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- Bulgaria's Image Suffers as Crime Flourishes
- By Anna Mudeva SOFIA (Reuters UK) - Little over a year after joining the rich boys' club, European Union newcomer Bulgaria has seen its reputation hit a low, marred by its failure to tame chronic graft and crime. Some investors say the situation in the Balkan...
- News items 2008-05-11
- EU Puts Second Galileo Test Satellite Into Orbit
- By Dale Hudson BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - The European Union launched the second and final test satellite for its $5.3-billion (2.7 billion pound) rival to the U.S. Global Positioning System on Sunday, brushing off industry doubts over its viability. The Galileo project, Europe's biggest single space...
- News items 2008-04-27
- BHP in Ongoing Talks With EU Over Rio Takeover
- By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters UK) - Miner BHP Billiton continues to be in discussions with EU competition officials before filing a submission about its planned takeover of rival Rio Tinto, a BHP spokesman said on Friday. The fact that BHP, the world's biggest mining group,...
- News items 2008-05-02
- UK and France Urge EU to Do More to Help Small Businesses
- By Adrian Croft LONDON (Reuters UK) - The leaders of Britain and France urged the European Union on Wednesday to do more to help small businesses and to boost firms' access to finance at a time when funds are scarce because of the credit crunch. "We...
- News items 2008-04-30
- EU Probe Says Travel Web Sites Mislead Consumers
- By Darren Ennis BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - One in three European consumers are being misled or ripped off by Web sites selling airline tickets, the European Union's consumer chief said on Thursday, warning the industry to improve or face legal action. "It is unacceptable that one...
- News items 2008-05-08
- Tata's Buy of Jaguar and Land Rover Cleared By EU
- BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - India's Tata Motors Ltd (TAMO) received the green light from European Union competition authorities on Friday to buy luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor Co (F) for $2.3 billion (1.2 billion pounds). The decision by the EU's executive...
- News items 2008-04-25
- Microsoft Appeals Against EU Fine
- BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT) said on Friday it was appealing against a record 899 million euro ($1.39 billion) fine imposed by the European Commission for using high prices to discourage software competition. "Microsoft today filed to the (EU) Court of First Instance...
- News items 2008-05-09
- Microsoft Appeals Against EU Fine
- BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - Microsoft (MSFT) said on Friday it was appealing against a record 899 million euro (713 million pounds) fine imposed by the European Commission for using high prices to discourage software competition. "Microsoft today filed to the (EU) Court of First Instance ...
- News items 2008-05-09
- BA to See Whether Rules Kept Over Alitalia Loan
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - British Airways (BAY) said it was watching to ensure European Union guidelines on state aid are met following the emergency loan to struggling airline Alitalia (AZPIa), a spokesman said on Thursday. The Italian government decided on Tuesday to give Alitalia a...
- News items 2008-04-24
- BHP Says Chinese Likely to Take Stake
- BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers says Chinese interests will take a stake in the mining giant.The prediction comes as BHP Billiton says it is just "weeks" away from formally filing its $179 billion takeover bid for Rio Tinto Ltd.The market was awash with rumours last month after an...
- News items 2008-05-07
- Lobby Group Says EU Should Drop Cross-border Mortgages Plan
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - The European Commission should shelve plans to integrate Europe's fragmented home mortgage markets after so much change across the industry in recent months, according to a UK lobby group. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said conditions had changed so much...
- News items 2008-04-28
- 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...
- White papers 2008-02-04
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- White papers 2005-12-08
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