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EUROPE News, Aug 25, 2011


European Factors-Shares set to gain on Bernanke; focus on techs
Reuters
LONDON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - European shares were set to rise on Thursday for a fourth straight session on US data and on hopes that US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke could signal measures on Friday to support the struggling economy. ...
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Europe Banks Lean More on Emergency Funding
Wall Street Journal
By DAVID ENRICH, TODD BUELL and ANUSHA SHRIVASTAVA Commercial banks boosted their reliance on the European Central Bank, borrowing €2.82 billion ($4.07 billion) from an emergency lending facility on Tuesday, while other banks continue to park unusually ...
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German Unease May Add to Europe's Woes
Wall Street Journal
With conditions now becoming dimmer for Europe's biggest economy, consumers may hunker down more, an added burden for a euro bloc struggling to contain a debt crisis. Thursday's release of a key consumer-sentiment report will shed further light on how ...
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Wall Street Journal
Ukraine's Future Is With the European Union
Wall Street Journal
It is my goal to set Ukraine on the path to becoming a proud member of the European Union. I believe Ukraine's future belongs in Europe. While our historical connection to Russia will continue to be very important, the key to prosperity for our people ...
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German consumers downbeat on global recession worries: GfK
Reuters
By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - German consumer sentiment fell slightly going into September, a survey showed on Thursday, hitting a 10-month low as the euro zone debt crisis and fears of another recession in Europe and the United States weighed on ...
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Emerging markets growth cheers Diageo
Financial Times
By Mark Wembridge Johnnie Walker scotch lovers in Latin America and drinkers of premium brand beers in Africa have helped Diageo offset shrinking sales in Europe. The world's largest spirits company by turnover on Thursday reported that full-year group ...
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Europe Accuses Iranian Force of Aiding Syrian Crackdown
New York Times
By NADA BAKRI The move adds the European Union's imprimatur to charges that Iran has aided Mr. Assad in carrying out a brutal crackdown of pro-democracy activists that the United Nations says has killed 2200 people since March. ...
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RPT-Reuters Forest Forum-WRAPUP 1-Weak Europe paper demand the "new normal"
Reuters
By Jussi Rosendahl HELSINKI, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Prospects of another economic slowdown may force global forest products companies to cut capacity in Europe while they pursue growth in emerging markets and packaging, executives say. ...
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Sarkozy Proposes New Tax Measures to Lower Debt
New York Times
By SCOTT SAYARE and STEVEN ERLANGER PARIS — With sluggish growth and the Europeandebt crisis threatening to deepen France's budget deficit, the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday announced a wide-ranging series of tax measures ...
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Apple Ruling Hits Samsung
Wall Street Journal
A Dutch court barred units of Samsung Electronics Co. from selling several smartphone models in much of Europe, marking a victory for Apple Inc. as it engages in global litigation to protect its iPhone and other mobile devices. ...
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US stock futures signal mixed open; techs eyed
Reuters
European shares rose 1 percent on Thursday, extending a rally into a fourth day as speculation grew that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would announce stimulus measures for the struggling US economy on Friday. Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.5 ...
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Champions League draw: Manchester City face tough introduction
The Guardian
Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Arsenal will join the top seeds in the Champions League draw on Thursday afternoon following their victory over Udinese but Manchester City face a tough introduction to life in Europe's elite club competition. ...
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The Guardian
Glass Half Empty for Europe's Brewers
Wall Street Journal
By ARCHIBALD PREUSCHAT AMSTERDAM—Europe's brewers are losing their fizz. Heineken NV on Wednesday reported disappointing first-half earnings and warned full-year net profit will be flat as volumes stalled in July and August. ...
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Edenred confident on H2, banks on Latam
Reuters
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS, Aug 25 (Reuters) - French vouchers and prepaid cards group Edenred said it had seen no signs of a slowdown and predicted strong demand from Latin America and improving trends in Europe would underpin 2011 profits. ...
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Credit Agricole Q2 slips, liquidity in focus
Reuters
Bank stocks across Europe have been badly battered in recent weeks by fears that access to money-market funding in the US is drying up. Credit Agricole said second-quarter net profit fell to 339 million euros, beating consensus analyst expectations of ...
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European shares hit highs on Jackson Hole optimism
Reuters
By Atul Prakash LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - European shares hit a one-week closing high on Wednesday on better-than-expected US durable goods data and on hopes that the US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke could signal on Friday further stimulus ...
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Germany fires cannon shot across Europe's bows
Telegraph.co.uk
German President Christian Wulff has accused the European Central Bank of violating its treaty mandate with the mass purchase of southern European bonds. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, in Lindau, Germany In a cannon shot across Europe's bows, ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Philadelphia Orchestra begins European tour on a note of trepidation
Philadelphia Inquirer
The long-planned 13-concert sweep through Europe's most prestigious festivals begins Thursday with the Grafenegg Music Festival outside Vienna, Austria, and ends Sept. 9 in Paris. While the tour was never said to have been in significant danger, ...
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Irishman Paul McGinley looks to be in driver's seat to captain Europe in 2014 ...
Washington Post
By AP, GLENEAGLES, Scotland — Europe isn't lacking potential captains for the Ryder Cup, and it appears popular Irishman Paul McGinley is the top candidate for the role in 2014 at Gleneagles. This week, McGinley was reappointed as Britain & Ireland ...
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Clients pressure Europe bourses on clearing choice
Reuters
By Luke Jeffs LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's largest exchanges, including the London Stock Exchange (LSE.L), NYSE Euronext (NYX.N) and Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE), face growing pressure from their main clients to copy rivals and offer brokers a wider ...
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Former German Chancellor Criticizes Merkel's Europe Course
The Epoch Times
(Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Germany's longest serving chancellor and former patron of the current head of state Angela Merkel, criticized her European policy as lacking direction and principles, in an interview published this week. ...
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Guess Profit Falls 9.1% on Settlement Charge
Wall Street Journal
By NATHALIE TADENA Guess Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter profit fell 9.1% on a settlement charge, though the apparel maker posted better-than-expected revenue on double-digit sales growth inEurope and Asia. Shares fell 3.1% to $32.25 in recent ...
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NATO, Europe weakened despite Libya victory
SBS
France and Britain proved their military ability in the absence of US leadership in Libya but theEuropean Union and NATO emerged paradoxically weakened, analysts said. Read more The SBS MP3 Player requires the Adobe Flash 8 Plugin. ...
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Business Confidence Slips in Germany
New York Times
By JACK EWING FRANKFURT — Fears that Germany, the largest economy in Europe, could be headed for recession increased Wednesday after a monthly indicator of German business sentiment fell more than expected. The Ifo business climate index, ...
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Six rescued in vice raids
Belfast Telegraph
Six eastern European women have been rescued after detectives swooped on a human trafficking ring which is part of a major Europe-wide vice operation. Four suspects - three men and a woman - were arrested and were being questioned by the PSNI's ...
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FarmVille maker taps Euronet unit to expand in Europe
Bizjournals.com
Participants in Zynga's FarmVille will be able to buy Zynga Game Cards through Euronet's network inEurope. A Euronet Worldwide Inc. unit soon will start selling in-game currency for popular online games such as FarmVille and CityVille in 18 European ...
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MARKET COMMENT: Daimler, Ageas Lead European Markets Up
Wall Street Journal
By Simon Kennedy LONDON (Dow Jones)--European stock markets ended higher Wednesday, as a sharp gain in US durable-goods orders and hopes for further stimulus measures from the Federal Reserve more than offset any worries over a downgrade of Japan and ...
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Ukrainian Opposition Protests Tymoshenko Trial on Independence Day
Voice of America
Speaking ahead of the anniversary, Yanukovych said he expects to complete negotiations with theEuropean Union on a political association agreement and a free trade deal by the end of this year. He said Ukraine has made an "irreversible" choice to ...
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Emerging Markets Bonds: A Slippery Slope Amid Europe's Debt Woes
Barron's (blog)
But to a much larger degree, he points out, the 800-pound gorilla continues to be Europe. The portfolio managers at Van Eck Global, which sponsors EMLC, is an expert in debt issues from developing markets. In a discussion today about global bonds, ...
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BATS, Chi-X Europe Tie-Up Sees Few Objections From Traders, Exchanges
NASDAQ
By Jacob Bunge, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BATS Global Markets' proposed takeover ofEuropean share-trading platform Chi- X Europe raised few red flags among rival exchanges and major trading houses in the region, according to testimony released by UK ...
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The Jihad Against the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek ... - EuropeNews
By pk
American Thinker 24 August 2011. By Janet Levy. In Germany, where Holocaust denial is punishable by up to five years in prison, Stuttgart University recently capitulated to pressure from resident Turkish Muslims and canceled an event ...
Italy: 4 Italian journalists abducted in Libya - Europe news
Four Italian journalists were kidnapped and their driver killed, apparently by Libyan regime loyalists, as they traveled down a highway to...
Mail.com: International
News you may have missed #576 (Europe edition) « intelNews.org
By Ian Allen
News you may have missed #576 (Europe edition). August 24, 2011 by Ian Allen Leave a Comment. GCHQ. ►►Inside Britain's signals intelligence agency. This account of the work of Britain's General Communications Headquarters is a bit ...
intelNews.org
NORTH AMERICA: Keystone XL: A Pipeline to Europe? - Care2 News Network
By Cal Mendelsohn
TransCanada now wants to spend seven billion dollars to build the Keystone XL pipeline, which would stretch 2700 km south from Canada's tar sands in northern Alberta through the American heartland, including the Ogallala aquifer in ...
Care2 News Network
Jim Barber named President of UPS Europe | eyefortransport | News ...
By csaynor
3PL/LSP · People News. UPS has appointed Jim Barber, a 26-year UPS veteran, its new president of the UPS Europe region with responsibility for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Barber most recently served as the chief operations ...
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Libyan rebel envoy in Europe to seek frozen funds - WAVE 3 News ...
Latest Louisville breaking news, headlines, weather, and sports. Kentucky local TV news and more from NBC local affiliate in Louisville, Kentucky, WAVE 3.
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Europe close: Bourses buoyed ahead of close - stock market news ...
Europe close: Bourses buoyed ahead of close - stock market news and uk share prices - stock market news and uk share prices.
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Agfa HealthCare - Second Quarter 2011
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Greeks the Second Happiest People in Europe | Greece.GreekReporter ...
By Lia Pavlou
According to research by the non profit organization “Foundation for Future Studies” whose central office is in Hamburg of Germany, Greeks are the second happiest people in Europe in spite of the economic crisis. The happiest of all are ...
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Samsung: Dutch courts ruling won't block sale of Galaxy S II ...
PARTNERS. Pocket Gamer on NewsNow · dx.net. NEWS. Printable version | Send to a friend. Samsung: Dutch courts ruling won't block sale of Galaxy S II across Europe. Taking 'all possible measures' to fight ruling ...
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Time for Europe to Step Up on Defense Spending
By Sally McNamara
Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has reminded NATO's European members that the Libyan mission has only been made possible by strong U.S. support. ... The geological event, which affected the eastern third of the United States, sent thousands of workers in our nation's capital (and in New York City) scurrying into the streets waiting for news of what to do next. Fortunately, the quake resulted in only some minor injuries and minor damage to buildings, a shortened ...
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Europe stocks defy declines in US, Asia « Breaking News & Updates
By Breaking News
Breaking News & Updates ... BRUSSELS (AP) — Stocks in Europe rose today, defying declines in the U.S. and Asia, as investors awaited potential new action from the Federal Reserve to kick start the world's largest economy. ...
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Michigan bill targets use of 'foreign' laws like Sharia : Euro ...
By Freeha
Oralandar Brand-Williams/ The Detroit News. Detroit— A state lawmaker wants Michigan to join the trend of states banning “foreign laws,” but Muslim activists say the effort is a thinly veiled attack on Islam. Rep. Dave Agema, R-Grandville, is pushing a bill to bar the implementation of foreign laws. It doesn't mention Sharia — Islamic law — but he acknowledged ... ANNOUNCEMENTS. Call for proposals for papers and discussants: Making European Muslims (Oct. 28 to 29, 2011) ...
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Europe stocks defy declines in US, Asia (AP) | Stock Market News ...
By Editor - Stock Markets News
BRUSSELS – Stocks in Europe rose Wednesday, defying declines in the U.S. and Asia, as investors awaited potential new action from the Federal.
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SHOP-EAT-SURF.COM | NA and Europe improve for Globe
Globe International reports results for 2010/2011.
Shop-Eat-Surf - Main News
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 ...
n-europe.com/news.php?nid=16131
Cover Europe News updates at your home
Most of the people wait eagerly to know the latest issues happening all over the globe. These days life is going in a fast way.
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Chevrolet Media - Europe - News
In Europe, where Malibu was not previously available, the all-new version will go on sale next year and be the brand's new flagship. ...
media.gm.com/content/.../08_23_iaa_teaser_2_malibu
International Cricket Council - ICC Europe - News
The International Cricket Council official website provides information on all major ICC cricket events, the Reliance ICC Rankings and live cricket scores ...
icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/icc.../news/newsdetails.php?...
Georges Ugeux: Could Europe Provoke a World Crisis? - One News ...
Georges Ugeux: Could Europe Provoke a World Crisis?: For the past few weeks, I have been observing reactions (from all sides) about Europe's debt.
www.onenewspage.com/.../Georges-Ugeux-Could-Europe-Pro...

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