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EUROPE News, Aug 17, 2011


European Factors-Shares set to fall after key meeting
Reuters
LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - European shares were set to fall on Wednesday, with traders disappointed at the lack of a positive outcome of a meeting between German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas Sarkozy, as they tried to stop the ...
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Fresh Plan for Europe Crisis
Wall Street Journal
Neal Lipschutz discusses and looks at the potential impact on Europe and the United States. Meeting in Paris, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed that euro-zone leaders gather more often to better coordinate ...
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Gold May Advance for Third Day as European Debt Concern Fuels Haven Demand
Bloomberg
By Glenys Sim - Wed Aug 17 07:29:24 GMT 2011 Gold climbed for a third straight day toward a record on concern that Europe's sovereign-debt crisis may escalate and hurt economic growth, triggering a slump in equities and fueling demand for a haven. ...
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Asia Stocks Rise for Third Day on Profits; Euro Falls Versus Yen
BusinessWeek
Europe's 17-nation currency was little changed at $1.4409 and depreciated 0.2 percent versus the yen. The Swiss franc weakened against all 16 major peers. Wheat gained a third day, copper advanced as much as 1 percent and crude climbed 0.9 percent in ...
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Sony perplexes with budget PSP E-1000 for Europe
ZDNet (blog)
By Gloria Sin | August 16, 2011, 10:16pm PDT Summary: Sony introduces a bare-bones PSP that is more retro than the full version PSP 3000 for the European market this holiday season. But you won't believe where they cut the fat. ...
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ZDNet (blog)
JSE down, Europe growth weighs
Independent Online
The JSE opened in the red in line with most global stocks on Wednesday as disappointing growth news out of Europe, particularly Germany, continued to concern investors. By 09:16 local time, the JSE all-share index had dropped 0.38%, with platinum ...
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Independent Online
McDonald's top Europe executive to quit
Financial Times
McDonald's fast food restaurant chain said its top executive in Europe was resigning after less than a year in the job, which would spark a shake-up in the company's biggest-selling region. Steve Easterbrook, 44, will step down as president of ...
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Growth in Emerging Countries Slows Significantly
Wall Street Journal
By GORDON FAIRCLOUGH BUDAPEST—Growth in Central Europe's emerging markets is slowing significantly as the recovery in the neighboring euro zone loses steam. Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania on Tuesday all reported preliminary figures showing ...
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'Fast Money' Recap: Europe's Murky Outlook
TheStreet.com
For the second major story of the day, Lee turned to Europe and the failure of the leaders of France and Germany to strike a eurobond deal. Kelly said the other surprises were the lack of any move to increase the size of the rescue fund and talk of a ...
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Chi-X Europe latest to commit to clearing choice
Reuters
By Luke Jeffs LONDON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Chi-X Europe has become the latest European trading venue to offer clients a choice of clearing provider, in a move the region's top investment banks hope will dramatically cut the cost of trading European ...
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Europe's ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab lifted, for now
Digitaltrends.com
A German court has partially lifted the preliminary injunction against Samsung that prevented the South Korea-based company from legally distributing its Galaxy Tab 10.1 throughout all European Union countries, except Germany. ...
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Digitaltrends.com
Swiss Franc Remains the Safest Currency as Long as Europe's Debt Problems Continue
Seeking Alpha
With the looming sovereign debt crisis in Europe and the instability of the US stock market, the Swiss Franc has been the prime beneficiary besides the Yen. Due to its proximity to the Eurozone, the Franc gains every time there are speculations on the ...
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CORRECTED-Austerity Europe to check construction recovery
Reuters
FRANKFURT, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The sluggish recovery in Europe's construction sector will come into focus on Wednesday when several major players report earnings, many burdened by austerity measures and civil spending cuts at home and abroad. ...
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Tea Party Applauds Europe's Call for Balanced Budgets
NewsMax.com
By David A. Patten Grass-roots conservatives celebrated Tuesday after learning that Europeanleaders are calling for constitutional amendments across the euro zone that would require all member nations to submit a balanced budget -- the same tea ...
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Economic Instability Threatens European Unity
NPR
Europe's economic growth has slowed dramatically, even in the economic powerhouse of Germany. Steven Erlanger of the New York Times and Time Magazine's Rana Foroohar discuss what Europe'swealthier states can do to help their neighbors, ...
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Asian football stars reluctant to return home
Fox News
Hidetoshi Nakata never returned to play club football in Japan after his successful career in Europe. Park, 30, has signed a new two-year contract with English champion Manchester United and has spoken of his desire to end his playing days in Europe. ...
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Reports: Bank Of America In Talks To Sell Property Assets To Blackstone
RTT News
The sale would reportedly comprise unwanted property investments in Europe, the US and South America, and is part of Bank of America's efforts to dispose off non-core assets and bolster its balance sheet as well as capital ratios. ...
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Corporate, Sovereign Bond Risk Rises in Europe as Growth Slows
Bloomberg
By Charles Mead - Tue Aug 16 12:22:44 GMT 2011 The cost of insuring sovereign and corporate debt rose in Europe after reports showed the region's economic growth slowed more than forecast in the second quarter as Germany's recovery almost ground to a ...
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Emerging Stocks Retreat After German Growth Unexpectedly Slows
San Francisco Chronicle
16 (Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market stocks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa fell the first day in four and pared gains elsewhere after Germany's economy almost stalled in the second quarter. The MSCI Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa Index ...
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Joe Jonas To Hit Road With Jay Sean
MTV.com
Co-headlining jaunt will hit 19 US cities before Jonas rejoins Britney Spears tour in Europe. By Jocelyn Vena (@jocelyn1212) Joe Jonas is getting ready for some guys' nights out. He's set to hit the road next month with Jay Sean for a co-headlining ...
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Mexico's Peso Weakens On Europe Worries; Long-Term Bonds Rally
Wall Street Journal
By Amy Guthrie Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)--The Mexican peso weakened against the US dollar Tuesday as concerns about European economies and debt loads turned investors away from risky assets. Mexican information service Infosel ...
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Weak GDP and sales slump weigh on stocks
CNN
By Ivan Hoff August 16, 2011: 1:36 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- All eyes are looking atEurope today, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy meet to coordinate a strategy for coping with the expanding financial crisis. ...
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Samsung wins tablet reprieve in Europe
Rethink Wireless
Analysts believe the firm would lose at least 10% of its tablet shipments should the ban remain in place for the rest of 2011, with western Europe expected to account for about 30% of total tablet sales this year. Apple says the new larger Galaxy Tab, ...
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Big-name Europe equity funds hit hard in August rout
Reuters
By Cecilia Valente and Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - The 10 largest European equity funds shed an aggregated 7 percent of their assets in the first two weeks of August as panic about the future of the euro zone rocked markets, leaving many scrambling ...
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DeMark Says U.S. Stock Rally May Begin in Weeks, Europe Banks Are 'Buys'
Bloomberg
European banks including Societe Generale SA “look like buys” after the shares tumbled this month, he said. “We're at the point right now where the next trip down will probably generate a buy signal,” said DeMark, the founder of Market Studies LLC. ...
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Brent crude rises, above $109 on US gasoline draw
Reuters
A meeting between French and German leaders didn't result in any concrete measures to try and find a way out of Europe's sovereign debt problems, but better-than-expected US industrial production numbers helped bolster sentiment. ...
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Reuters
Europe's Debt Crisis Derails Wall Street Rally
PBS Nightly Business Report
TOM HUDSON, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT ANCHOR: US stocks, Susie, ended a three-day rally today as investors were clearly disappointed by proposals to fix Europe's debt problems. The hope was that dramatic new ideas would come from the meeting today ...
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Lira Falls on Central-Bank Rate Outlook, European Growth Concern
Bloomberg
By Selcuk Gokoluk and Mark Bentley - Tue Aug 16 15:16:58 GMT 2011 The lira fell for the first day in three on bets the central bank will keep rates at a record low and as Germany's economy almost stalled, adding to concern of recession in the European ...
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Earth science: Climate monitoring network reaches into Europe
ZDNet (blog)
By Heather Clancy | August 16, 2011, 6:40am PDT Summary: Earth Networks will contribute environmental monitoring technology in regions only sparsely covered by a European climate science consortium. The deal with ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation ...
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GreenBytes Reports Significant Customer Growth in North America and Europe ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The significant market growth is attributed to the sales of GreenBytes' GB-X Series of high-performance SSD accelerated inline deduplicating SAN and NAS appliances as customers from North America and Europe are increasingly turning to GreenBytes for ...
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'Western Europe has foreign forces massed upon their border.' - Gov Rick Perry
Examiner.com
"Western Europe has foreign forces massed upon their border." What forces might these be? The Soviet Union collapsed two decades ago. The Russian Air Force and Navy are a fraction of what they were during the height of the Cold War. ...
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Google-Motorola: The European Opportunity—And Challenges
paidContent.org
If Google (NSDQ: GOOG) gets the green light to buy Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility for $12.5 billion, one area where the deal could be especially significant is in Europe, where Motorola has all but disappeared after once enjoying a healthy share of the ...
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Kevin Durant will announce Europe decision on October 1: Fan reaction
Yahoo! Sports
Kevin Durant(notes), the NBA scoring leader in back-to-back seasons, has said that he will announce on October 1, 2011, his decision about whether he will take his talents to Europe if the NBA lockout continues into the regular season. ...
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Chilean Peso Little Changed as U.S. Production Offsets Europe
San Francisco Chronicle
16 (Bloomberg) -- Chile's peso was little changed as higher-than-forecast US industrial production offset Europe's slowest economic growth since the Euro region emerged from a recession in 2009. The peso fell less than 0.1 percent to 472.11 per US ...
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European Concerns Over Muslim Immigration Go Mainstream | EuropeNews
By pk
A separate Maurice de Hond poll published by the popular NU.nl news website on July 29 shows that 63% of Dutch are "worried about the fact that the influence of Islam in Western European countries is increasing." ...
N-Europe: News: Nintendo's Shares Jump 10% in Japan
For some time now we've read nothing but bad news about Nintendo and its shares. Following the announcement of the Wii U they dropped and last month Nintendo announced its predictions for this financial year were to be by 82%, which in ...
N-Europe
Europe: Lord Stirling's News Blog EUROPE
By Lord Stirling
Lord Stirling's news blog EUROPE. Franco-German call for 'true euro economic governance' - with video ~ link ~Speaking at a joint news conference, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged much closer ...
Europe
This Week in Europe Downloads - August 18, 2011 - News - Nintendo ...
By J.P. Corbran
This Week in Europe Downloads - August 18, 2011. by J.P. Corbran, News Editor - August 16, 2011 - 11:35 A.M.. Total Comments: 5. A new 3D Classic headlines the week. European 3DS owners will have the opportunity this week to download ...
Nintendo World Report Updates
PlayStation 3D Display confirmed for Europe | Games industry news ...
GAMESCOM: Sony has confirmed that its innovative PlayStation 3D Display monitor will be available in Europe before the year is out.
MCV: Home Stream
Samsung tablet ban lifted in Europe - Mobility - CRNTech - News ...
A spokesman for the German court said the decision followed questions about whether or not it had jurisdiction to ban a South Korean company from making sales across Europe. "There are two Samsung companies involved in the case - one is ...
CRN
Spurs boss travels to Europe to watch transfer target | Spurs News ...
By admin
Harry Redknapp travelled to Holland to cast his eye over striking target Bryan Ruiz. The Spurs boss was in attendance for FC Twente's UEFA Champions.
Spurs News and Rumours | Tottenham...
Beware Europe's Debt Volcano | Gold News
By Dan Denning
Gold News - Gold Market Analysis & Gold Investment Research - Gold Price Commentary & Forecasts.
Gold News - Gold Market Analysis...
Germany and France Suggest and Propose 'One Government' for Europe ...
Germany and France Suggest and Propose 'One Government' for Europe Led by EU President. Tags: Angela Merkel, EuropeEuropean Economic Government, European Government, Eurozone Government, World News. August 16, 2011 11:20 AM ...
BCNN1 - Black Christian News
Apple Fails to Ban Samsung Tablet Sales in Europe | Stock Market News
By edliston
Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) attempts to put the same kind of ban that it has put on the sales of Samsung's 10.1 Galaxy Tab failed on Tuesday in Europe, after.
Stock Market News
Europe will have a "true economic government ... - Financial News
By forex - Google News
Financial Newsbusiness news. Stock Market, Forex, Commodities, Business news. Recent Posts ...financial news finance newsEurope will have a "true economic government": Merkel/Sarkozy – Forexrazor. Europe will have a "true economic ...
Financial News
Investec partners England and Great Britain hockey - Sports ...
By comment@sportspromedia.com
16 August 2011 | Posted in Sponsorship, Hockey, Europe | By Jonathan Tait. Specialist bank and asset management company, Investec, has signed a five-year deal to become the principal partner of both the Great Britain and England women's ...
SportsPro Media - Latest News
Euro Drops as Europe's Economic Growth Slows — Forex News
By NewsInspector
The euro snapped its three-day rally today after the macroeconomic data showed Europe's economic growth is slowing, intensifying concerns about the impact of the debt crisis on the Eurozone economy. The German GDP, according to the ...
Forex News
US stocks fall on European economic, debt ... - Bangor Daily News
By UnBylined
NEW YORK — Worries about Europe's economic and debt problems sent stocks Tuesday to their first loss in four days. The major indexes bounced up and down in another volatile day. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 120 points ...
Bangor Daily News
European Ban On Galaxy Tab 10.1 Lifted By German ... - Android News
By Justin Routhier
Here's a switch for you: The same German court which last week ruled in favor of Apple to ban sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 throughout Europe has now lifted that same ban on all EU countries except for Germany. The court was concerned it ...
Android News, Rumours, and Updates
AstraZeneca will not begin new clinical trials in Hungary ...
As we reported in Central Europe Pharma News on a previous occasion, also Pfizer threatened to stop funding trials in Hungary if R&D expenses can no longer ...
www.pharmapoland.com/.../AstraZeneca-will-not-begin-new-c...

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