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Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- European Union regulators dropped a four-year-old investigation into Qualcomm Inc. after companies that accused the chipmaker of charging excessive royalties on technology patents withdrew their complaints.
European Union officials said no decision on granting aid to General Motors Co.'s Opel unit will be made until a meeting next month. Opel will inform unions this week about its restructuring plan, acting chief Nick Reilly told reporters after meeting with EU officials Monday. Industry ministers will discuss the plan Dec. 4, Flemish regional leader Kris Peeters said.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Oracle Corp. ’s planned $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. may be blocked by European Union regulators because of concerns that Oracle might be able to eliminate Sun’s MySQL database product as a competitor, according to an EU document.
SAN ANGELO, Texas —The European Union can’t be accused of being dazzled by celebrity and star power in its choices for its first president and first foreign minister under the recently ratified Lisbon Treaty.The 27 nations bypassed America’s favorite Brit, Tony Blair, in favor of little-known Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy and the even-more-obscure Catherine Ashton, currently the EU ...
A European Union commissioner Monday told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that Europe's policy toward Cuba in the future will place less emphasis on human rights in the island nation than now.
New York - The European Union on Monday urged Bosnia- Herzegovina to build momentum before next spring so it can join the bloc. Swedish Ambassador Anders Liden, who chairs the EU group at UN headquarters in New York, said Bosnia's internal political ...
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Italy backs outgoing European Union Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani as the country’s candidate for a seat in the next commission, Ansa news agency reported, without saying where it got the information.
European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday dropped a two-year monopoly abuse probe into wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc., saying they have to focus their priorities elsewhere.
European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. The European Commission said Oracle had asked for more time "in order to have the opportunity to further develop its arguments in response to the Commission's concerns." The EU executive gave them an ...
Madrid - Spain will allow Kosovo to attend European Union meetings dealing with the Balkans during its EU presidency in the first half of 2010, despite Madrid not recognizing the former Serbian province as an independent state, Foreign Minister Migue...
Tallinn - Estonia's hopes of becoming the next European Union member state to adopt the euro as its national currency received a slight boost Monday with comments from EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia suggesting the Balti...
Although seeking a higher profile, the EU picks two relative unknowns. Belgian Premier Herman Van Rompuy will be the first full-time president. Catherine Ashton of Britain is to be foreign minister. The European Union wants to become a more influential and higher-profile alliance, but its leaders picked a pair of relative unknowns Thursday to represent the continent on the international stage.
Nearly half of Europe's unemployed stay out of work for at least a year, a European Union report said Monday, far more than in the U.S.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- European Union officials said no decision on granting aid to General Motors Co. ’s Opel unit will be made until a meeting next month.
The European Union on Monday urged the United States and China to deliver greenhouse gas emissions targets at next month's climate conference in Copenhagen, saying their delays were hindering global efforts to curb climate change.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the appointment of Belgium's Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy as first president of the European Union and Catherine Ashton as the EU's top diplomat. Ban said he looks forward to working ...
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