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EUROPE News, Aug 13, 2011


All eyes on Germany in Europe debt crisis
Los Angeles Times
Now that Europe's debt crisis is threatening economic giants like Italy, Spain and, most recently, France, everyone is looking to Germany yet again, and one of the key questions is how much patience the German public has left for its less-disciplined ...
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Los Angeles Times
Stocks Finish Modestly Higher on Europe Rally, Retail Data
TheStreet.com
By Chao Deng 08/12/11 - 04:40 PM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Stocks posted modest gains Friday, inspired by a strong rally in European markets. The advance allowed the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 to finish the week with losses of less than ...
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This time, let Adu's play do the talking
Los Angeles Times
We've been down that road before and it led to a downward spiral that left the former phenom playing in half-empty stadiums in Eastern Europe. That journey began in unprecedented fashion when, after a smattering of jaw- dropping performances as a ...
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European shares gain on bank relief-rally
Reuters
By Joanne Frearson LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - European shares gained on Friday as a short-selling ban on financial stocks by France, Italy, Spain and Belgium provided a relief rally in beaten-down banks, while strong US retail sales data also helped ...
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Short-Selling Ban Boosts European Stocks
Wall Street Journal
By SIMON KENNEDY And SARAH TURNER European equity markets rallied for a second session Friday after several countries introduced bans on short-selling of stocks. In Asia, losses for auto makers and computer-chip producers sent Tokyo and Seoul into the ...
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Stock markets complete wild week with another gain
Washington Post
World stock markets were mostly up Friday, ending a dramatic week marked by signs the US might be headed back into recession and Europe's worsening debt crisis. (Aug. 12) Major Europeanmarkets were up more than 3 percent Friday after officials banned ...
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Portugal Praised for Progress on Financial Overhaul
New York Times
Mr. Thomsen also argued that “even if the headwinds are stronger,” Portugal's position had been strengthened by the agreement in July among Europe's leaders to ease financing terms for Greece and other rescued euro economies. “The decision of European ...
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U.S. bonds have best week since 2008 on Europe and Fed
Reuters
US debt has also been attractive as investors fled Europe as contagion spread to French banks and stress began to be felt in short-term funding markets. Bonds extended price gains on Friday after data showed US consumer sentiment worsened sharply in ...
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Europe's Conservative Confusion - By Tyson Barker
Foreign Policy
BY TYSON BARKER | AUGUST 12, 2011 The European market collapse this past week has not just wiped out stockholders' investments -- it's helping to further stamp out the last remnants of center-left parties across the continent. ...
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Italy Agrees on $65 Billion in Austerity Measures
New York Times
The government was responding to demands by the European Central Bank, which last week began buying Italian bonds, driving down Italy's borrowing costs. But it did so on the condition that Italy make significant changes, including liberalizing its ...
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Asian Stocks Fall for a Third Week Amid Economic Growth, Earnings Concerns
Bloomberg
By Jonathan Burgos and Shani Raja - Fri Aug 12 23:37:19 GMT 2011 Asian stocks declined for a third week after Standard & Poor's Rating Service cut the US credit rating and as concern grewEurope's debt crisis will spread, sparking speculation the ...
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Samsung to appeal European block on Galaxy Tab sales, report says
Los Angeles Times
Samsung is reportedly planning to issue an appeal of a German court order that blocked sales of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 across Europe, with the exception of the Netherlands. The South Korean consumer electronics giant will file its appeal Aug. ...
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European shares jump on ECB lending, shorting ban
Reuters
By Harro ten Wolde and Blaise Robinson FRANKFURT/PARIS, Aug 12 (Reuters) - European stocks bounced on Friday, prompted by a short-selling ban on financial shares by France, Italy, Spain and Belgium and data from the European Central Bank's overnight ...
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More big name NBA-ers contemplating Europe
CBC.ca
Training camps are due to open in the first week of October, and Rondo and Jackson have set an Oct. 1 deadline for deciding if they'll play in Europe or elsewhere, or wait out the labour impasse that threatens to wipe out games and possibly, ...
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CBC.ca
Germany must defend the euro
Reuters (blog)
Perhaps most worryingly, Europe finally recognized the principle – long followed by the IMF – that countries in bailout programs should not be penalized on interest rates, but the same principle was not extended to countries that are not yet in bailout ...
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Reuters (blog)
Tata Motors plans Nano plants in Indonesia, Brazil and east Europe
Daily News & Analysis
By Yuga Chaudhari | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Tata Motors is exploring opportunities to open assembly lines for the Nano in Eastern Europe and Brazil, besides Indonesia, chairman Ratan Tata said on Friday. “We are also looking at maximising the ...
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Poland Regrets Helping Belarus Arrest Activist
New York Times
The revelations were an embarrassment for Poland and Lithuania, both European Union members. They border Belarus, and have been vocal critics of the country's strong-arm president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, who has ruled for 17 years. ...
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Europe's Rally Sets Stage for Flop
TheStreet.com
By Chao Deng 08/12/11 - 01:14 PM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- A temporary halt to short trading helped European markets rally on Friday, but a number of remaining red flags in the eurozone are likely to have a greater impact than the day-to-day whims of ...
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TheStreet.com
Société Générale Rises as a Global Worry
New York Times
“They are important to the financial system, not just in the US or Europe, but globally.” What's more, Société Générale has something of a history. It achieved notoriety during the last financial crisis when a rogue trader for the bank, Jérôme Kerviel, ...
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New York Times
France's economic growth grinds to a halt
Minneapolis Star Tribune
PARIS - The economy of France ground to a halt in the second quarter, the government reported Friday, posing a challenge to President Nicolas Sarkozy as France grapples with the growing costs of managing Europe's debt crisis. ...
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Europe 50 years after the wall divided Berlin
SignOnSanDiego.com
The end of the wall was the prime opportunity for a united Europe. A continent – dozens of countries – long characterized by their wars with one another suddenly had hope for lasting peace. In 1989, most European leaders of the day knew they had a ...
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ConocoPhillips Buys Diesel in Europe; Gasoil Rises: Oil Products
Bloomberg
By Nidaa Bakhsh - Fri Aug 12 16:35:05 GMT 2011 ConocoPhillips bought a cargo of diesel in northwest Europe from Morgan Stanley. Barges of the ultra-low-sulfur grade traded at a cheaper price than yesterday. Gasoil gained on London's ICE Futures Europe ...
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Sovereign, Corporate Credit-Default Swap Indexes Drop in Europe
Bloomberg
(Source: Bloomberg) The cost of insuring against default on European sovereign and corporate debt fell, according to traders of credit-default swaps. The Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe Index of credit- default swaps on 15 governments dropped 9 basis ...
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New system tackles Europe's loan trading backlog
Reuters
The system called Loan/SERV Cash on Transfer will allow the simultaneous exchange of cash and legal ownership of loans in secondary trading for the first time in Europe in a move that will streamline secondary sales, help to mitigate risk and bring ...
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A World Champion Who Could Be a Contender in Ukraine
New York Times
He is pro-European integration and favors Ukrainian as a national language. But his central appeal seems to be that he is strong and tall, and that he has never held public office in Ukraine before. Political experts and diplomats say the perpetual ...
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Mauritius's Rupee Set for a Second Weekly Retreat on Europe Debt Concern
Bloomberg
By Kamlesh Bhuckory - Fri Aug 12 10:20:08 GMT 2011 Mauritius's rupee is heading for a second week of declines against the dollar as governments struggle to contain the debt crisis in Europe, the nation's main trading partner, curbing demand for riskier ...
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Currencies' weekly carnival ride leaves dollar back at start
MarketWatch (blog)
After all the currency market's gyrations for the week – including a tussle over whether Europe or a downgraded US would win the ugly contest; a flight out of risk that rallied the safe-havens; and then a rebound in the Swiss franc on veiled central ...
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Stocks hold on to modest gains to end wild week
Houston Chronicle
But many said the selling was driven by emotion and that the S&P move had been discounted or paled in comparison to other factors, especially the economy and developments in Europe. Traders suggested a modest drop in claims for unemployment insurance ...
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Will Europe's Move to Tax Airlines' CO2 Emissions Spark a Global Trade War?
Treehugger
As you may be aware, the European Union is planning on instituting a carbon tax on airlines that fly in and out of its member nations. The deal is set to take effect, but the rumblings from the international community -- and the airlines balking at the ...
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Treehugger
N-Europe: News: Nintendo of Europe Expand Ambassador Scheme
Nintendo of Europe has announced that anyone who purchased the console before today and connected it to the Internet, even if it wasn't necessarily the eShop, will be eligible. Additionally anyone who downloaded the recent update or has ...
N-Europe
Italian government approves new austerity cuts - Europe news
Italy's government approved €45.5 billion ($64.84 billion) Friday in emergency austerity measures over two years to balance the budget by...
Mail.com: Breaking News
“Structural reforms must replace panic management in Europe” — RT
By RT
After a week of turmoil on the European financial markets, France, Italy, Spain and Belgium have decided to ban short-selling on the shares of banks and other financial companies.
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CNBC.com news editor moves overseas to handle Europe, Middle East ...
By Chris Roush
In the U.S., Kemp played a central role in developing the site at launch and now aims to make theEuropean edition of CNBC.com the destination of choice for business and finance news in Europeand beyond. ...
Talking Biz News
Your views on the news: Away from riots - debt, Europe and ...
By Hannah Waldram, James Walsh, Laura Oliver
While riots across England dominated much of the news this week, you've been telling us your views on stories this week.
Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
More Short Selling Bans in Europe | Live Stock Trading News ...
By Shayne Heffernan
Germany joins the push to ban Short Selling in Europe Germany Friday asked for a European ban on Short Selling shares to combat speculation following four.
Live Stock Trading News | Equities,...
HTC Sensation Android 2.3.4 update rolling out across Europe ...
By Alex Dobie
As our resident Brit, Alex cooks up steaming bowls of European news for Android Central on a daily basis. A reformed iPhone user, he now rocks a rooted LG Optimus 3D alongside whatever he happens to be testing this week. ...
Android Central - Android Forums,...
Europe short-selling ban reveals divisions | AAJ News
By Reuters
aaj-latest-news. ATC awards death penalty to Rangers personnel space Three policemen killed in Peshawar university campus space Sindh: 28 died in rain related incidents space GB protest: Govt announces compensation for victims space ...
AAJ News
Europe debt crisis raises pressure for radical fix (AP) | Wall ...
By Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
Rasmus Ruffer, left, of the European Central Bank, gestures during a joint news AP - FRANKFURT, Germany — As a week of market turmoil ended Friday, an increasing number of economists and policymakers were calling for an unprecedented ...
Wall Street Financial News
Accounting News Roundup: Short Selling Bans in Europe; Zynga's ...
By Caleb Newquist
Short Selling of Stocks Banned in France, Spain [Bloomberg] France, Spain, Italy and Belgium imposed bans on short-selling to stabilize markets after European banks including Societe Generale (GLE) SA hit their lowest level since the ...
Going Concern
Liquidity Options Running Out For European Banks - "Liquidity ...
By Tyler Durden
One of the key catalysts for Wednesday's market rout which originated in Europe came followingnews that Chinese banks had cut down on their credit lines to Europe, which highlighted the key threat to the European banking system: access ...
Futures up as Europe reverses higher
By mike.yamamoto@optionmonster.com
European shares are trading higher after starting the day in the red as bank stocks are helped by new short-sale bans. Asian markets close mixed.
optionMONSTER News
Uefa awards European soccer rights in Belarus - Sports Broadcast ...
By comment@sportspromedia.com
Uefa awards European soccer rights in Belarus, Soccer Broadcast news from SportsPro MediaEurope.
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Metering Europe looks at how utilities can meet ... - Dutch Daily News
By Dutch Daily News
What needs to happen for Europe to meet its smart metering targets? The continent's utility industry will take urgent stock in October during the annual Metering Europe, Billing/CRM Europe conference and expo in Amsterdam with more than ...
Fatah reaffirms 1968 Charter, endorses Judophobia | EuropeNews
EuropeNews: Light Posting until 16 August · Time Magazine Joins the Jihad · Northern Europe: The Battleground of the Future? ...
europenews.dk/en/node/45952
N-Europe: News: Iwata Promises a Mii Plaza Update
facebook.com/N-Europe @N_Europe · N-E YouTube Channel Subscribe to Feed. News: Iwata Promises a Mii Plaza Update. Posted by Ashley Jones - Aug 1st 2011 08: ...
n-europe.com/news.php?nid=16005
TERA Europe › Latest News: Roadmap for TERA › Frogster
At last year's Gamescom we were able to give everyone in Europe, for the first time, the opportunity to play TERA. Since then a lot has happened. ...
www.tera-europe.com/en/news,id572,roadmap_tera.html
Europe News AT 0730 G | WSLS 10
TOP STORIES ON SATURDAY, JULY 30: NORWAY-MASSACRE OSLO, Norway Somalis, Hindus and musicians hold more memorial services in Norway for the 77 people killed ...
www2.wsls.com/news/.../europe-news-at-0730-g-ar-1207235/
Europe News
Europe News. Page 1 of 5 | Next Page · Show Entire Article. Europe Curbs Short- Selling as Credit Markets Swoon. Reuters | August 12, 2011 | 01:41 AM EDT ...
m.eu.cnbc.com/europe/top_stories/44116061/1
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