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EUROPEAN UNION News, Apr 12, 2012

EU wheat up on Chicago, weather concerns, markets
Reuters
French analyst Strategie Grains on Thursday cut its forecasts again for winter grain crops in the European Union this year due to the impact of both frost and drought, and further raised its outlook for production of spring-sown maize.
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EU seeks new curbs to cap bank bonuses
Financial Times
In a sign that Brussels is hardening its stance on banker pay, European Union parliamentarians are drawing up new caps on bonuses to be included in the bloc's latest bank capital rules. The move comes as research from the pan-EU banking regulator ...
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The Illicit Benefits of Bulgaria's EU Membership
Novinite.com
“Bulgaria's accession to the EU in 2007 opened a wide range of new opportunities for criminals, such as tax crimes, which prompted part of the criminal networks to shift their focus towards these new illegal activities,” reads the report, by the Center ...
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Abiomed gets EU approval for Impella heart pump
Mass High Tech
It is not cleared for sale in the US, but received CE Mark approval in theEuropean Union, the company announced Thursday. The device beefs up Abiomed's product portfolio, allowing physicians to offer increased flow for patients on the same console ...
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Report: Iran to ban imports from 100 EU companies
BusinessWeek
Iran's official Press TV says the country plans to ban imports from 100 European companies as part of Tehran's pre-emptive retaliation against anEU embargo that is to go into effect in July. The station reportedWednesday that Tehran took the measure ...
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Commission Adopts Report Calling For New EU AML Directive
Tax-news.com
... laundering (AML) standards by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and its own review process, a report on the application in the European Union (EU) of the Third Anti-Money Laundering Directive has been adopted by the European Commission (EC).
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Banks Fail to Align Bonuses With Risk Taking, Watchdog Says
Bloomberg
... European Banking Authority said in a report on its website laying out the results of a survey it conducted. The agency called on EU lawmakers to grant it powers to set criteria for identifying the risk-takers whose behavior the rules should target.
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EIB raises 182 mln eur from CO2 sales in March
Reuters
The bank's sales of EU Allowances for December 2013 delivery were carried out on a forward basis via the over-the-counter market and over exchanges, the EIB said in its monthly report on carbon permit sales volume. The bank added exchange cleared ...
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UK North Sea decommissioning heightens risk of leaks
Reuters
* Far-reaching regulatory fallout from Elgin leak * European Commissionmulls mandatory 10 billion euro liability pot By Oleg Vukmanovic LONDON, April 12 (Reuters) - The UK North Sea's dwindling oil and gas reserves will make abandoning wells ...
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EARNINGS PREVIEW: EU, China Raise Questions For Chemical Cos
Wall Street Journal
(DOW), detailed their exposure to the slump in Europe's industrial demand. Dow said last month it would close plants and lay off 900 workers. At the same time, emerging markets, the reliable heroes of so many companies' rebound from the recession, ...
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Iran Halts Oil Supply To Germany, Bans Imports From 100 EUCompanies
International Business Times
It is also reported of a planned stoppage of oil exports to Italy. The European Union buys about 18 percent of Iran's total crude exports. The UK and Germany get only about 1 percent of their oil from Iran while France gets about 3 percent.
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International Business Times
World trade outlook darker
gulfnews.com
Dubai: Slower global econ-omic growth and the Eur-opean sovereign debt crisis are putting a brake on the pace of global trade growth, declining to 3.7 per cent this year from 5 per cent recorded last year, according to a latest report by the World ...
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gulfnews.com
Clean Energy Investments Continue to Soar: Time to "Triple Down" on Renewable ...
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
The United States rose to the top in 2011 after having fallen behind China and Germany last year. But the 27 countries that make up the European Union (EU-27) as a whole were still head and shoulders above the rest. As countries go into the Rio+20 ...
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Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
US trade gap narrows sharply in February to $46 billion
Reuters
Imports from China slipped 18.2 percent and also fell from other major suppliers, such as Canada and the European Union. The closely watched US trade deficit with China shrank 25.6 percent to $19.4 billion, the lowest in nearly a year. (Reporting by ...
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EU Using Development Aid Fund to Pay for Abortions
LifeNews.com
The report The Funding of Abortion through EU Development Aid reveals Marie Stopes International received over $30 million from the European Union. The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, a high level global partnership that includes the UNFPA and ...
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LifeNews.com
Abbott wins EU Approval for Use of Humira Drug; NeurogesX Provides Update on ...
Proactive Investors USA & Canada
The green light from the European Commission follows a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency in February and marks the seventh indication for Humira in the European Union since its first approval in 2003. Humira, one of the world's ...
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EU Morning Report - Risk sentiment supports euro
International Business Times
By Easy-Forex The euro recorded gains against most of its major counterparts as market sentiment improved. This came after Spain's Prime Minister Rajoy shared his belief that the troubled nation will not require a bailout and that the budget deficit ...
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European Commission Report On The Application Of The Third Anti-Money ...
eGov monitor
How will the European Commission update EU rules? It is important to rapidly implement the international standards which were adopted by the Financial Action Task Force on 16 February. The adoption of the Commission's application report on the ...
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U.S. trade deficit narrows to $46 billion
MarketWatch
... according to a government report released Thursday that led analysts to raise estimates for first-quarter economic growth. The number of Americans applying last week for unemployment benefits rises to the highest level in two and half months, ...
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EU lawmakers set July 9 vote on market abuse, MiFID directives
Platts
Keep track of policy in the complex and confusing European energy arena with EU Energy's clear reports and accurate data. EU Energy provides a single source for news and analysis of EU energy policy, as well as key gas and electricity industry ...
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Swiss Bank Data, FSA Return-Estimates Rule, J&J Case: Compliance
Bloomberg
The projected returns are “reasonable central estimates over a 10-15 year time period,” the report said. PwC carried out the last review of so-called projection rates in 2007, keeping them steady about a year before the collapse of Lehman Brothers ...
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Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on April 12
Reuters
PRAGUE, April 12 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Thursday. ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours) ===========================ECONOMIC DATA======================== ...
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Special Report: An image makeover for Myanmar Inc
Reuters
He appealed to a European Union high court, arguing he should not be punished because of his father. The Court of Justice of the EU agreed on March 13 after four years of costly litigation. A 2008 regulation that froze his funds was annulled.
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EU to Interfere in ESA-Iceland Icesave Case
IcelandReview
The European Commission is to get involved in the legal proceedings the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) is taking against the Icelandic government because of the Icesave dispute with British and Dutch authorities, asreported yesterday.
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Commodities, Global Cues Lift TSX Thursday Morning - Canadian Commentary
NASDAQ
While Canada reported a dip in its trade surplus in February, data from the US revealed that trade deficit shrank dramatically in February dipping to the lowest level in several years. Meanwhile, cues from the euro zone came in mostly encouraging.
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U.S. February International Trade in Goods and Services (Text)
Bloomberg
The following is the text of the US trade balance report for Feb. released by the Commerce Department. US INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES February 2012 Goods and Services The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, ...
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UK Trade Gap Widened as Car Exports Dropped to US, China
Bloomberg
The gap with EU nations narrowed to 3.76 billion pounds from 4.17 billion pounds. PV Crystalox Solar Plc, a maker of solar-power components based in Abingdon, England, reported a full-year net loss on March 28 and canceled its dividend due to “very ...
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Dutch Politics Seen As Hurdle In Reform Drive
Wall Street Journal
The Dutch government coalition is now in its sixth week of negotiations on measures to bring the Netherlands' budget deficit in line with European Union requirements by 2013. The talks are expected to be wrapped up in the coming week as the Dutch have ...
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Bloomberg: Clean energy investment stalls on EU and US policy uncertainty
Business Green
"The weak Q1 2012 number reflects the destabilising uncertainty over future clean energy support in both the European Union (driven by the financial crisis) and the US (driven by the expiry of stimulus programmes and the electoral cycle).
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EP deputy suggests reducing bureaucracy in Latvian ... - Baltic News
By BNN
... Daniels Pavluts in which he asks to reduce the administrative burden to Latvian companies already in the nearest future introducing exemptions in relation to annual reports according to the latest laws and regulations of theEuropean Union.
Baltic News Network - News from...
Meanwhile, The EU Looks to Settle With Every Publisher Except ...
By Sarah Weinman
Following yesterday's news from the Department of Justice, the European Commission's parallel investigation of agency ebook price may be close to a settlement among most of the parties involved as well. Multiple news reportsindicate that ...
Publishers Lunch
EU report questions conventional biofuels' sustainability | EurActiv
News | India says EU CO2 law could scupper global climate talks ... Thelatest report will feed a growing unease about the reasons for the EU'soriginal biofuels ...
www.euractiv.com/.../eu-report-questions-conventional-biofue...
U.S.-EU mull talks on a wide-ranging trade deal Latest News ...
Latest news is the place to find the most current and breaking news and market reports that are important to the pork producer.
www.porknetwork.com/.../US-EU-mull-talks-on-a-wide-rangi...
EU Commish: Don't Act on ACTA - New News | Latest News ...
New News | Latest News | Current Events | World News | Politics & Top Online ... But on Wednesday, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said that there was too ... A pair of stories came out Thursday regarding malicious hacking China.
www.todayheads.com/2012/.../eu-commish-dont-act-on-acta/
Eurogas reports lower EU gas consumption
Revenir au debut de la section Corporate news ... Latest energy news ...Home > Press & Publications > Recent Energy News > Eurogas reportslower EU gas ...
www.enerdata.net/.../eurogas-reports-lower-eu-gas-consumpti...
EFSA Press Release: EFSA and EU Member States work together to ...
Although uncertainties and gaps in data remain, today's report importantly shows that when ... last month in response to an urgent request from theEuropean Commission. ... News story: EFSA publishes report on likely scenarios for spread of ...
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/120402.htm
Report: EU Data protection act will cost businesses more - Computer ...
59% of IT managers believe new EU data protection regulations will increase the ... As CBR reported last week - much of this worry is coming from loose .... Sign up for the latest CBR news and features as well as other industry newsletters.
www.cbronline.com/.../report-eu-data-protection-act-will-cost-...
China Southern committed to Airbus orders: report - Latest news ...
... Newswires reported; despite Chinese opposition to the European Union. ... its five A380s in September, with the last jet coming in early 2013, the report said.
news.malaysia.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid...
GEN | News Highlights:Report Urges EU Nations to Bost R&D ...
Report Urges EU Nations to Boost R&D Through Tax, Regulatory Policies.... complimentary e-newsletters and stay abreast of the latest biotech newsand trends ...
www.genengnews.com/gen-news...urges.../81246574/
EU-IMF experts praise Portugal, but warns of risks from recession ...
But important risks and challenges remain," the European Commissionsaid in a report based on the latest assessments of Portugal by the troika, conducted in ...
www.rte.ie/.../eu-imf-experts-praise-portugal-but-warns-of-ris...
EU pursues 'enhanced' arctic policy : theparliament.com
A new report has highlighted the "urgent" need for enhanced arctic search and rescue capabilities and environmental protection measures. The reportcomes ...
www.theparliament.com/.../new-report-calls-on-eu-to-pursue-e...
Report: IT directors believe EU data protection changes will raise ...
Fifty-nine per cent of respondents to a recent survey among IT directors in large ... The report, EU General Data Protection Regulation – UK Enterprise Inquiry, ... This is great news and it will help Britain to become Europe's technology centre ...
www.computing.co.uk/.../report-directors-believe-eu-protectio...
TripAdvisor adds weight to EU competition complaints about Google
TripAdvisor has sent a complaint about Google to the European Commission alleging ... The travel review website business is the latestcompany to complain to the ... and consumer welfare," according to a reportby news agency Bloomberg.
www.out-law.com/.../tripadvisor-adds-weight-to-eu-competitio...
EUobserver.com / News In Brief / UK report rejects EU financial ...
A report published on Friday by the UK House of Lords says an EU proposal to tax ... Subscribe to EUobserver's newsletter and receive a summary of our news ...
euobserver.com/1016/115754
Alcohol in the European Union: WHO releases updated report on ...
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) updates data on alcohol in the European Union (EU) and effective policies to address related harm.
www.alcoholpolicy.net/.../alcohol-in-the-european-union-who..
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