reckoning" ... Search stories on this site; Web Search; Search print archives .... APNewsBreak: Top gay rights group taps new leader ...
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SWIFT to cut services for Iran firms blacklisted by EU
In several rounds of sanctions, the latest in January, the EU froze assets of 116 people and 442 firms and utilities, including the Iranian central bank.
www.google.com/.../ALeqM5isSEdsGDQ-ueTuupAM42gKN7...
EU frets at latest Gaza violence
A statement from EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the bloc "is following with concern the recent escalation of violence in Gaza and in the ...
www.google.com/.../ALeqM5gH0NXIOzodHXQ3WoDZKYxi...
EUROPA - Midday Express
News from the European Commission's Midday Briefing. Nouvelles du ... and 4.4 % in the EU27. Taxation: Commission presents report on Savings Directive ...
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Coal-reliant Poland increasingly out of step with Europe on ...
As the lone dissenting voice, Poland last week vetoed the EU's road map for emissions reductions beyond 2020, drawing sharp criticism from environmental ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAJDR4BS_story.html
150 killed in Congo munitions blasts: EU diplomat - Latest news ...
"We count at least 150 dead in the military hospitals and around 1500 injured, some of them seriously," the diplomat said when contacted by telephone from...
news.ph.msn.com/top-stories/article.aspx?cp-documentid...
EU states sign fiscal treaty without UK and Czechs - EUROPE ...
Join the France 24 community here; Log in · FRANCE 24 latest world news report EU states sign fiscal treaty without UK and Czechs - EUROPE - FRANCE 24 ...
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EU to allow more imports of hormone-free beef | McClatchy
The European Union said Wednesday that it's moving to end a drawn-out trade war over hormone-treated beef from the United ... Latest Election 2012Stories ...
www.mcclatchydc.com/.../eu-to-allow-more-imports-of-horm...
EU Says Greece Needs Still More Austerity | Greece.GreekReporter ...
Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece Greek News, Politics,... of austerity will have to continue in Greece, a European Commission report has ...
greece.greekreporter.com/.../eu-says-greece-needs-still-more-a...
Eurozone crisis live: EU summit focuses on growth | Business ...
EU leaders - except David Cameron and the Czech PM - sign fiscal compact this ... After an earlier wobble on the news that Spain had set a 2012 deficit target of .... such as Taylor Wimpey and Redrow have reported better prospects in recent ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../eurozone-crisis-live-eu-summit-growt...
Bunkerworld News - Latest News - European ports 'satisfied' with EU ...
Order New Report · Forums Home ... Commission of the European Union ...EU directive must not go further than MARPOL Annex VI, say UK MPs. 16 Feb...
www.bunkerworld.com/.../European_ports_satisfied_with_EU...
News from The Associated Press
The heads of the 27 European Union governments meeting at a summit in ...the last of a series of austerity reforms, the finance ministers said in a statement.
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