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EUROPE News, Aug 22, 2011


Euro Bond: Wrong Answer or Critical for Europe?
CNBC.com
Euro bonds are exactly the “wrong answer” to the current crisis and would merely lead the euro zone to a "debt union" rather than a “stability union” according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The comments made over the weekend in an interview with ...
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Bulls pounce on European stocks as gold hits record
Financial Times
A burst of risk asset buying at the European open has rescued bourses from the summer doldrums, but investor sentiment is fragile as worries remain about a global economic slowdown and the debilitating impact of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis. ...
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European Stocks Rebound From Two-Year Low
Bloomberg
(Source: Bloomberg) European stocks rebounded from a two-year low amid speculation the Federal Reserve may this week signal addition measures to stimulate the economy. US index futures rose while Asian shares fell. Eni SpA (ENI), Italy's biggest oil ...
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European Stocks Fluctuate Near Two-Year Low; Energy Shares Gain
BusinessWeek
22 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks fluctuated between gains and losses after the benchmark StoxxEurope 600 Index fell to a two-year low last week. Asian shares declined and US index futures rose. The benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index advanced less than ...
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Merkel defies pressure on debt crisis
Financial Times
Angela Merkel on Sunday urged Europe to stand firm in the face of market pressure and the “dramatic crisis” gripping the eurozone, insisting the solution was for states to slash public debt and boost competitiveness. “Politics cannot and will not ...
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European stocks fall on debt woes, US fears
Business Standard
European stocks extended four weeks of losses on Monday, tracking jittery Asian shares lower, while gold shot to new highs as investors worried about the sluggish US economic outlook and Europe's festering debt crisis. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top...
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Business Standard
Assad Says He Rejects West's Calls to Resign
New York Times
Even for a government accustomed to bouts of isolation, the pressure from the United States andEurope is unprecedented. Last week, President Obama joined with European leaders in demanding that Mr. Assad surrender power “for the sake of the Syrian ...
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ECB austerity drive raises fears for democratic accountability in Europe
The Guardian
The European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet has called for a Europeanfinance ministry. Photograph: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images The EU's attempts to deal with the financial crisis by imposing austerity on member states will further ...
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The Guardian
Europe's Markets Start Lower
Wall Street Journal
By ANDREA TRYPHONIDES LONDON—European stocks opened lower Monday amid continued fears over global economic growth and the euro zone's efforts to contain the spiralling sovereign-debt crisis. The oil price was also set to be in focus as Libyan rebels ...
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Ageas, GDF Suez, France Telecom, JD Sports, SocGen: Europe Equity Preview
Bloomberg
By Victoria Taylor - Mon Aug 22 00:02:44 GMT 2011 The following companies' shares may have unusual moves in European trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 2 percent to 223.13. The Stoxx 50 Index lost 1.9 percent to ...
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Europe Factors-Shares set to resume slide on growth fears
Reuters
Aug 22 (Reuters) - PARIS, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Financial bookmakers expect to see the leadingEuropean benchmark indexes sinking on Monday, tracking losses on Wall Street on growing concern the world's biggest economy may slip into recession again. ...
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Money markets: Dollar costs steady but Europe concerns persist
Reuters
Worries about whether the US economy is slipping back into recession and news that someEuropean banks are facing troubles in accessing funds in the interbank markets have revived memories of the dark days of the 2008 financial crisis when credit ...
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SBI, BoB, PNB hit 52-week lows
India Infoline.com
Software pivotals extended recent steep losses in volatile trade on concerns that a likely economic slowdown in the US and Europe will hit technology spending by overseas clients. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth Rs 902.61 crore ...
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Five Steps to Solving Europe's Debt Crisis
New York Times
Three years ago, European governments stepped in to save the banking sector. Today, the euro zone's indebted sovereigns are threatening to cause a full-scale bank panic and possibly even another credit crisis. Europe's lenders must be insulated from ...
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Volkswagen to launch new small car, the up!, in Europe in December
Washington Post
in Europe in December. Europe's biggest automaker said Sunday that the up! — which will come in three versions with varying specifications — will be “one of the smallest four-seat cars.” It will be 11.6 feet (3.54 meters) long. ...
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SNP's student fee plans provoke Union row
Herald Scotland
Phil Shiner, a Birmingham-based lawyer, is said to be preparing to argue that the policy breaches discrimination rules under the European Convention on Human Rights and possibly within the UK Equality Act. The SNP administration yesterday insisted the ...
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Herald Scotland
City on top in England as money talks in Europe
NDTV.com
Paris: Manchester City took top spot in the English Premier League with a 3-2 win at Bolton while fellow European big spenders Paris Saint-Germain registered their first league win of the season in France. - Manchester City showed their Premier League ...
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City grandee Spencer says Icap 'will quit UK' if Europe imposes Tobin tax
Scotsman
By Martin Flanagan THE owner of one of the City of London's linchpin firms has given warning that it would move the business abroad if the European Union imposes its threatened "Tobin tax" on financial transactions. Michael Spencer, the wealthy founder ...
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Balanced Budget Acts as Dumb in Europe as in U.S.: Noah Feldman
Bloomberg
Various European countries have different rules for amendments. But in many of them, observers note, there would be a major parliamentary fight before any such provision could be adopted. Approving a constitutional amendment is by definition harder ...
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Oil Prices Set to Slip if Rebels Win Libya
Wall Street Journal
US prices rose well above $100 a barrel to a 2011 high of $113.93 on April 29, and the price of theEuropean benchmark, known as Brent, hit $126.65 earlier that month. Europe, which received over half Libya's oil exports for most of last year, ...
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Stuck in Europe
Salon
By Cary Tennis I'm a 40-year-old mom living in a Central European capital with my son and husband. My husband is teaching English here at a bilingual school and my son attends that school, the only American student, which has been quite difficult (but ...
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Salon
Nycomed and Norgine sign a Licence Agreement for MOVIPREP® in Russia and the ...
Reuters
MOVIPREP is marketed by Norgine through its own Sales and Marketing organisation and by Salix Pharmaceuticals in the USA, by Medical Futures in Canada, by PharmaSwiss in Central and EasternEurope and is under development with Ajinomoto in Japan. ...
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Italy's Debt Burden May Balloon as Austerity Smothers Growth: Euro Credit
Bloomberg
By Jeffrey Donovan - Sun Aug 21 23:01:00 GMT 2011 Italy's austerity drive, enacted in exchange forEuropean Central Bank bond purchases driving down borrowing costs, may backfire as it chokes the economic growth needed to ease Europe's second-biggest ...
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Asian equities decline on Europe debt concerns
Citywire.co.uk
Concern about Europe's sovereign debt crisis grew after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she'll resist pressure to back common euro- area bonds as a means to solve the region's debt crisis. Investor calls for euro bonds intensified last week amid ...
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Global Stocks Fall on US Recession, European Debt Worries
The Lincoln Tribune
Global Stocks ended the week lower as fresh worries over a possible US recession and Europe'sdebt crisis roiled markets anew. The inability of political leaders on both continents to deal with the crisis is adding to the volatility. ...
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Teen volunteers in Europe during vacation
Jacksonville Daily News
“It has a lot of good volunteer work and they also have a lot projects with the orphanages in EasternEurope, in Romania and other countries.” Luciana said. “They have projects where people can go and build homes for other people. ...
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Switch to euro fuels Europe's economic woes
Lewiston Sun Journal
In Europe the past couple of decades, this hasn't been a fanciful hope, it's been a reality. A political and financial overclass engineered the adoption of the euro, based on one of the world's most foolhardy delusions since the fall of the Berlin ...
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Iberian lynx not doomed by its genetics
PhysOrg.com
The low genetic diversity of the Iberian lynx – the most endangered carnivore in Europe – may not decrease the species' chance of survival, according to new research by geneticists. Research looking at DNA from Iberian lynx fossils shows that they have ...
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Obama doesn't expect another recession
Los Angeles Times
Obama attributed August's stock market roller coaster to "a lot of head winds" from world events — the debt crisis in Europe, the earthquake in Japan and the increase in gas prices caused by the protests in the Middle East last spring. ...
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Los Angeles Times
Tensions again flare in Kosovo
Monsters and Critics.com
Pristina/Belgrade - Tensions again rose Sunday in the Serb-dominated northern Kosovo when NATO peacekeepers and European Union police moved to seize a dredger used in riots last month. A crowd of local Serbs blocked the unit of the NATO peacekeeping ...
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Chimney sweeps learn new tricks in US visit
Staunton News Leader
But things are changing in Europe, as countries deregulate the chimney sweep industry and do away with their monopolistic districts. What they want to know from Americans is how to survive and thrive in a free marketplace. It's enough to make European ...
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European Smart Grid Market Expected to Grow Significantly
SmartMeters
A new report by GTM Research forecasts that the smart grid market in Europe will enjoy significant development over the next five years as utilities meet rigorous efficiency mandates and integrate renewable energies into the grid. ...
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Satyam: Decision-Making on Large Deals Being Delayed
Wall Street Journal
The US downgrade and debt crises in Europe have raised concerns for Indian outsourcing companies, which get more than 80% of their revenue from the two main outsourcing markets. Analysts fear the events may lead to cash-strapped clients cutting ...
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Memories of 2008 Spooking Investors
CNBC.com
"Europe is the issue that markets want resolved right now," Patrick Armstrong, managing partner, Armstrong Investment Managers, said. "We need a bigger bailout fund as precursor to a Eurobond and more fiscal integration to allow for a Eurobond. ...
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Austerity is ushering in a global recession
Christian Science Monitor (blog)
By Robert Reich, Guest blogger / August 21, 2011 Not only is the United States slouching toward a double dip, but so is Europe. New data out today show evenEurope's strongest core economies – Germany, France, and the Netherlands – slowing to a crawl. ...
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Christian Science Monitor (blog)
N-Europe: News: Xenoblade Stock Shortages Continue
There are still stock shortages of Xenoblade Chronicles according to European online retailer, Shopto. It has already been reported that there are stock shortages of the upcoming Wii game Xenoblade Chronicles and it seems that these ...
N-Europe
A 'Christian' Europe Without Christianity | The Freedomist ...
By staffwriter
A 'Christian' Europe Without Christianity. A 'Christian' Europe Without Christianity. Christian WorldNews- Christian Bias SOURCE: – http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CYRRUtOyz4AnY3_wgt. ...
The Freedomist- Freedom News
LG Optimus Sol Android smartphone heading to Europe in September ...
By Ben Griffin
LG will introduce the LG Optimus Sol into Europe in mid-September, after which it will land in Central and South America. Black, titan and white will be the colours available, 'depending on the region.' A price has yet to be confirmed, ...
Mobile Phone News, Comment and...
Greeks act to avert bank failure - News on the European Union
By Europe in News
EUROPE IN NEWS – Economy: Greece's four largest banks agreed to take up a €50m convertible bond to help re-capitalise Proton Bank, a small lender, the central bank announced – More | Europein News ...
Europe in News
Barrio Fiesta exhibits Pinoy culture in Vienna | U.S. News Las Vegas
By admin
By Hector Pascua, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau and U.S. News Agency / Asian. Filipinos based in Austria celebrated with a Barrio Fiesta event that showcased Pinoy culture and traditions. “'Barrio fiesta' translates as 'neighborhood party' ...
U.S. News Las Vegas
Kitagawa Europe To Showcase Rotary Table Range At EMO 2011 ...
By ABMN Staff
Kitagawa Europe To Showcase Rotary Table Range At EMO 2011 The EMO 2011 event takes place on September 19th in Hannover and Kitagawa's specialist rotary...
American Banking News
LG sheds light on the Optimus Sol, available mid-September in Europe
By News Reporter
If you're interested in picking up what LG is putting down here, you'll be able to do so in parts ofEurope around mid-September, followed by a release to Central and South America afterward. It'll also be available in black, titan and white color options. Want to know more? Take a look at the full press release ... GM sheds a little more light on next-gen Volts and next-gen battery packs. ByNews Reporter in forum In The News. Replies: 0. Last Post: 01-12-2011, 12:00 PM ...
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Balanced Budget Acts as Dumb in Europe as in U.S.: Noah Feldman ...
International law news · Peace Palace Library // International Law Library. the library is not responsible for the content of outside sources. Edit · Delete · Tags · Autopost · Aug 22 / 12:43am. Balanced Budget Acts as Dumb in Europe as ...
International law news
Greece Calls On Europe To Give Clear Message On Finland Deal ...
By Apostolos Papapostolou
Categorized | Economy, News Tweet This · Greece Calls On Europe To Give Clear Message On Finland Deal. Posted on 21 August 2011 by Apostolos Papapostolou. Greece called on EuropeanUnion leaders Sunday to step in and resolve growing ...
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Asia Stocks Fall as QE3 Speculation Fails to Ease Europe Concern ...
By asia economy - Google News
Financial Newsbusiness news. Stock Market, Forex, Commodities, Business news. Recent Posts. Asia Stocks Fall as ... financial news finance news. Asia Stocks Fall as QE3 Speculation Fails to Ease Europe Concern – San Francisco Chronicle ...
Financial News
Weekend Video Update: European Sovereign Debt Problems Spill Over ...
By Karen Valby
Once again, the problems with sovereign debt in Europe spilled over into the global equity markets, and in particular the bank stocks. Europe is “the tail that wags the dog”, and in this case, it's the world.Weekend Video Update Here. ...
Wall Street Financial News
Symphony X Announce European Tour Dates - in Metal News ( Metal ...
Symphony X, through Nuclear Blast Records and World Management, announced European tour dates for Symphony X in support of the band's new LP "Iconoclast." Norwegian progressive metal act Pagan's Mind and Italy's DGM will provide support ...
Metal Underground.com
Global hotel pulse: Europe news
HotelNewsNow.com each week features a news roundup from a different region of the world. Today's review covers Europe. Europe results for June ...
www.hotelnewsnow.com/.../Global-hotel-pulse-Europe-news
N-Europe: News: Patent Unveils Info About Wii U Controller
Free Flash Games · News · Games · Features · Reviews · Previews · Releases · Archived News. N-Europe Search: Comics · Videos · Podcasts · Wallpapers ...
n-europe.com/news.php?nid=16078
Chevrolet Media - Europe - News
Location: Europe : English : Chevrolet. Brand Chevrolet. Core Brands: Opel · Chevrolet · Cadillac. Media Europe. News · Vehicles · Press Kits · Photos ...
media.opel.com/media/intl/en/chevrolet/news.html/

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