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<title>UPDATE 2-EU conditionally clears BNP&#39;s buy of Fortis assets</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201649654</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 20:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  ET BRUSSELS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - French bank BNP Paribas won permission from Europe&#39;s competition  ...  on Wednesday to buy Fortis&#39;s Belgian and Luxembourg assets on condition BNP divest its Belgian  ...  Belgian credit card arm, BNP Paribas Personal Finance Belgium, including its stake in Fidexis and  ...
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<title>UPDATE 2-EU conditionally clears BNP&#39;s buy of Fortis...</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201643278</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 19:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  assets BRUSSELS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - French bank BNP Paribas won permission from Europe&#39;s competition  ...  on Wednesday to buy Fortis&#39;s Belgian and Luxembourg assets on condition BNP divest its Belgian  ...  Belgian credit card arm, BNP Paribas Personal Finance Belgium, including its stake in Fidexis and  ...
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<title>UPDATE 1-EU conditionally clears BNP&#39;s buy of Fortis...</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201643271</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 19:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  assets BRUSSELS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - French bank BNP Paribas won permission from Europe&#39;s competition  ...  on Wednesday to buy Fortis&#39;s Belgian and Luxembourg assets on condition BNP divest its Belgian  ...  Belgian credit card arm, BNP Paribas Personal Finance Belgium, including its stake in Fidexis and  ...
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<title>EU clears BNP Paribas to buy most of Fortis bank, but must sell credit card unit</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201635537</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 18:57 GMT</pubDate>
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... approval to buy the Belgian and Luxembourg banking arms of troubled lender Fortis on  ...  BNP Paribas sells off BNP Paribas Personal Finance Belgium and avoids becoming by far the  ...  was a failure and did not assure investors about the bank&#39;s stability, causing the Dutch  ...
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<title>State aid: Commission clears state aid to rescue and restructure Fortis Bank and Fortis Bank Luxemburg</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201635493</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 18:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and restructure Fortis Bank and Fortis Bank Luxemburg The European Commission has approved under EC  ...  Bank Luxemburg following the crisis on the financial markets. Given Fortis Bank&#39;s size, market share  ...  pre-eminent position on the markets of Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands. As a result of  ...
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<title>EU executive clears state aid in Fortis rescue</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201634440</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 18:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  programme by the Benelux governments for Fortis Bank (FOR.BR: Fortis was carved up by the Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg governments in October, with France&#39;s BNP (BNPP.PA:  ...  calm concerns as the credit crunch hit financial markets. &quot;The failure of Fortis would have  ...
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<title>EU clears BNP Paribas to buy most of Fortis bank</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201628251</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 18:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Sept. 29 from Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The bailout was a failure and did not assure investors about the bank&#39;s stability, causing the Dutch  ...  bank and &quot;remedy a threat to the financial system.&quot; The Commission said it had not  ...
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<title>Is UK plc losing control of its media?</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201627012</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 18:20 GMT</pubDate>
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...  future of the UK media industry When investors from Abu Dhabi snapped up Premier League  ...  And RTL Group, which is registered in Luxembourg but majority-owned by Germany&#39;s Bertelsmann, is seen  ...  Newspapers BBC Worldwide Channel 4 Dennis Publishing Financial Times Future Global Radio (but backed by  ...
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<title>UPDATE 1-EU conditionally clears BNP&#39;s buy of Fortis assets</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201623975</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 17:51 GMT</pubDate>
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... BRUSSELS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - French bank BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA: ) won permission from  ...  to buy Fortis&#39;s (FOR.BR: ) Belgian and Luxembourg assets on condition BNP divest its Belgian  ...  Belgian credit card arm, BNP Paribas Personal Finance Belgium, including its stake in Fidexis and  ...
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<title>Automation and Data Consolidation Now More Important than Ever In Wake of Economic Crisis, Says Confluence Whitepaper</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201618817</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 17:23 GMT</pubDate>
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...  hedge funds, and other types of managed investments. This transparency and control will manifest itself  ...  Major fund companies such as the Principal Financial Group(R), T. Rowe Price, and Russell Investments;  ...  industry with key locations in London and Luxembourg. For more information, visit ...
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<title>EU conditionally clears BNP&#39;s buy of Fortis assets</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201615824</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 17:17 GMT</pubDate>
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... BRUSSELS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - French bank BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA: ) won permission from  ...  to buy Fortis&#39;s (FOR.BR: ) Belgian and Luxembourg assets on condition BNP divest its Belgian  ...  Belgian credit card arm, BNP Paribas Personal Finance Belgium, the Commission said. (Reporting by Bate  ...
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<title>Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Fortis&#39; Belgian and Luxembourg assets by BNP Paribas subject to divestment of BNP&#39;s Belgian consumer credit subsidiary</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201615752</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 17:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Commission clears acquisition of Fortis&#39; Belgian and Luxembourg assets by BNP Paribas subject to divestment  ...  the full divestment of BNP Paribas Personal Finance Belgium SA/NV (&quot;PFB&quot;), formerly Cetelem Belgium, including  ...  both private and corporate clients. The Commission&#39;s investigation indicated that in Belgium the merged entity  ...
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<title>Sarkozy voted &quot;European Politician of the Year&quot;</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201609377</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 16:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  ceremony the President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet was declared EU Official of  ...  in tackling the effects of the global financial crisis. Serbian President Boris Tadic has been  ...  &quot;European of the Year.&quot; Claude Turmes from Luxembourg was picked as Member of the European  ...
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<title>European Bank Finances Destruction, Says Activist</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201579547</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 14:16 GMT</pubDate>
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... Brussels &amp;mdash; The European Union is financing ecologically and socially destructive projects in Africa,  ...  Brussels conference has been told. Officially, the Luxembourg-based European Investment Bank (EIB) is committed to using the  ...
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<title>Directionless equities markets end marginally in green</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201576805</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 13:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  companies traded on foreign markets such as Luxembourg or Singapore had fallen sharply so that  ...  said, giving two examples. This means the financing costs of Indian companies are going up,  ...  is a lack of confidence among foreign investors about the repayment abilities of Indian companies  ...
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