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Struggling Merck lowers profit forecast

Brussels :: Belgium | about 12 hours ago | Business News

Source: Star Tribune

Merck, which six weeks ago announced its second restructuring in three years, has been struggling all year with safety concerns hurting sales of its key cholesterol drugs and a couple of other products. Capital One to buy Chevy Chase Bank...

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Interview: EU must unlock its 'innovative capacity'

Brussels :: Belgium | about 3 hours ago | Political News

Source: Euractiv

What I would like to see at the end of the Year is that the citizens of Europe understand better that by promoting human talents and the human capacity to innovate, we can actively shape Europe for the better, to...

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Solana to announce arrival of EULEX today

Brussels :: Belgium | about 4 hours ago | Political News

Source: Blic

Kosovo as of December 9, the EU sources in Brussels told Tanjug. The French and Romanian contingent shall be deployed near Kosovska Mitrovica while Italians and Polish soldiers shall be in Pristina.

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Auto Workers Union's Remarks to Senate

Brussels :: Belgium | about 18 hours ago | Political News

Source: Fox News

The following is a transcript of the prepared remarks submitted by UAW President Ron Gettelfinger before the Senate Banking Committee Mr. Chairman, my name is Ron Gettelfinger. I am President of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement...

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ECB, Bank of England Cut Rates

Brussels :: Belgium | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: Asian Wall Street Journal

Central banks world-wide delivered sweeping interest rate cuts Thursday, even as the continuing turmoil in credit markets means cuts in rates are losing their power to curtail an accelerating global slowdown. Major European central banks, including the European Central Bank,...

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EU court rules for anti-Iran group

Brussels :: Belgium | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: Press TV

is on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations and subject to an EU-wide assets freeze. The group has been designated by the US government as a foreign terrorist organization. The Paris-based group claims that it is not a terrorist...

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EU environment ministers struggle for climate change deal

Brussels :: Belgium | about 22 hours ago | Political News

Source: Xinhuanet.com

European Union (EU) environment ministers struggled on Thursday for a deal over a climate change and energy package that would help the 27-nation bloc to meet its emissions reduction ambitions. The ministers were debating a proposal by the European Commission...

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Britain's Brown hosting mini summit

Brussels :: Belgium | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: Taiwan News

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he'll host a mini-economic summit ahead of European Union talks next week. Brown's office says that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will attend the event in London.

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Opinion: Letters to the Editor -

Brussels :: Belgium | about 21 hours ago | Political News

Source: Prague Post

I am a law student in London (“Squatters’ rights,” News, Nov. 26–Dec...Here in the United Kingdom, squatters may apply to possess the property after 10 years. If the registered proprietor does not dispute the claim in 65 days, the property...

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PC World: Intel, Google Asked to Help Revise EU Data Protection Laws

Brussels :: Belgium | about 19 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Androscoggin News

The European Commission has set up an advisory panel including executives from Google and Intel to help it revise European Union laws on data protection. "The aim of the group is to identify issues and challenges raised by new technologies....

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