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Name: European Commission
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First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Eurozone strains intensify as 'massive shock' looms

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso speaks at a press conference after a meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels, May 24. Eurozone tensions have intensified after grim news on the economic outlook and as investors sought safety in ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Mastercard loses appeal against card transaction charges

Mastercard has lost its appeal against a European Commission ruling which declared charges imposed on UK retailers for processing credit and debit card payments from other EU countries were anti-competitive and unlawful.The European Union General Court ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Drapers ]
First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Google's last chance in anti-trust talks

Google has been warned by the European Commission that it only has a "matter of weeks" in which to allay concerns that it is abusing its dominant position in the search engine market.An investigation by Joaquin Almunia, Europe's commissioner for competition, ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Digital Spy ]
First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 1 Documents

Europe Is Working On Emergency Plans For Greek Euro Exit

European officials have secretly been working on a plan for the worst-case scenario that at this point, seems possible: a Greek exit from the Euro. German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said earlier this week that she didn’t want Greece to leave. But with ... [ Published May 18 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]
First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 1 Documents

EU Parliament Head: Greece Must Stay in Eurozone

President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz on Friday criticized speculations about Greece exiting the eurozone, and insisted that EU institutions want the country to keep the common currency.Schulz met with Greek party leaders on Friday to reaffirm ... [ Published May 18 2012 by International Business Times ]
First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 12 2012 - 1 Documents

EU to cut mobile roaming charges

The European Parliament has passed a bill to cut mobile phone roaming charges, including data charges incurred when using mobile internet services abroad. The latest round of cuts will see the cost of making a mobile phone call from another EU country ... [ Published May 11 2012 by IMRG ]
First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 12 2012 - 1 Documents

EU predicts 0.3 pct eurozone contraction in 2012

BRUSSELS The European Union has confirmed that it expects the economy of the 17 countries that use the euro to shrink this year, but is laying hope a recovery is in sight.The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, said its central forecast ... [ Published May 11 2012 by CBS News ]
First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

Roaming data costs capped in Europe

Roaming data charges are to fall this summer following a ruling by the European Parliament.The move will enable mobile operators to place caps on call and data prices on the continent from July.Mobile calls from another EU country will fall from around ... [ Published May 10 2012 by Digital Spy ]
First Reported May 09 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

European Commission rules that Spain must recover €265 public funding granted to Ciudad de la Luz studio

The European Commission (EC) has ruled that Spain must recover the €265m public funding granted by the Valencia Regional Government in 2000 to the Ciudad de la Luz (City of Light) studio complex in Alicante. ... [ Published May 09 2012 by Screendaily ]
First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 1 Documents

Where to go? (week 17)

and Tuesday 8 May, will be bringing an interesting selection of European cinema to Helsinki. The event is organised by The European Commission Representation in Finland and the European Parliament Information Office in Finland in cooperation with embassies ... [ Published May 02 2012 by Helsinki Times ]
First Reported Apr 30 2012 - Updated Apr 30 2012 - 1 Documents

Flagging support for EU

SO the European Commission thinks it can order the EU flag to be flown over some of our buildings because they have received EU money.Someone should remind them Britain fought to save Europe from this kind of dictatorship.There is a simple truth that ... [ Published Apr 30 2012 by Scottish Daily Express ]
First Reported Apr 27 2012 - Updated Apr 27 2012 - 1 Documents

European Commission funding worth EUR8m to help museums share collections online @CollectionTrust

The Collections Trust has announced that European Commission investment worthEUR8m (£6.5m) has been secured in order to help museums share their collectionsonline. ... [ Published Apr 27 2012 by Leisure Opportunities ]

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...Yvonne Greenstreet, senior vice president and head of Medicines Development Group for Pfizer's Specialty Care Business Unit. "The panel's assessment represents a positive step forward in our goal to provide this much-needed medicine to patients suffering from this rare and fatal disease. Pfizer will continue to work with the FDA as the Agency finalizes its review of our NDA for tafamidis."
...in London, senior European economist Jennifer McKeown said that data suggested that "the downturn has now really hit Germany" and commented: "Spreading economic downturn will further reduce the currency union's chances of survival."

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Medicine & Pharmaceuticals [ Published May 25 2012 by Fox54 ]
Eurozone strains intensify as 'massive shock' l... [ Published May 25 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
FDA Advisory Committee Finds Data Support Effec... [ Published May 24 2012 by NewsBlaze ]
Eurozone tunnel darkens, after EU summit stalemate [ Published May 24 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
Mastercard loses appeal against card transactio... [ Published May 24 2012 by Drapers ]
Germany puts deeper carbon cut back on EU agenda [ Published May 24 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
Envying Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony shows off ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Chicago Sun-Times ]
Stem Cell Research Explained Via Comics [ Published May 23 2012 by Newsarama ]
Google Chrome eclipses Internet Explorer as wor... [ Published May 22 2012 by Ukzambians ]
“Bridges – Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace... [ Published May 22 2012 by Bao Moi.com ]
Google's last chance in anti-trust talks [ Published May 22 2012 by Digital Spy ]
Territories voice "key concerns" about EU's pro... [ Published May 22 2012 by Screendaily ]
Media Decoder Blog: The Breakfast Meeting: Comp... [ Published May 21 2012 by New York Times ]
­Ulyanovsk Region to run for European Capital o... [ Published May 20 2012 by Russia Today ]
Michelle Obama Welcomes G-8 First Ladies To Whi... [ Published May 20 2012 by BruDirect ]
Farhadi to receive EU MEDIA Prize [ Published May 19 2012 by Press tv ]
Major Heads of State Arrive at Camp David for t... [ Published May 19 2012 by International Business Times ]
EU Parliament Head: Greece Must Stay in Eurozone [ Published May 18 2012 by International Business Times ]
Spain faces bank concerns after downgrade [ Published May 18 2012 by Channel4000 ]
Europe Is Working On Emergency Plans For Greek ... [ Published May 18 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]
Simon & Schuster reaches settlement in state eb... [ Published May 18 2012 by The Verge ]
Spain beset by bank crisis, downgrades, bond pr... [ Published May 17 2012 by Yahoo! UK and Ireland ]
Greece's interim Cabinet to be sworn in as fear... [ Published May 17 2012 by Channel4000 ]
Markets waver over Greece vote [ Published May 17 2012 by Nine MSN ]
In Praise of Spatial Energy [ Published May 16 2012 by Style Weekly ]
Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media R... [ Published May 16 2012 by Hellenic Resources Network ]
Judge denies Apple, publishers' motion to dismi... [ Published May 16 2012 by Apple Insider ]
Greece to Go to Polls after Failed Cabinet Talks [ Published May 15 2012 by Sofia News Agency ]
Foreign Policy: Is A Greek Exit From The EU Pos... [ Published May 15 2012 by WNYC ]
Court documents reveal Steve Jobs email pushing... [ Published May 15 2012 by Apple Insider ]
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Europe Is Working On Emergency Plans For Greek ... [ Published May 18 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]
European officials have secretly been working on a plan for the worst-case scenario that at this point, seems possible: a Greek exit from the Euro. German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said earlier this week that she didn’t want Greece to leave. But with ...
Congress to hold hearings on Universal-EMI merger [ Published May 12 2012 by Company Town ]
Sen. Herb Kohl, chairman of the Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel, is planning to hold hearings on Universal Music Group's proposed merger with EMI Music, a union that would give Universal roughly 40% of the U.S. market for recorded music. No date ...
Art Cashin On The Fed, The Election, And The Co... [ Published Apr 27 2012 by Zero Hedge ]
The other Chairman (of the fermentation committee) provides his unique color on the market's ability to shrug off the terrible news of the last few days thanks to the lesser-Chairman (of the Fed's) commitment to 'catch us if we fall' which has extended ...
European Union approves Sony EMI merger [ Published Apr 19 2012 by Company Town ]
The European Union's antitrust regulators on Thursday approved Sony Corp.'s $2.2-billion acquisition of EMI's publishing business, which would create the world's largest music publishing group with rights to about 2 million songs including some by David ...
Supporting copyright is not the same as opposin... [ Published Apr 19 2012 by Music blog | guardian.co.uk ]
Opponents of copyright protection mislead the public with claims about what it means Recently I was asked to speak at a debate on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) in the European parliament, organised by the socialist group. I was invited ...
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EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso: UK... [ Published Dec 13 2011 by Telegraph TV - YouTube ]
EU Commission's Jose Manuel Barroso: Euro is ir... [ Published Dec 08 2011 by Telegraph TV - YouTube ]
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