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		<title><![CDATA[France's Barnier Set to Get EU Internal Market Post]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Former French foreign minister Michel Barnier will take charge of the European Union's internal market and have responsibility for financial services, European Commission sources said on Friday.They said Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the executive European Commission, would name Barnier as part of the 27-person leadership...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:18:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EC grants Oracle extra week for USD7.4bn merger]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The European Commission EC is granting Oracle a one-week extension to its deadline for the approval of its proposed USD7.4bn merger with Sun Microsystems. The deadline is now January 27. Oracle requested the extension because of the disruption caused by Thanksgiving to business schedules.     ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:42:56 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[European Commission Report Assesses European Trade Strengths in a Changing Global Economy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- A new European Commission report on the competitiveness of the European Union in the global economy has found that in a highly competitive environment, the EU has broadly maintained its world market share, while the U.S. and Japan have lost ground. The EU remains the world's biggest exporter...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Invitrogen Files Merger Notification With European Commission]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN) today announced that it has filed the necessary formal notification to the European Commission with respect to its pending acquisition of Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI). Under European Commission rules, the Commission has 25 business days following the date of notification to respond to the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EC to investigate "illegal" Danish subsidy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AN investigation has been launched by the European Commission EC following accusations that Danish State Railways DSB has received illegal subsidies from the country's Transport Ministry.  Arriva and Connex have filed a complaint through Danish Collective Transport alleging that DSB has been exempted from a tax based on wage...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Corporate investment bank Arcapita, Bahrain, has won clearance from the European Commission to acquire freight operator Freightliner]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corporate investment bank Arcapita, Bahrain, has won clearance from the European Commission to acquire freight operator Freightliner (IRJ June p4). The acquisition includes Freightliner's British intermodal and bulk haulage operations, as well as its Polish arm, which was launched last year.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brussels approves Delta&#39;s bid for Northwest Airlines]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS AFP &#8212; EU regulators on Wednesday approved a bid by Delta Airlines of the United States for its smaller rival Northwest, smoothing the way towards the creation of the world's biggest airline.  The European Commission announced it had decided "that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EC issues recommendation on limiting auditor liability]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A EUROPEAN COMMISSION EC recommendation will allow individual European Union EU member states to determine their own method to limit civil liability for audit firms arising from a breach of professional duties. The guidance is in response to increased litigation in the audit sector in Europe and is intended to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EC: new cartel procedure The European Commission EC has introduced a new settlement procedure that it says will allow cartel cases to be settled more quickly. Under the new system, if parties look at the EC's evidence and choose to acknowledge their involvement and liability for the cartel, their fine...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[European Commission approval obtained for HP's acquisition of EDS]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TELECOMWORLDWIRE-28 July 2008-European Commission approval obtained for HP's acquisition of EDSC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com  Information technology services company HP (NYSE:HPQ) announced on Friday (25 July) that the European Commission has approved, without conditions, HP's planned acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corporation EDS.  HP and EDS had signed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HP Announces European Commission Approval of EDS Acquisition; Agrees to Settle Litigation Relating to Acquisition]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PALO ALTO, Calif. -- HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced that the European Commission has approved without conditions HP's planned acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corporation.  HP and EDS announced on May 13, 2008, that they had signed a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase EDS at a price of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vattenfall Europe cedes to EU Commission, plans to sell electric grid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; Vattenfall Europe, a leading German energy company, said Friday it will sell off its electricity distribution network, as requested by the European Commission.  "We have studied the options in the past months and came to the conclusion that a sale of our high-tension lines to a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU plans in the works for free fruit in schools]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS AFP &#8212; European schoolchildren could soon receive free fruit at school as part of an EU effort to keep them from becoming overweight, according to a European Commission proposal due on Tuesday.  EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel aims to get a budget of 90 million euros (141...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Highlights and Key Issues * GDP growth in Q1 was revised to 0.5% from 0.6%, with a good performance in the business sector partly offsetting stagnating consumer spending. We now see GDP growth averaging 1.6% in 2008, and expect it to moderate further to 1.5% in 2009 as a result...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU to shut down industrial bluefin tuna fishing early]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS AFP &#8212; The European Commission said on Friday it was shutting down industrial tuna fishing in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic for the rest of the year because quotas for 2008 were nearly full.  The move targets fishing by purse seiners, which encircle whole schools of fish and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EC issues ultimatum on 'hidden' state aid: the European Commission  has told governments they have 18 months to stamp out aid to railways hidden in loan guarantees and national budgets]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THIS really is "the final whistle," said Mr Benoit Le Bret, chief of staff to transport commissioner Mr Jaques Barrot, as he presented the European Commission's EC latest guidelines on state aid for railway operators. "We know there is state aid being hidden. There are government loan guarantees and aid...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU leaders tread carefully ahead of Irish treaty vote]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS AFP &#8212; With a potentially perilous European treaty referendum approaching in Ireland, EU leaders are doing their utmost to avoid any sensitive issues that might encourage a "No" vote and spark a new crisis.  Whether it be defence or farm policy, taxes or the budget, the leaders are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GERMAN VINEYARD MUST PAY BACK STATE AID.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6567/is_200805/ai_n25948858]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission decided, on 20 May, that aid amounting to  541,859 granted by the Land Hessen to Hessische Staatsweinguter - the  biggest vineyard in Germany, owned by the Land Hessen - in the period  before 2002 did not comply with EU state aid rules and has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FISHERIES AID : GROWING CALLS FOR RELAXATION OF DE MINIMIS' RULE.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6567/is_200805/ai_n25948892]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[France, confronted by the protest movements of its fishermen,  appears to have found some allies in its request for a relaxation of the  restrictions imposed by the EU on the payment of public aid to this  sector afflicted by the strong rise in the price of diesel....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EADS-SUEZ BUY OF TARMAC AEROSAVE AUTHORISED.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6638/is_200805/ai_n26116711]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission cleared, on 15 May, the acquisition of  joint control of TARMAC Aerosave SAS France by EADS NV the  Netherlands and Sita France SA, controlled by the French Suez Group.  EADS is active in aerospace, defence and related services. Suez manages  public utilities in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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