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<title>UPDATE 2-EU conditionally clears BNP&#39;s buy of Fortis assets</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201649654</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 20:29 GMT</pubDate>
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... UPDATE 2-EU conditionally clears BNP&#39;s buy of Fortis assets  ...  on Wednesday to buy Fortis&#39;s Belgian and Luxembourg assets on condition BNP divest its Belgian  ...  for 14.5 billion euros, to become the euro zone&#39;s biggest deposit bank. The combined bank will  ...
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<title>UPDATE 2-EU conditionally clears BNP&#39;s buy of Fortis...</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201643278</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 19:31 GMT</pubDate>
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... &gt; &gt; &gt; TFN News &gt; UPDATE 2-EU conditionally clears BNP&#39;s buy of Fortis assets  ...  on Wednesday to buy Fortis&#39;s Belgian and Luxembourg assets on condition BNP divest its Belgian  ...  for 14.5 billion euros, to become the euro zone&#39;s biggest The combined bank will have deposits  ...
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<title>UPDATE 1-EU conditionally clears BNP&#39;s buy of Fortis...</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201643271</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 19:31 GMT</pubDate>
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... &gt; &gt; &gt; TFN News &gt; UPDATE 1-EU conditionally clears BNP&#39;s buy of Fortis assets  ...  on Wednesday to buy Fortis&#39;s Belgian and Luxembourg assets on condition BNP divest its Belgian  ...  for 14.5 billion euros, to become the euro zone&#39;s biggest The combined bank will have deposits  ...
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<title>UPDATE 1-EU conditionally clears BNP&#39;s buy of Fortis assets</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201623975</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 17:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA: ) won permission from Europe&#39;s competition watchdog on Wednesday to buy Fortis&#39;s  ...  to buy Fortis&#39;s (FOR.BR: ) Belgian and Luxembourg assets on condition BNP divest its Belgian  ...  for 14.5 billion euros, to become the euro zone&#39;s biggest deposit bank. The combined bank will  ...
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<title>Eurozone Retail Sales Drop More Than Expected In October, Strengthening Rate cut Expectations</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201563301</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 12:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  - Reflecting a slowdown in consumer spending, Eurozone retail sales decreased in October as uncertainty  ...  Lithuania, Finland and Slovakia, while Spain, Latvia, Luxembourg and Romania recorded the largest decreases. Year-on-year,  ...  rate again on Thursday. In November, annual inflation in the 15-nation economy eased to 2.1%  ...
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<title>Auto sector feels more pain</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201500792</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 05:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  &#39;is not an option&#39; and that a short-term loan program &#39;is an appropriate way to  ...  equivalent to 1.5%of EU gross domestic product. Luxembourg&#39;s Jean-Claude Juncker, who serves as both prime  ...  chief, insisted that the figure, disputed by eurozone ministers on Monday, was less important than  ...
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<title>Stricken big 3 unveils plans</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201500773</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 05:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  &#39;is not an option&#39; and that a short-term loan program &#39;is an appropriate way to  ...  to 1.5% of EU gross domestic product. Luxembourg&#39;s Jean-Claude Juncker, who serves as both prime  ...  chief, insisted that the figure, disputed by eurozone ministers on Monday, was less important than  ...
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<title>Extra funds for investment bank</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201493136</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 03:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  medium-sized businesses, and accelerate the distribution of EU regional aid to central and east European  ...  Scotland. Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the 15-member eurozone finance ministers&#39; group, said the countries sharing  ...  effect,&quot; said Mr Juncker, who is also Luxembourg&#39;s prime minister. Philippe Maystadt, the president of  ...
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<title>EU finance ministers support economic stimulus plan</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201484486</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 02:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  divided concerning certain details. Eurogroup Chairman and Luxembourg Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said that the  ...  direction&quot; was more important. Juncker chaired an eurozone finance ministers&#39; meeting Monday night to discuss  ...  200 billion euros, or 1.5 percent of EU gross domestic product (GDP), to pull the  ...
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<title>EU ministers back &amp;euro;200bn strategy to boost economy</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201471755</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and the European Investment Bank. The EU&#39;s long-term financing arm would see its lending for  ...  22 years in October, a sign that inflation will slow further and give the European  ...  1986, the European Union statistics office in Luxembourg said. The drop, which was due to  ...
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<title>Extra capital to boost investment bank</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201469342</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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...  medium-sized businesses, and accelerate the distribution of EU regional aid to central and east European  ...  Scotland. Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the 15-member eurozone finance ministers group, said the countries sharing  ...  effect, said Mr Juncker, who is also Luxembourgs prime minister. Philippe Maystadt, president of the  ...
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<title>Eurozone backs away from stimulus target</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201466639</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 23:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  ministers from the 15 countries sharing the euro failed on Monday to commit to a  ...  need a joint anti-recession package. With many EU countries due to present stimulus plans in  ...  plans in the coming days and weeks, Luxembourg Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said it was  ...
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<title>EU struggles to get stimulus package on the rails</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201403275</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 17:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of formally committing to the target, the EU ministers said they &quot;agree that a package  ...  plans in the coming days and weeks, Luxembourg Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said on Monday  ...  a meeting with his counterparts from the eurozone countries. &quot;I wouldn&#39;t overemphasise the figures.&quot; The  ...
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<title>Eurozone producer prices fell at record pace in October</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201401325</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 17:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in the total index were observed in Luxembourg (+21.1%), Romania (+15.0%) and Lithuania (+14.7%), and  ...  markets of the various countries, excluding imports. Eurozone and EU indices refer to overall weighted price changes.  ...
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<title>Recession tide rising as EU works on dam of state spending</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201364326</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 14:10 GMT</pubDate>
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...  1.5 percent of EU gross domestic product. Luxembourg Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker insisted that the  ...  Juncker insisted that the figure, disputed by eurozone ministers on Monday, was less important than  ...  Thursday because of a sharp drop in inflation, but top central bankers are looking increasingly  ...
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