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		<title><![CDATA[BHP and Rio sign iron ore joint venture deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE, Dec 5 (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto on Saturday signed a $116bn iron ore joint venture agreement to combine their Western Australian iron ore operations. The agreement brings together two of the world's three largest iron ore producers, and has upset major customers in China....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:45:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft's Possible Terms for European IE 8 Deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft refused to confirm this with me directly, but according to an unnamed source in The New York Times, Redmond is on the verge of settling its dispute with the European Commission (the EU's law-enforcement body and antitrust watchdog) over the integration of Internet Explorer 8 into Windows 7. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:21:23 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU lays out agenda for Copenhagen]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS, Dec. 2 UPI -- World leaders must make bold decisions to address climate change at a summit in Denmark before it is too late, the president of the European Commission said. Copenhagen, Denmark, plays host to a climate-change conference set to kick off Monday with the aim of finding...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:39:42 -0800</pubDate>
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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[Need to know: Toyota bonus cuts ... Future profits down ... DHL relocation ...]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Retail sales: A survey by the CBI showed that retail sales had risen at their fastest pace in two years during November and also showed that retailers expect a further rise next month. The gauge of sales rose to 13 in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:10:04 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Senators Ask EC to Sanction Oracle Buyout of Sun]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/senators-ec-sanction-oracle-buyout/21893/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Concerned as much about the possible loss of thousands of jobs as the survival of a major U.S. corporation -- the long-suffering Sun Microsystems -- a bipartisan group of 59 U.S. senators asked European Commission antitrust regulators on Nov. 24 to end their months-long investigation of Oracle's acquisition of Sun...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:54:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US Senators Tell EU to Approve Oracle-Sun Deal … Typical Americans [Digital Daily]]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Sun Microsystems JAVA beginning to founder as it awaits European Commission clearance of its acquisition by Oracle's ORCL, a group of U.S. Senators is urging the EC to speed up its approval of the deal. In an open letter, the group — led by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:30:29 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM prepares to outline Opel strategy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ European government officials said they expected General Motors to outline a strategy for its Opel unit within days, and made plans to discuss the re-structuring in depth in the first week of December.After a meeting organised by the European Commission, European Union industry ministers said they had "agreed to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -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[Ombudsman Criticizes EC in its Intel Investigation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An ombudsman with the European Union said the European Commission erred in its investigation of Intel when it failed to take minutes of a 2006 meeting with a Dell executive. The EC in May fined Intel $1.45 billion for anticompetitive practices, but Intel is appealing the ruling. Intel executives have...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:04:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU Ombudsman faults EC's Intel antitrust ruling]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The European Ombudsman accused the European Commission on Thursday of "maladministration" during its  antitrust investigation of Intel , which resulted in a hefty fine earlier this year, as well as an order to desist from its anti-competitive practices. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:13:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oracle/Sun: Why European Union jurisdiction matters]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A mild war of words is breaking out between American and European regulators on the proposed merger between Oracle and Sun. U.S. government officials have expressed displeasure with the European Commission's objection to Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun. But American officials are not contesting Europe's jurisdiction over the matter and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:55:25 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[European Commission Objects to Sun-Oracle Deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ritsuko Ando and Diane BartzNEW YORK/WASHINGTON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - The European Commission has objected to Oracle Corp's ORCL acquisition of computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc JAVA, throwing the $7 billion deal into question.The commission said in a preliminary assessment that combining Sun's MySQL database product and Oracle's products could hurt...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:01:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU Objects to Oracle-Sun Deal [Digital Daily]]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/eu-objects-oracle-sun-digital/19623/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission today issued issued a so-called statement of objections over Oracle's ORCL proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems JAVA. Disclosed in a regulatory filing by Sun, the objection gives formal voice to the EC's concerns over the fate of Sun's open source MySQL database. From Sun's filing: On November...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:20:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Will Be Challenged By Google, Opera, Mozilla on EU Settlement]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/microsoft-challenged-google-opera-mozilla/19355/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft and the European Commission may be close to a deal on packaging Internet Explorer 8 with Windows 7, with Redmond agreeing to offer users an automatic "ballot screen" from which they can choose a rival browser. Such an agreement would alleviate the Commission?s antitrust concerns, but Google, Opera and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:40:55 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU urges Kiev to avert fresh gas crisis]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has urged Ukraine to avoid any delays in payment for Russian natural gas that could spark cut-offs in flow to European Union consumers. José Manuel Barroso, the Commission president, telephoned President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday after Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, warned EU officials there was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:21:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sun and its customers could face more delays to Oracle acquisition]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/sun-customers-face-delays-oracle/18866/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Costly delays to European Commission approval of Oracle's proposed $7.4bn acquisition of Sun Microsystems look set to continue. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has claimed that Sun is losing $100m a month while Oracle waits for approval of the deal and end-users are still mired in uncertainty around the future of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:43:05 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Breaking News: EU to rule on Magna's Opel buyout]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/breaking-news-eu-rule-magnas/17565/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has given itself until November 27 to rule on whether Magna's purchase of General Motors' European arm Opel poses competition concerns. The European Commission has given itself until November 27 to rule on whether Magna's purchase of General Motors' European arm Opel poses competition concerns, it said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:59:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Germany seeks to soothe Opel fears]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/germany-seeks-soothe-opel-fears/16302/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Germany's government has dismissed fears that General Motors' sale of its Opel business may have to be halted or delayed because of European Commission concerns about the proposed deal. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, economy minister, said the plan for Opel to be sold to Magna International, a Canadian car parts supplier,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:46:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brussels hurdle to sale of Vauxhall]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/brussels-hurdle-sale-vauxhall/16257/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The proposed sale of General Motors' Opel/Vauxhall business ran into a roadblock last night as the European Commission warned that restrictions on German aid for a deal appeared to break antitrust rules. In a letter to Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Germany's economics minister, Neelie Kroes, EU competition commissioner, said Germany's financial...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:28:40 -0700</pubDate>
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