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Pharmaceuticals: Patently absurd

The European Commission thinks Europe’s drugs markets need fixingCAUGHT in a squeeze between the health needs of ageing populations on one hand and the financial crisis on the other, governments everywhere are looking for ways...

Credit crisis: European Commission's dazzling moves keep businesses on track

While banks are being written massive cheques by the Government it is no surprise that in the past week we have had the motor manufacturers and the engineering employers starting to say, “Me too!”, Channel 4 and, no doubt, a...

European Commission Warns Germany over Mobile Termination Rates

The European Commission, in a letter made public today, has requested the German telecoms regulator, BNetzA to notify it of all German mobile operators' termination rates, the wholesale tariffs charged by the operator of a...

EU accuses pharma companies of adopting anti-competitive practices

The European Union has blamed the drug makers for their role in the escalating healthcare costs. It has accused the pharma companies of indulging in anti-competitive practices that blocked the sales of low-cost generic...

Brussels gearing up for reshuffle of top jobs

PHILIPPA RUNNER Today @ 08:56 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - With still over six months to go before the selection of a new European Commission and uncertainty on the Lisbon treaty looming over the process, speculation is mounting...

EU to Issue Guidelines on Bank Aid

By ADAM COHEN and PEPPI KIVINIEMI BRUSSELS -- The European Commission plans to issue detailed guidelines by mid-December for governments planning to give money to their banks to support the wider economy, European Commissioner...

U.S. automakers seek plan as Europe looks to bolster banks

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European ministers sought to push lending banks back into action, Japan moved to help its cash-strapped companies, and global markets endured mixed fortunes as the financial crisis...

EU members criticize Brussels over bank aid

Tensions over government support for banks surfaced as European Union finance ministers met on Tuesday to discuss efforts to wrench the bloc out of a looming recession. The German finance minister Peer Steinbrück said Berlin,...

Europe looks to galvanize banks (Reuters)

The European Commission on Tuesday promised measures to get state-aided banks to start lending to the real economy but EU finance ministers squabbled over ways to push back against the global financial crisis.

HIGHLIGHTS-EU finance ministers' meeting

BRUSSELS, Dec 02, 2008 (Reuters via COMTEX) -- The following are comments by European Union ministers and other officials in connection with their meeting on Tuesday in Brussels. EU MONETARY AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER JOAQUIN ALMUNIA...

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