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Feb 18, 2012

EUROPE News, Fed 18, 2012

Europe on a $23.71 a day . . . or maybe $118.78
Toronto Star
The European Backpacker Index has been updated for 2012, giving folks an idea as to what cities are the most expensive. Top of the bargain list was Sofia, Bulgaria, while the city most likely to drain your bank account is Zurich, Switzerland.
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Toronto Star
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, euro rise on Greek bailout optimism
Reuters
* European shares led higher by banks * Wall Street muted after strong rally * Treasury prices ease as Greece hopes curb safety bid By Walter Brandimarte NEW YORK, Feb 17 (Reuters) - World stocks hit a 6-1/2-month peak and the euro gained on Friday on ...
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You Think Europe Is Stuck In A Ditch? We See Growth Everywhere
Business Insider
Putting the bleak macro data to one side, we have looked at the revenues of the European technology portfolio companies in our latest fund. So what can we see there? Growth! Growth everywhere to be precise. In bad times and in good times, ...
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Business Insider
Experience Europe with the River Yacht RIVER CLOUD II
Bradenton Herald
Discover Europe with a difference! With the river yacht RIVER CLOUD II, which is at home on Europe's most beautiful rivers. The luxurious river yacht with the flair of 1930s travel is on course from the Netherlands to the Black Sea, on the Danube, ...
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China Cuts Banks' Reserve Ratios a Second Time as Europe Threatens Growth
Bloomberg
Play Video China cut the amount of cash that banks must set aside as reserves for the second time in three months to spur lending asEurope's debt crisis and a cooling property market threaten economic growth. Reserve ratios will fall 50 basis points, ...
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Bloomberg
ECB's Visco Says Europe Must Counter Contagion Risk Threat
BusinessWeek
18 (Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank council member Ignazio Visco said it's important to counter the “threat of dangerous contagion” by resolving the Greek crisis. “The difficulty in resolving the Greek crisis, evident in recent days, ...
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Greek Bailout Edges Nearer After Germany Signals Backing
BusinessWeek
For more on Europe's debt crisis, see EXT4.) Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Euro-area governments closed in on a deal to unlock a 130 billion-euro ($171 billion) aid package for Greece, seeking to avert the region's first sovereign default.
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Gas prices are highest ever for this time of year
USA TODAY
Its price has risen 11 percent so far this year, to around $119 a barrel, because of tensions with Iran, a cold snap in Europe and rising demand from developing nations. West Texas Intermediate, used to price oil produced in the US, is up 4 percent to ...
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USA TODAY
US and EU cautious on Iran's talks proposal
Financial Times
By Geoff Dyer in Washington The US and European Union gave a guarded welcome on Friday to the Iranian proposal this week offering to reopen talks with world powers. Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, and Catherine Ashton, European foreign policy ...
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Financial Times
Europe is in dire need of lazy spendthrifts
The Guardian
Germany's flawed policies for the eurozone are bound to backfire.Europe is in dire need of new lazy spendthrifts. Unfortunately, today nobody is willing to play that part. • Follow Comment is free on Twitter @commentisfree A factory in Germany.
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The Guardian
Top European leaders confident on Greek deal
Philadelphia Inquirer
BRUSSELS - Greece's hopes to finally get its bailout and dodge default next month were boosted Friday, when key European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, sounded confident a deal could be reached. The leaders of Germany, Italy, ...
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Conrad Says Economic Crisis Would Be Prod to Lawmakers on Debt
BusinessWeek
18 (Bloomberg) -- An economic catastrophe like the debt crisis in Europe or a Middle East conflict may be the only way to get congressional action this year on a broad reduction of the US deficit, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad said.
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Greek Cabinet Mulls Austerity Mandates
Voice of America
The austerity measures are needed in order to secure a $170 billion bailout from the European Union and again prevent Greece from defaulting on its debt. But ministers are also expressing concerns about just how much more the Greek people can take.
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Asia Stocks Equal Record Win Streak as China Pledges Help on Europe Crisis
Bloomberg
Asian stocks rose this week, with the MSCI Asia Pacific Index equaling its longest streak of advances, as China pledged to do more to help Europe cope with the debt crisis and Japan boosted asset purchases. Cosco Pacific Ltd. (1199), ...
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Countries Seek Retaliation to Europe's Carbon Tax on Airlines
New York Times
BRUSSELS — China, the United States and two dozen other countries are looking at coordinated retaliation — including putting pressure onEuropean airlines and other industries — if Europe tries to enforce a law requiring airlines to pay for their ...
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New York Times
Europe's Failed Course
New York Times
Demanding rigid austerity from them as the price of European support has lengthened and deepened their recessions. It has made their debts harder, not easier, to pay off. This is not an issue of philosophical debate. The numbers are in.
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US, Europe cautious on Iran offer for nuke talks
Sacramento Bee
By MATTHEW LEE AP WASHINGTON -- The United States and European Union on Friday expressed cautious optimism that Iran is serious about returning to talks with world powers over its nuclear program. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and European ...
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Europe Faces Larger Bill for Greece
Wall Street Journal
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Communist past fuels fight in Eastern Europe for Internet freedoms
Washington Post
There have been street protests across Eastern Europe, attacks on government websites in the Czech Republic and Poland, even a heartfelt apology from a Slovenian ambassador who signed it and then decried her act as “civic carelessness.
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U.S., Europe welcome plan for new nuclear talks with Iran
Bend Bulletin
By Joby Warrick / The Washington Post US and European officials on Friday cautiously welcomed a 200-word letter from Iran proposing talks about its nuclear program, a request that appeared to spark a flicker of hope for resuming long-stalled diplomatic ...
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Germany versus the rest of Europe
Business Standard
While the rest of Europe staggered, German unemployment fell to the lowest level in decades. This week the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the club of developed economies around the world, issued a new "Economic Survey of Germany ...
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UPS Makes Grab for Europe Rival
Wall Street Journal
By BOB SECHLER and ROBIN VAN DAALEN United Parcel Service Inc. launched a bold bet to expand in Europe with an unsolicited bid worth about $6.4 billion for Dutch package shipper TNT Express NV, which UPS and rival FedEx Corp. have long coveted.
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Wall Street Journal
Euro, stocks surge on Greek bailout optimism
Arab News
Prices of safe-haven US and German government bonds fell asEuropean leaders expressed optimism that the Greek deal could be struck on Monday. Equities in Europe hit a six-month high as shares of euro-zone banks shot up. But on Wall Street key indexes ...
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Arab News
Apple lodged FRAND abuse complaint against Motorola with European Commission
Apple Insider
By Josh Ong A regulatory filing from Motorola Mobility has revealed that Apple has complained to the European Commission over the handset maker's efforts to obtain injunctions against its rival by wielding standards-essential patents with FRAND ...
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Europe shares hit 6-1/2 month high as banks rally
Reuters
By Blaise Robinson | PARIS (Reuters) - European stocks rallied on Friday, with a key index hitting a level not seen since before the market's early August nosedive, fuelled by renewed expectations of a bailout deal for Greece that would further ease...
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Tanzanian cardinal fears too many African priests serving in US ...
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Super Poker Event of Europe satellites this week » Bluff Europe ...
Players can bag a seat in next week's €600000 Dublin extravaganza courtesy of BoylePoker's daily qualifiers.
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'Opportunity for Indian leather exports in Europe, US'
'Opportunity for Indian leather exports ..."Cost of production (of leather goods) has go...With China struggling, there was opportunity for I...He said the country was looking to tap new markets...India's leather goods exporters are eyeing new e...
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China Cuts Banks' Reserve Ratios a Second Time as Europe ...
By nyse - Google News
China Cuts Banks' Reserve Ratios a Second Time as Europe Threatens GrowthBloombergChina cut the amount of cash that banks must set aside as reserves for the second time in three months to spur lending as Europe's debt crisis and a ...
Daily Financial News
FRONTIERPOST.COM | Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan ...
By imran
So Americans' lack of attention to Europe's problems is a bit of a chicken-and-egg debate. Is lack of news coverage because of lack of public interest? Or is lack of interest a product of lack of coverage? There is no way to know for sure, but the ...
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High Speed Rail News #22: High Speed Design Europe on Track
By Lothaire
Architectural and industrial design is on display in our round-up of high speed railnews, with a look at the world's fastest trains and a new design for Paris' Austerlitz station.
Rail Europe
Spanish national rugby team defeat European champions | Olive ...
By Axarquia Rugby Club
THE national Spanish rugby team played their first game in the European Nations Cup on Saturday, 11 February, in Madrid, against the reigning champions,
Olive Press Newspaper Spain
GMO Produce Opposition Could Ultimately Hurt European Farmers
By The Huffington Post News Editors
By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS, Feb 17 (Reuters) - European farmers are likely to fall behind in the competitive world grain market as EU consumer hostility to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) drives away research and prevents cultivation of high-yield and pest-resistant crops. ...http://www.responsibletechnology.org/news/544 For a couple of years, the Institute for Responsible Technology has predicted that the US would soon experience a tipping point of consumer rejection.
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Gay Rights Under Threat In Aftermath of Arab Spring! | EuropeNews
Pink News a gay news service based in the United Kingdom has highlighted a situation that seems to be emerging in Tunisia indicating that homosexuals do not...
europenews.dk/en/node/52107
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. Broke Europe calls for bed taxes ...
www.hotelnewsnow.com/.../Global-hotel-pulse-Europe-news
Dutch website causes stir in Central Europe | EurActiv
Independent specialised European Union affairs portal for EU policy professionals. Expert EU policy journalists follow a wide range of European legislation and ...
www.euractiv.com/.../dutch-website-causes-stir-central-europe...
Nintendo of Europe Opens Twitter Accounts - News - Nintendo ...
For a full scope of all the European news, a follow to @NintendoEurope is in order. However, if you want more local news and all of it in your very own language, ...
www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/29297
Acta: European Parliament's Schulz criticises treaty
The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is criticised by the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17012832
European and Chinese leaders meet in Beijing to discuss open ...
European Union leaders urged China on Tuesday to open its markets, join in persuading Iran to negotiate over its nuclear program and help end bloodshed in ...
www.thestar.com/.../1131318--european-and-chinese-leaders-...
BBC News - Europe cold snap death toll rises
The death toll from freezing weather across Europe continues to climb, with transport links also badly affected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16897068
Europe's cold spell hits Turkey's quake survivors
The cold snap, which began in Europe in late January, has left some families in Turkey's quake relief centers trying to stay warm by using coal stoves or electric ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../europes-cold-spell-hits-turkeys-quake-s...
Futures Turn Lower After Mixed Europe News
US stock futures are turned down Tuesday morning and now point to a lower open on Wall St. Last night futures were a bit under pressure after Moody's ...
wallstreetpit.com/89441-futures-turn-lower-after-mixed-europ...
Exclusive: Recruitment consultancy "outs" 200 ... - Europe News
News, views and gossip on leading law firms (including what they pay). The latest legal news and salary information and everything else the slightly bored ...
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