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EUROPEAN UNION News, Mar 08, 2012

Ryanair Pokes EU Officials on Travel Policy
New York Times
The European Commission has defended its policy as necessary to ensure flexibility for traveling officials whose plans can change at the lastminute. In fact, many companies and governments operate in a similar fashion. Even in Greece, while the ...
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Comex Gold Higher On Bargain Hunting, "Risk On" Attitudes in Market Place
Forbes
Gold and silver markets are seeing bargain hunters step in to buy the recent dip in prices amid a “risk on” attitude in the market place Thursday. The European Unionsovereign debt crisis finds some positive developments Thursday. There are reportsthe ...
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Airbus says China blocking orders over EU scheme
Palm Beach Post
latest money news » From The Post and AP AP PARIS — Airbus says that China is blocking orders for 35 of its jets to protest the European Union's emissions trading scheme. Airbus spokesman Stefan Schaffrath said Thursday that the aircraft maker is...
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Europe Has Pneumonia; China Catches A Cold
Business Insider
Stock and commodity markets were not happy at the start of this week when it became clear that Europe's long-anticipated recession is helping to slow the Chinese economy, global commerce's power plant in recent years. The European Union and China are ...
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Bullion at 6-Week Low as 'Sovereign Decision' of Spain Ignores EU
Resource Investor
By Ben Traynor Gold bullion prices fell to a six-week low of $1682 per ounce Tuesday lunchtime in London – a 1.8% drop on Friday's close – as stocks, commodities and the euro continued recent losses and uncertainty hung over recent Europeanagreements.
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Global Insurers Are Targeted in Latest U.S. Bid to Expand Iran Sanctions
Bloomberg
The measure would mostly affect Asia-Pacific or Russian underwriters because European insurance companies have scaled back or eliminated coverage of Iran-related deals. The European Union banned insurance and reinsurance to Iranian entities or their ...
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Bloomberg
Euribor rates at 17-month lows ahead of ECB rate decision
Reuters
Euribor rates are fixed daily by the Banking Federation of the European Union (FBE) shortly after 1000 GMT. * For a table of the latest Euribor fixings for terms of one week to one year, double click on * For a table of the previous day's fixings of ...
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EU “unisex” laws take their tolls on the finances of both men and women
Live Insurance News
The latest rule changes in the European Union involving unisex pricing have meant that at the end of this year, when the regulations go into effect, men and women will both be facing expenses that they have never seen before. A primary example of this ...
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Live Insurance News
EADS Profit Up 87 Percent, Upbeat On 2012
Airwise
Airbus said it would increase production of the popular A330 to 11 a month in the second quarter of 2014, provided a recent international row over European Unionemissions rules did not harm aircraft orders. Such a move would represent a record for ...
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EU Council Bans Added Sugar in Fruit Juices
Courthouse News Service
By TIM HULL Germany was the lone opposition in the Council of the European Union, saying the ban will impair "the quality of the affected products." The rule makes it illegal to add sugar to all fruit juices marketed in the EU, regardless of the ...
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European Commission: The world needs more female managers
Focus News
According to a recent poll 88% of EU citizens believed that in view of their equal competence, women and men should assume the same number of management posts. Sofia. Europe is helpless when it comes to defending gender equality, the Duma daily reads.
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Tehran Housing Boom Is Last Resort for Iran's Savers Squeezed by Sanctions
Bloomberg
Iran's economy is being squeezed by tougher sanctions imposed this year by the US and European Union, which say they are needed to restrain the Islamic republic's nuclear program. Iranians stepped up purchases of gold, dollars and euros as hedges...
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Closing Tehran's Sanctions Loopholes
Wall Street Journal
Facing this scrutiny, Swift is now expected to expel the Central Bank of Iran and other Iranian institutions sanctioned by the EU. In a statement last month, Swift noted that the decision "reflects the extraordinary and highly exceptional circumstances ...
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Alarm sounds over Spain's rising public debt
Financial Times
The original boast remains officially true, despite scepticism about “peripheral” European economies after the Greek bailouts. The latest statistics from September 2011 show total Spanish public sector debt standing at €706bn, as measured by theEU's ...
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Vodafone and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Forbes
However, on this specific point of corporation tax within the European Union I'm afraid that this is not abuse, this was planned, planned by the politicians themselves and is exactly what they meant to happen. You see, the EU's framework of laws within...
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Shortened Settlement Threatens ETF Liquidity
IndexUniverse.com
According to an anonymous trader, quoted in an IndexUniverse.eu article last year, at times over half of ETF transactions in London may fail to settle on schedule. Inconsistent practices in European ETF-related settlement have also been blamed as a ...
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EU wind market grows, but slowed by flagging onshore segment
Renewable Energy Magazine (press release)
Nonetheless, EurObserv'ER observes there has been a slowdown in the EU wind power market. The European Union wind power market is in a slowdown, says the EurObserv'ER in its latest barometer on the wind energy market in Europe. The slowdown, it reports ...
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EU accused of hypocrisy for £1 billion in arms sales to Greece
Telegraph.co.uk
European Union countries have been accused of hypocrisy over imposing savage austerity measures on Greece while at the same time selling the highly indebted country over £1 billion of arms. By Bruno Waterfield, Brussels New official figures show that ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Greece debt swap down to the wire
CNN International
The agreement on private sector involvement, as it is known, is the final hurdle Greece must clear to meet all the conditions of its second €130 billion bailout program from the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
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Ireland Receives Latest Cash Injection
Tax-news.com
by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London The European Commission has given the go-ahead for Ireland's latest bailout payment, concluding that the country's austerity programme is strong and on track. The decision means that Ireland will receive EUR5.8bn ...
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On The Economy, Can You Hear Me Now?
Seeking Alpha
Meanwhile, the recently reported as resolved Greek issue lingered, like we said it would here. But let's not lull too long in the lotion of our latest lucid thoughts. TheEuropean Union reported on Tuesday that economic output contracted 0.3% in the...
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Greece should be allowed to default on debt and exit the eurozone
The Australian
The bureaucrats and financiers who endorsed the latest plan have poor form already. Remember the first "package" to save Greece back in May 2010, when the European Union and the International Monetary Fund began to lend Greece E110 billion?
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Winning The War In Europe
Seeking Alpha
Greece, Portugal and Ireland are among the theaters of war in which European Union is currently engaged. Just as past European conflicts resulted in grave economic costs and massive amounts of debt, this fight has taken a similar path. In the latest ...
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AID POLICY: Big is not always best among the donors
IRINnews.org
In the latest Humanitarian Response Index, DARA gives top place to Norway, followed by Denmark, Sweden, Ireland and the Netherlands. The European Union is in seventh place and the US in dismal 17th – only Luxembourg and Italy score worse.
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Samsung, Enzo, Harley-Davidson, Sony: Intellectual Property
Bloomberg
The EU is also looking at Vivendi SA's (VIV) Universal Music Group's bid for London-based EMI's recorded music business and quizzed companies last month over that deal. The Sony group would gain control of EMI's publishing rights to classics such as...
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Concept cars shine in Geneva
Globe and Mail
The industy's finest showed off their latest designs and technologies at the Geneva Auto show amid a backdrop of sagging sales in Europe. Air Canada's biggest union, representing machinists, cargo agents and baggage handlers, is fuming over what they ...
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Oil near US$107 amid Greek debt talks, tensions over Iran's nuclear program ...
Winnipeg Free Press
Fueling the concerns, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europe's largest oil company, said Thursday it would soon stop buying oil from Iran, well ahead of a July deadline imposed by the European Union. Iran agreed Tuesday to let international nuclear inspectors ...
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Iceland, a Soon-To-Be EU Member? (KH)
IcelandReview
Since then the public seems to be leaning slightly against a possible EUmembership. The latest poll was conducted in February 2012 by Capacent Gallup: 56.2% of the interviewees wouldn't want Iceland to become a part of the Eurozone.
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IcelandReview
Raw chicken bacteria on the rise in Europe: study
A type of bacteria mostly found in raw chicken meat that can cause diarrhoea and fever is on the rise in the European Union, according to a report from European food safety agencies published on Thursday.
Medical Xpress - latest medical...
EU-funded Study Underlines Importance of Congo Basin for Global ...
The 'State of the Congo Basin Forests 2010' report launched in Douala, Cameroon, at the Annual meeting of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP), provides a comprehensive and detailed assessment of the status of this crucial pool for ...
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Salmonella Cases Down - Campylobacter Increasing
Campylobacteriosis remains the most reported zoonotic infection in humans since 2005 and the number of cases has been increasing over the last five years. This reportsupports the European Commission and EU Member States in their ...
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EU grants Rs3.52b to improve education in Sindh | Pakistan Today ...
By fraaz
... education in Sindh. News Comments (1681070http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pakistantoday.com.pk%2F2012%2F03%2Feu-grants-rs3-52b-to-improve-education-in-sindh%2FEU+grants+Rs3.52b+to+improve+education+in+Sindh++2012-03-08+19 %3A15%3A49fraazhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.pakistantoday.com.pk%2F%3Fp%3D168107). STAFF REPORT 4 min ago ... bin Laden. The last thing on their mind is the suffering of the people without gas, electricity, record inflation, record debt.
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Prime minister: Minister of finance to head oversight of EU aid ...
By Lusa News
Prime minister: Minister of finance to head oversight of EU aid programmes. Portuguese newspapers have been filled in recent days with reports of an alleged feud between Gaspar, the minister of finance, and Minister for the Economy Álvaro ...
Portugal Daily View
Serbia granted EU candidate status - SERBIA - EU - FRANCE 24
Connect. Join the France 24 community here; Log in · FRANCE 24 latest world news report Serbia granted EU candidate status - SERBIA - EU - FRANCE 24 ...
www.france24.com/.../20120301-kosovo-serbia-european-uni...
EU warns of more 'fiscal tightening' this year - RTÉ News
The Commission produced the report after its latest mission to Ireland. Tweet.News At One: Sean Whelan reports that the German parliament has seen a review ...
www.rte.ie/news/2012/0229/imf-business.html
BRUSSELS: EU: Syrian leadership will be held accountable | Latest ...
The European Union committed itself on Friday to document war crimes in Syria to set the stage for a "day of reckoning" for the country's ... Report News · Customer Service. Search. Search stories on this site; Web Search; Search print archives ...
www.centredaily.com/.../eu-syrian-leadership-will-be-held.htm...
ECB's Latest Cash Injection: What Markets Will Look For - EU ...
The results of the second round of Europe's answer to quantitative easing, ... SkypeNews Reports From Home · 2500 Government Foreclosures Up for Bulk Sale ...
www.cnbc.com/.../ECB_s_Latest_Cash_Injection_What_Mark...
Energy efficiency report calls for new and tougher EU targets ...
Energy efficiency report calls for new and tougher EU targets. by ClickGreen staff. Published Mon 27 Feb 2012 00:01, Last updated: 2012-02-26 ...
www.clickgreen.org.uk/.../123229-energy-efficiency-report-c...
Reports by country - European Union
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www.thepoultrysite.com/reports/?country=EU
EU Science News :: Tevatron experiments report latest results in ...
The world's most precise measurement of the mass of the W boson has been achieved by scientists from the CDF and DZero collaborations at the Fermi ...
www.science-news.eu/physics-news/cluster112523/page4.html
PigProgress - News: EU meat consumption and production drops
Both meat production and consumption in the EU are expected to decrease in 2012, according to a recent report by the European Commission.
www.pigprogress.net/.../eu-meat-consumption-and-production...
ABC Asia Pacific News:Stories:Burma poll may be last EU sanctions ...
Last Updated: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 10:34:00 +1100. Ministers from the European Unionsay free and fair elections in Burma in April could be the last hurdle to the ...
abcasiapacificnews.com/stories/201203/3443161.htm?desktop
EU assesses progress of its strategy to dismantle trade barriers
The European Commission today published its second Trade and ... The report also identifies 6 new priorities of barriers to trade and investment: ... The report highlights a recent trend in emerging economies where industrial policies contain ...
www.enterprise-europe-scotland.com/sct/news/index.asp?...
Serbia makes 'historic' leap into EU - Latest news around the world ...
"European Council grants Serbia EU candidate status," EU president Herman Van Rompuy said on microblogging site Twitter as the bloc's 27 leaders ushered ...
news.ph.msn.com/top-stories/article.aspx?cp-documentid...
EU official seeks gender balance in company boards IndiaVision ...
EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding Monday called on Europe to break the " glass ceiling" for women in company boards, as a latest report shows that only one in seven board members at Europe's top companies are ... News in Pictures ...
www.indiavision.com/.../eu-official-seeks-gender-balance-in-c...

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