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Amount of counterfeit euros up, ECB says

AP News 30 days ago

ECB says 8 percent more counterfeit banknotes recovered in last year's 2nd half The number of counterfeit euro bank notes withdrawn from circulation rose 8 percent during the last six months of 2009, with the euro20 ($28.80) bill the most widely forged, ...

Spain EU

AP News 32 days ago

Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, center, with EU president Herman Van Rompuy, left, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Friday Jan. 8, 2010, before a meeting. (AP Photo/Paul White) Copyright 2010 AP ...

Bulgaria sends revised 2008-12 CO2 plan to Brussels

Reuters Environmental Online Report 48 days ago

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's new government approved on Wednesday a long-delayed revision of its 2008-12 national plan that allocates carbon permits to industries to meet European Union requirements and sent to Brussels for approval. Bulgaria, the only EU member state without an ...

Troubled German bank HRE says it has repaid some state aid

AFP Global Edition 50 days ago

The troubled German bank Hypo Real Estate said Monday it had paid back a small part of the aid it had received from the government and other German financial institutions. HRE, which is now completely state-owned, reimbursed seven billion euros (10 billion ...

Oracle expects EC green light for Sun bid in January

AFP Global Edition 54 days ago

US business software giant Oracle said Thursday that it expects the European Commission to give the green light in January to its takeover bid for Sun Microsystems. "We expect the European Commission to unconditionally clear the acquisition of Sun in January," Oracle ...

Microsoft browser pledge ends EU dispute

Reuters US Online Report Internet News 55 days ago

BRUSSELS/HELSINKI (Reuters) - European Union regulators accepted Microsoft Corp's pledge to give European consumers better access to rival Internet browsers in Windows, ending a long antitrust dispute with the U.S. software maker. Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said on Wednesday millions of European ...

Belgium EU Antitrust Microsoft

AP News 56 days ago

European Union Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes gestures while talking to the media during a press conference at the EU Commission headquarter in Brussels, Wednesday Dec. 16, 2009. The EU Commission has adopted this Wednesday a decision that renders legally binding commitments ...

Microsoft opens PCs up to web browsers in Europe

AFP Global Edition 56 days ago

Computer users in Europe who buy new hardware based on Microsoft's Windows operating system will no longer be tied to using the company's Internet Explorer web browser, the European Commission said on Wednesday. "The European Commission has adopted a decision that renders ...

APTOPIX Belgium EU Antitrust Microsoft

AP News 56 days ago

European Union Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes gestures while talking to the media during a press conference at the EU Commission headquarter in Brussels, Wednesday Dec. 16, 2009. The EU Commission has adopted this Wednesday a decision that renders legally binding commitments ...

RBS investors back another huge state bailout

AFP Global Edition 57 days ago

Royal Bank of Scotland said Tuesday that investors had backed its plans to join a state insurance scheme for toxic assets and raise the government's stake to 84 percent in another huge bailout. The vote, conducted at a shareholders' meeting in Edinburgh, ...

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