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EU's Oil, Food and Treaty Woes Crowd Summit: By Paul Taylor, European Affairs Editor BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - European Union leaders meeting in Brussels this week will grapple with unrest over soaring oil and food prices, a slowing economy and the political fallout from Ireland's rejection of an EU reform treaty. A week after...; Tags: Food, Ireland, Oil, Treaty, Summit, European Union, French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier, Brussels; News items 2008-06-17
EU Probes U.S. Biodiesel Subsidies in New Trade Row: By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union, opening up a new transatlantic trade spat, will investigate whether soaring imports of U.S. biodiesel break global trade rules because of subsidies, the EU's executive Commission said on Friday. "We have always said that...; Tags: biodiesel, European Union, subsidy, import, Brussels, biofuel, commission, spat, food price, Europe, U.S., income tax, greenhouse gas, Thomson Reuters Corp., finance, industry, income, food, tax, benefit, strategy; News items 2008-06-13
EU Tells Britain to Cut Budget Deficit By 2009/10: By Marcin Grajewski BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - The European Union's executive arm proposed on Wednesday giving Britain until the end of the 2009/10 fiscal year to cut its budget deficit in a move embarrassing for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's fiscal policies. The European Commission said Britain...; Tags: Britain, European Union, Sales Force Management, Sales, Oukbs; News items 2008-07-02
Weak Dollar is Global Concern: EU's Barroso: By William Schomberg BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The dollar's fall is a source of global concern and the European Union wants a better balance between the U.S. unit and other major currencies, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday. Speaking to a...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Financial services, European Union, European Commission, inflation, Brussels, president, food price, Japan, global warming, interest rate, Thomson Reuters Corp., food, bank; News items 2008-07-04
McCreevy Says Rating Agencies to Face EU Legislation: BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - Credit rating agencies will face mandatory new European Union regulation, EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said on Monday, following criticism about their role in the U.S. subprime crisis. The new rules would affect agencies including Moody's MCO, Standard & Poors...; Tags: Agency, European Union, McCreevy, Advertising & Promotion, Liberty Bancorp Inc., McGraw-Hill Companies, Moody's Corp., US; News items 2008-06-16

Airline Group Says EU CO2 Deal "unaffordable": BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - A provisional EU deal on making airlines pay for their CO2 emissions is unaffordable for an industry already hurting from high fuel prices, the International Air Carrier Association IACA said on Thursday. A European Union source earlier said member states had ...; Tags: Airline, European Union, International Air Carrier Association, Emission Trading Scheme, Strategy, Management, Oukbs; News items 2008-06-26
EU Raises TNK-BP With Russia: KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia, Jun (Reuters UK) - The European Union raised the issue of BP's troubled Russian joint venture oil company TNK-BP at a summit on Friday and "made a very strong point", EU External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said. Ferrero-Waldner told reporters the EU had...; Tags: Oil Company, Russia, British Petroleum Co Plc, European Union, TNK-BP, Russian, EU External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Taxes; News items 2008-06-27
EU Opens Investigation of Rio-BHP Deal: By David Lawsky BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation on Friday into BHP Billiton's BHPBLT $170 billion (85.7 billion pound) unsolicited bid for rival miner Rio Tinto RIO, with prices of iron ore already soaring. The European Union's executive arm...; Tags: Merger, Commission, Price, European Union, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sales Force Management, Investment, Blount International Inc.; News items 2008-07-04
EU Opens In-depth Investigation of Rio-BHP Deal: By David Lawsky BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation on Friday into BHP Billiton's BHPBLT $170 billion unsolicited bid for rival miner Rio Tinto RIO, with prices of iron ore already soaring. The European Union's executive arm issued a...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Sales force management, uranium, European Commission, coal, aluminum, Brussels, commission, European Union, merger, commodity price, China, supplier, risk, Europe, negotiation, Thomson Reuters Corp., incentive, industry; News items 2008-07-04
E&Y Says Energy Bills to Rise: LONDON (Reuters UK) - UK energy bills are set to climb by over 200 pounds a year to help pay the costs of meeting a European Union goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth by 2020, consultants Ernst & Young said on Monday. Under...; Tags: Ernst & Young LLP, U.K., European Union, E&Y, Telecom & Utilities, Oukbs; News items 2008-06-29
EU Begins Budget Steps Against UK: By Marcin Grajewski BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - The European Commission proposed on Wednesday ending disciplinary budget steps against Poland, putting the country a step closer towards joining the euro zone, and started the same procedure against Britain. While Britain looked set to exceed the European Union's...; Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Commission, Poland, Britain, European Union, Sales Force Management, Sales, Oukbs; News items 2008-06-11
Civilian Crisis Management: The Union has decided to develop the civilian aspects of crisis management in four priority areas defined by the Feira European Council in June 2000: police, strengthening of the rule of law, strengthening civilian administration and civil protection. The specific capabilities in these four fields could be used in the...; Tags: European Union, Union, Crisis Management; White papers
What "Open Skies" Means for U.S. Airlines: You've probably heard a great deal of talk about the wonders of Open Skies between the US and European Union. It officially went into effect March 30, and now the world is a different place . . . right? Well, not really. From the European perspective, this...; Tags: Airline, Agreement, European Union, Heathrow, Brett Snyder; Blog posts 2008-03-31
What "Open Skies" Means for U.S. Airlines: You've probably heard a great deal of talk about the wonders of Open Skies between the US and European Union. It officially went into effect March 30, and now the world is a different place . . . right? Well, not really. From the European...; Tags: Brett Snyder, Heathrow Airport, agreement; Blog posts 2008-03-31
Relocation: How Far Can Trade Unions Go To Prevent Businesses Going Elsewhere For Cheap Labour?: Opportunities for European businesses to take advantage of the cheaper labour available in the EU accession states were challenged recently in the European Court Of Justice ECJ by a landmark case. International Transport Workers Federation and another v Viking Line demonstrated the conflict between two fundamental rights enshrined in EU...; Tags: Reed Business Information, trade union, European Union, member state; White papers 2008-02-04
EU Productivity And Competitiveness: An Industry Perspective: Since the mid 1990s the average growth rates of real GDP Gross Domestic Product, labour productivity and total factor productivity in the European Union have fallen behind those in the United States. What makes this remarkable is that this is the first time since World War II that these performance...; Tags: European Commission, Industry, European Union, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management; White papers 2006-12-10
The Maastricht Inflation Criterion: How Unpleasant Is Purgatory?: The Maastricht inflation criterion, designed in the early 1990s to bring "High-inflation" EU countries in line with "low-inflation" countries prior to the introduction of the euro, poses challenges for both new EU member countries and the European Central Bank. While the criterion has positively influenced the public stance toward low...; Tags: IMF, criterion, inflation, benefit, strategy; White papers 2006-06-01
Public Procurement And EU Tendering Directives-Explaining Non-Compliance: Ever since the adoption in the 1970s, compliance with the EU tendering directives has been problematic. Many studies have reported on the effectiveness of the directives, mostly in terms of impact on the openness of public procurement and the impact on cross-border trade. However, relatively little work has been undertaken...; Tags: Compliance, Procurement, Directive, European Union; White papers 2006-05-14
Trade Integration, Firm Selection And The Costs Of Non-Europe: In models with heterogeneous firms trade integration has a positive impact on aggregate productivity through the selection of the best firms as import competition drives the least productive ones out of the market. To quantify the impact of firm selection a multi-country multi-sector model with monopolistic competition and variable markups...; Tags: Selection, Impact, European Union, Integration; White papers 2006-01-15
EU Emergency and Crisis Co-ordination Arrangements: This remit follows that in the Hague Programme (point 2.4), which called for the establishment of an integrated EU arrangement for crisis management with cross-border effects ICMA to be implemented at the latest by 1 July 2006. The need for improved EU emergency and crisis co-ordination arrangements has also been...; Tags: European Union, Crisis Management; White papers 2005-12-08