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Today at 21:07:38 - Recent cases of Britons finding their homes illegal don't appear to have had much effect back in the U.K.
Today at 15:06:01 - Minister for Tax and the Economy, Elena Salgado, has no private pension plan
Today at 08:01:12 - There is confusion on whether the company plans to charge Search Engines for bandwidth use
09/03/2010 at 14:42:37 - Airbus moves into a loss over problems with the A400M
08/03/2010 at 14:23:10 - Little benefit to consumers from electricity liberalisation in Spain
05/03/2010 at 18:38:12 - House sales recover in Spain in the last quarter of 2009
03/03/2010 at 15:31:19 - Consumer confidence falls in Spain again
Today at 18:43:24 - Belgian insurance group reveals it has been fined ?576,000 by the Dutch financial regulator for market manipulation and late publication of market sensitive information in 2008
Today at 16:58:23 - Providence Equity Partners plans to raise as much as ?880m from the initial public offering of Kabel Deutschland, valuing Germany's biggest cable company at less than the buy-out bids it rejected last ...
Today at 15:55:39 - A strike that has crippled Finland's ports for the past week is threatening to undermine recovery in an export-dependent economy still reeling from its deepest recession since the country won independ ...
Today at 15:52:18 - World's largest commodities trader unveils a 42% per cent fall in its profits last year due to lower raw materials prices
Today at 14:17:53 - More than two-thirds of senior lenders to Almatics, Dubai International Capital's alumina business, have agreed a deal to take control of the company and implement a restructuring of its $1bn debts
Today at 17:57:11 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt says it has completed a financial restructuring package.
Today at 17:42:06 - Liam Kavanagh has been appointed as managing director of the Irish Times.
Today at 16:40:13 - The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland has said savings of ?6 billion can be secured from a new plan.
Today at 14:36:14 - Transport Minister Noel Dempsey has given the Dublin Airport Authority the right to operate the new Terminal 2.
Today at 13:09:39 - German exports dropped by an unexpectedly sharp 6.3% in January from the previous month, new figures show.
Today at 12:54:21 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he believes Britain will keep its AAA top credit rating.
Today at 12:26:44 - Enterprise Ireland and the IDA have launched the first of five new R&D centres in conjunction with colleges and firms.
Today at 17:30:22 - The Geneva-based physics research centre CERN says its Large Hadron Collider project is back on track, even while acknowledging that it will be closed for up to a year for maintenance and design impro ...
Today at 12:04:41 - A cantonal official from Aargau tells Swisster the authorities want to know the consequences of replacing the Beznau power station, where the existing two pressurised water reactors are likely to be d ...
Today at 11:23:31 - The Swiss federal energy department launches an awareness campaign to encourage motorists to properly pump up the tires of their vehicles. The government estimates that poorly inflated rubber on the r ...
Today at 09:30:52 - Single-family homes in the Swiss countryside are no longer selling as a demographic shift sees the baby boomer generation moving closer to city centres after their children leave the nest, a Credit Su ...
Today at 08:50:34 - A look at what's going on over the next few days, including a number of potentially bone-crunching events on the Swiss slopes. Those who like it tamer might prefer the gourmet fair in Weinfelden or th ...
Today at 13:29:34 - Norwegian customers of Danske Bank are taking the financial institution to court over the loss of 80 percent of their investments
09/03/2010 at 08:39:51 - Although Arla management is proud of its tradition of being owned by its dairy farmers, it is in desperate need of more working capital
01/03/2010 at 09:51:39 - Consumer Ombudsman is keeping a closer eye on shops and stores accused of selling out on special offers
24/02/2010 at 09:47:42 - State coffers lose out on almost 50 billion kroner as private sector job losses affect tax revenue
24/02/2010 at 09:41:06 - Competition Authority recommends widespread changes in the pharmacy system to improve service and wages
23/02/2010 at 11:23:47 - Recent economic problems for Parken Sport & Entertainment have resulted in its long-time chairman stepping down
Today at 13:21:00 - Gazprom's oil production arm, Gazprom Neft, has posted a 4Q 2009 net profit of $638 million under US GAAP.
Today at 12:16:00 - A cruise ship has begun selling tickets in Russia for regular trips from St. Petersburg to Helsinki that will allow the company to get around Russians laws banning gambling on most of its territory.
Today at 11:42:00 - Russian car sales have continued to fall sharply over the first 2 months of 2010 according to statistics from the Automakers Committee at the Association of European Businesses
Today at 11:16:00 - In an anticipation of an upcoming Eurobond issue, Alfa-Bank has disclosed the names of 10 of its largest borrowers who account for nearly a third of the banks loan portfolio, according to Kommersant.
Today at 08:55:00 - Since the launch of the customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russia has toyed with the idea of taking the common market one step further - with a single currency.
Today at 13:00:00 - AER LINGUS may not return to profitability until 2011 after announcing that operating losses had quadrupled last year.
Today at 13:00:00 - GREENCORE has a corporate and moral obligation to malting barley growers to resolve the issue of their contracts, farmers claimed yesterday. They were protesting at the company's extraordinary general ...
Today at 13:00:00 - MORE than 900 jobs are to be created over the coming three years, as a boost to the Government's ongoing "smart economy" strategy.
Today at 13:00:00 - THE proposed creation of a centralised milk testing laboratory will not go ahead as sufficient economies of scale have not been identified in the interests of participating co-operatives and their mi ...
Today at 13:00:00 - THE Government must abandon or reform the (Euro)500 million Home Choice Loan scheme as it is unrealistic, according to brokers.
Today at 11:18:04 - The parent company of Charles Hurst Group has reported record profits for 2009 despite difficult market conditions for the motor industry. Related StoriesTraders’ group fighting for Derry&rsquo ...
Today at 11:16:29 - The credit ratings agency Fitch is entitled to its view that Britain's current plan to cut the budget deficit is too vague and too slow. Related StoriesTraders’ group fighting for Derry’s ...
Today at 11:14:19 - Consumer groups were quick to criticise yesterday's announcement by the Financial Services Authority that it will embark on another six weeks of consultation with the providers of payment protection ...
Today at 11:13:35 - Traffic through the Belfast Telegraph’s website has surged in the past year, according to official new figures. Related StoriesTraders’ group fighting for Derry’s futureLack of expo ...
Today at 11:10:46 - A new traders’ organisation has been established to address the major challenges facing Londonderry and its city centre. Related StoriesBelfast Telegraph website hits the markLack of exports da ...
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Today at 09:00:00 - A ban on smoking in bars will begin on 9 April 2010 in Croatia as a result of changes in the anti-smoking law.
09/03/2010 at 01:00:00 - Nearly two-thirds of Croatians believe they can get a job only if they have a "good connections".
04/03/2010 at 15:00:00 - The chain will open a new hotel, the "Vespera," in Mali Losinj, Croatia this Easter, which will be the first children's hotel in the country, and follow up with another in Prague, Czech Republic in th ...
04/03/2010 at 10:15:00 - The company Made in Istria (MIH) has increased exports of extra-virgin olive oil San Gurmano to the USA and is planning to do business with France.
04/03/2010 at 10:00:00 - Croatian construction company Dalekovod has signed a project-financing contract with Societe General bank in Split for a wind-farm project costing 16.24 million Euros.
Today at 08:40:03 - CTK The lower house Tuesday overrode a presidential veto and banned the sale of the country's main airport. The MPs also passed a bill on lower taxation of employee benefits, as demanded by trade ...
Today at 08:40:03 - CTK Cetelem CR, one of leading Czech providers of consumer loans, financed loans worth CZK 8.665bn in 2009, a drop of 29% year-on-year, company spokesman Martin Malý said Tuesday.
Today at 08:40:03 - CTK Czech average wage is unlikely to rise fast this year due to growing unemployment, analysts polled by CTK said Tuesday.
Today at 08:40:03 - CTK The average monthly wage in the Czech Republic grew by 4% year-on-year to CZK 23,598 in 2009, the Czech Statistical Office said Tuesday.
Today at 01:40:02 - CTK The Finance Ministry plans to issue state bonds worth CZK 32 billion and treasury bills worth CZK 26 billion this year, the ministry said yesterday.
Today at 08:31:46 - Empty office and retail space may soon become a feature of many Swiss cities unless the pace of construction slows, a real estate report has warned.
09/03/2010 at 08:07:41 - One year after succumbing to international pressure over tax evasion, the Swiss financial sector stands at a crossroads as it tries to pick a path out of the wreckage.
05/03/2010 at 08:11:00 - A UBS decision to pay out SFr2.9 billion ($2.7 billion) in bonuses has not only sparked criticism outside the bank, but also left some employees feeling cheated.
26/02/2010 at 18:39:00 - An Italian subsidiary of Swiss telecommunications firm Swisscom has been caught up in a tax fraud and money laundering investigation with alleged mafia links.
25/02/2010 at 09:09:00 - Many Swiss small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are displaying cautious optimism for the coming year despite a rise in the number of company bankruptcies.
Today at 06:24:50 - Last Thursday a U.S. congressional panel approved a resolution declaring, what it called, the Ottoman-era killing of Armenians genocide. The U.S. foreign affairs committee endorsed the resolution with ...
09/03/2010 at 06:42:07 - The headline is very clear as clear is the blood in the streets of the city Jos in the Nigerian south. More than 200 dead after a machete-wielding Muslim group attacked the Christian community. The po ...
05/03/2010 at 08:14:09 - Both internationnaly and domestically, the socio-political fabric of past decades is unravelling. The fact that it is NATO\'s policy which generated the fall of the Dutch government is a sign of crumb ...
04/03/2010 at 07:34:47 - An odd provocation his week in the European Parliament from Nigel Farage, the leader of the UKIP group - the Euro-sceptics - is the reasons for some thoughts about the way the Members of the European ...
04/03/2010 at 07:34:34 - Michael Foot, a bookish intellectual and anti-nuclear campaigner who led Britain\'s Labour Party to a disastrous defeat in 1983, died Wednesday March 3rd 2010 in the morning, age 96. Foot died peacefu ...
Today at 04:00:00 - "The surprise jump in Hungary's inflation to 6.4% in January has made a deep impression on analysts and, as a consequence, they now project the country's inflation path to be considerably higher in 20 ...
Today at 02:00:00 - "Just as the province declares clean water technology a priority, one local plant in the industry is shutting its doors. Operations at the Burlington plant of what was once known as Zenon Environmenta ...
09/03/2010 at 05:00:00 - "Hungary's competition authority (GVH) has approved Bonafarm Zrt., an interest of OTP Bank Chairman-CEO Sándor Csányi, to acquire 100% of salami maker Herz Szalámigyár Zrt., and all of its movable and ...
05/03/2010 at 04:00:00 - "A better risk appetite environment should support the EUR/USD in the short term, but the cross looks to be heading lower from Q2 on, Crédit Agricole Corporate Investment Bank said on Thursday. It rem ...
04/03/2010 at 05:00:00 - "The government has put aside Ft 10 billion of its own general reserves for the capitalisation of Malév and put money at the disposal of the national asset manager (MNV), the official gazette Magyar K ...
Today at 01:00:00 - A Belfast-based film company is hoping to secure a leading role in the creative industries sector in Northern Ireland following a £450,000 investment.
Today at 01:00:00 - NORTHERN Ireland could face its share of a £20bn bill to balance the UK public finances, according to a new report from business advisors, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC&#41
09/03/2010 at 01:00:00 - BUSINESSES across the island of Ireland are still facing significant challenges on the path to economic recovery according to the latest survey published today by North/South
06/03/2010 at 01:00:00 - A unique initiative to help people cash in on managing their their finances took off in Fermanagh yesterday.
06/03/2010 at 01:00:00 - A CROSS-border business development programme has been launched with the aim of assisting the growth of the micro-enterprise sector across Northern Ireland and the border coun
09/03/2010 at 22:00:00 - The ruble hit 14-month highs versus a euro-dollar basket on Wednesday, its rally only slightly tempered by Central Bank interventions, and analysts said tax payments next week would just add momentum. ...
09/03/2010 at 22:00:00 - Oil pipeline monopoly Transneft will start construction on Thursday of a $1.34 billion pipeline link to help secure crude supplies to China.
09/03/2010 at 22:00:00 - The government's cash-for-clunkers program, which was slated to begin on March 8, International Women's Day, is suffering from a lack of clarity and poor timing, market participants said Tuesday.
09/03/2010 at 22:00:00 - The State Duma will consider a bill that will require Vneshekonombank and the Deposit Insurance Agency to transfer 75 percent of their profits into the federal budget, a Duma deputy said Wednesday. ...
09/03/2010 at 22:00:00 - Severstal said the outlook for 2010 was improving on rising demand from emerging markets, echoing cautiously optimistic comments from others in the industry, as it posted an unexpected fourth-quarter ...
09/03/2010 at 11:30:00 - German logistics giant Deutsche Post said Tuesday that it swung back into the black last year, following a massive 2008 loss, and was in good shape for 2010.
09/03/2010 at 10:21:00 - Germany and France are moving to curb or even ban the use of certain financial derivatives in the wake of the Greek debt crisis, daily Süddeutsche Zeitung reported Tuesday.
09/03/2010 at 09:29:00 - The German head of the European plane maker Airbus on Tuesday accused the US government of partiality in its tender for military tankers after Airbus and US partner Northrop Grumman threw in the towel ...
05/03/2010 at 10:23:00 - Germany is set for a record deficit of ?80.2 billion after Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right coalition agreed on its first budget early on Friday morning.
05/03/2010 at 08:38:00 - German national rail operator Deutsche Bahn doesn't have enough money to complete 46 high-priority planned construction projects, a media report said on Friday.
08/03/2010 at 10:41:00 - Carl-Henric Svanberg, the former CEO of Swedish telecom firm Ericsson, has been paid 6.8 million kronor ($960 million) for accrued holiday that he was unable to take.
08/03/2010 at 09:58:00 - The number of business failures in Sweden declined in February by 21 percent, continuing the positive trend of the last few months, a new report shows.
04/03/2010 at 11:15:00 - Stefan Ingves, the head of the Swedish Riksbank, has called on parliament to look over the existing financial regulatory framework - and do so expediently. He indicated also that base rate rises will ...
02/03/2010 at 17:47:00 - Tourists from Sweden are set to benefit this spring as the krona continues to strengthen against major global currencies.
02/03/2010 at 11:12:00 - SAS Scandinavian Airlines would be better off sold or merged with another airline, the company's CEO, Mats Jansson, said on Tuesday.
08/03/2010 at 08:13:53 - Estonian state postal company Eesti Post has sold Tallinna Postimaja building in central Tallinn located opposite Hotel Viru for 128 million kroons to Swedish-linked real estate company Promethean, re ...
06/03/2010 at 13:12:27 - Finance minister Jürgen Ligi denied today claims of Andres Sutt, a senior adviser to the International Monetary Fund in the Nordic and Baltic regions, that there is a risk of fiscal policy easing in E ...
05/03/2010 at 15:30:35 - Latvia is in talks to reduce the size of its bailout after the European Union's toughest austerity program helped narrow the budget deficit and replenish state coffers, said Latvian Prime Minister Val ...
05/03/2010 at 14:27:55 - Ekspress Grupp, the only publicly traded Baltic media company, reported a loss for 2009 on falling advertising revenue amid economic recession.
05/03/2010 at 14:13:56 - The number of registered unemployed increased by 260 people this week, the smallest weekly growth from the beginning of this year, according to the ministry of social affairs. In comparison, last week ...
07/03/2010 at 01:24:10 - 2008-10-08 (Reuters) - Iceland's biggest bank received an emergency loan from Sweden on Wednesday as the country's financial crisis showed no sign of abating.
07/03/2010 at 01:24:10 - 2008-07-07 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish refiner Preem said on Monday it planned to start making biodiesel from pine tree oil, a non-edible forestry industry waste product, in the face of criticism ab ...
07/03/2010 at 01:24:10 - 2008-10-14 - U.S. economist Paul Krugman, a fierce critic of the Bush administration for policies that he argues led to the current financial crisis, won the 2008 Nobel prize for economics on Monday.
07/03/2010 at 01:24:10 - 2008-29-08 Sweden's PA Resources has agreed to buy a 26.8 percent stake in two Danish oil exploration licences from Shell for an undisclosed sum.
07/03/2010 at 01:24:10 - 2008-10-02 - The head of Ford Motor Co's Volvo unit on Thursday ruled out building cars in the United States "in the foreseeable future" despite painful exchange rates that have pressured its results ...
05/03/2010 at 20:22:32 - Italy: Two more arrests in public works graft probe (05/03/2010 - 19:13:36)
05/03/2010 at 06:17:34 - Serbia: European Bank approves €200mln high-tech loan (04/03/2010 - 19:18:31)
02/03/2010 at 17:52:39 - Italy: Fastweb founder denies role in moneylaundering scam (02/03/2010 - 17:16:56)
02/03/2010 at 13:50:17 - Italy: More than €9 bln euros in taxes recovered (02/03/2010 - 12:54:45)
01/03/2010 at 17:42:40 - Italy: Economy contracts 5% in 2009 (01/03/2010 - 15:51:22)
01/03/2010 at 13:40:27 - Italy: Unemployment rises to six-year high (01/03/2010 - 11:58:36)
26/02/2010 at 19:13:58 - Kazakhstan: Italian oil giant and others fined $210 mln (26/02/2010 - 17:20:44)
05/03/2010 at 13:55:57 - In this week's Business News: a depressing crop of figures for Czech agriculture; genetic starch potato seen making debut on Czech soil; PPP tender winner announced; Ryanair stirs up controversy with ...
26/02/2010 at 13:32:18 - In this week's Business News: Brussels probes Czech Airlines loan, CEZ sets record profit but warns over outlook, car maker Hyundai gears up for expansion, Prague struggles to make mark on real estate ...
25/02/2010 at 15:58:10 - Built at the end of the 1980s to host communist party gatherings, Prague's Congress Centre was the pride of the communist leadership. However, within years of building it, the communists lost power a ...
24/02/2010 at 15:19:30 - Public transport around the Czech Republic will grind to a halt in the early hours of Monday as the country's trade unions go on strike. They will protest against higher taxation of employee benefits ...
23/02/2010 at 14:44:49 - The Czech government has come to grips with the so-called fat cat wages and golden handshakes enjoyed by managers of some state companies. It will put into effect a new framework making performance a ...
13/10/2009 at 17:04:58 - France's utility operators Gaz de France and Dalkia are interested in the forthcoming privatisation of Sofia's steam heating company "Toplofikatsiya", minister of industry Traicho Traikov said Tuesday ...
12/10/2009 at 11:14:57 - Bulgaria's economy will contract by 2% next year compared to a 6.3% contraction this year, finance minister Simeon Djankov said as quoted by the media on Monday.
08/09/2009 at 19:10:58 - Bulgaria's budget deficit contracted to leva (BGN) 105 million in August from BGN 565 million in July due to belt-tightening measures enforced by the new government, finance minister Simeon Djankov sa ...
03/09/2009 at 11:00:50 - Bulgaria's minister of finance Simeon Djankov expects the country to emerge from the economic crisis next April and is planning to cut its 20% flat-rate value added tax (VAT) to 16% between 2011 and 2 ...
02/09/2009 at 10:20:36 - Bulgaria expects to reverse current recession and be back to economic growth in 2011, a finance ministry forecast said Wednesday.
Today at 20:15:32 - President Barack Obama Wednesday reiterated the U.S. commitment to recovery and rebuilding in Haiti following the earthquake that devastated the nation in January. Speaking in the White House Rose ...
Today at 18:55:36 - The European markets rose for the first time in three days on Wednesday, as speculation grew about increased mergers and acquisition activities and heavily weighted energy stocks rallied after crude o ...
Today at 16:21:27 - Nitrogen products maker Terra Industries Inc. (TRA), Wednesday said it now considers the latest bid put forward by CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) better than the deal made in February with Norway-b ...
Today at 15:55:40 - The European Commission has invited comments from interested airlines on commitments proposed by a transatlantic tie-up between British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia. This was part of a pro ...
Today at 15:35:39 - Engineering and construction company McDermott International Inc. (MDR) said Wednesday that one of its subsidiaries has set up a joint venture with Indian energy-environment solutions provider Thermax ...
Today at 15:38:05 - Stronger than hoped for results from Standard Life have shown again why insurers are better investments than banks.
Today at 15:01:33 - Online banking fraud rose by 14% to £60m in 2009, while card fraud dropped for the first time in three years.
Today at 13:07:57 - Tech is still only trading on a multiple of 1.1x the market - despite an anticipated M&A boom as the new cycle of technology kicks in.
Today at 12:49:21 - You can trust me, prime minister says, as he unveils a pay freeze for doctors, dentists, and hospital consultants.
Today at 11:36:31 - Consumer bodies urge Financial Services Authority to push ahead with reform of PPI after it announces a further six week consultation period.