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EU calls for gradual, orderly rise in yuan

Reuters - Sun Nov 29, 4:03 am ET

A gradual, orderly appreciation of the yuan is in the interests of both China and the world economy, senior European Union officials said on Sunday.

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Hedegaard to Steer Biggest Emissions Market in EU Job (Update1)
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 1:09 pm ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Connie Hedegaard , named as the next European Union climate commissioner, will oversee a possible EU decision to force energy and manufacturing companies in the world’s biggest greenhouse-gas market to deepen emission cuts.
Spain’s Almunia, France’s Barnier Given Top EU Economy Jobs
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 8:09 am ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Jose Barroso picked Spain’s Joaquin Almunia to be the European Union’s antitrust chief and France’s Michel Barnier to lead a push for tougher bank regulation as part of a new team that will manage the EU’s $15 trillion economy as it emerges from recession.
EU’s Almunia Named Competition Commissioner, EU Official Says
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 6:13 am ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia , who led the expansion of countries using the euro and helped steer the EU through the worst recession in six decades, will take over the competition portfolio in the next European Commission , an EU official said.
Greece Set to Get European Rebuke on Finances, EU Draft Shows
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 8:35 am ET
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- European Union finance ministers will reprimand Greece next week for failing to take “credible and sustainable” measures to reduce its budget deficit toward the EU limit of 3 percent of output, a draft document shows.
European Union wants U.S. to spell out long-term climate goal
The Champaign News-Gazette - Tue Nov 24, 11:20 am ET
STRASBOURG, France (AP) – The United States should be ready to spell out its long-term vision for reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades, not just until 2020, the European Union said Tuesday. With two weeks to go before a global climate conference, the EU urged Washington and Beijing to come to the Copenhagen event with meaningful bids to check their greenhouse gas emissions.
Greece Set to Get European Rebuke on Finances, EU Draft Shows
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 7:28 am ET
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- European Union finance ministers will reprimand Greece next week for failing to take “credible and sustainable” measures to reduce its budget deficit toward the EU limit of 3 percent of output, a draft document shows.
Greece Set to Get European Rebuke on Finances, EU Draft Shows
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 7:22 am ET
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- European Union finance ministers will reprimand Greece next week for failing to take “credible and sustainable” measures to reduce its budget deficit toward the EU limit of 3 percent of output, a draft document shows.
Yemenia airline avoids EU blacklist despite crash
Washington Post - Fri Nov 27, 7:25 am ET
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union added all airlines from Djibouti, the Republic of Congo and Sao Tome and Principe to its airline safety blacklist on Friday, but Yemenia Yemen Airways avoided inclusion despite a fatal crash in June.
EU charges Philips, others with price-fixing
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Nov 26, 6:13 am ET
European Union antitrust regulators have charged Royal Philips Electronics NV and others with running a cartel to fix the price of cathode ray tubes used in televisions and computer monitors, the EU executive and Philips said Thursday.
EU Widens Ban on Airlines in Africa, Further Eases TAAG Curbs
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 12:49 pm ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union prohibited all airlines based in the African nations of Djibouti, the Republic of Congo and Sao Tome and Principe from flying in the bloc while further easing curbs on TAAG Angola Airlines under the latest changes to a list of unsafe carriers.
EU Widens Ban on Airlines in Africa, Further Eases TAAG Curbs
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 12:39 pm ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union prohibited all airlines based in the African nations of Djibouti, the Republic of Congo and Sao Tome and Principe from flying in the bloc while further easing curbs on TAAG Angola Airlines under the latest changes to a list of unsafe carriers.
Guenther Oettinger Is Named EU Energy Commissioner (Update2)
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 11:35 am ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Guenther Oettinger was named European Union energy commissioner, responsible for guarding the bloc’s oil and gas supply security and promoting the use of cleaner technologies to protect the climate.
Guenther Oettinger Is Named EU Energy Commissioner (Update1)
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 9:20 am ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Guenther Oettinger was named European Union energy commissioner, responsible for guarding the bloc’s oil and gas supply security and promoting the use of cleaner technologies to protect the climate.
EU charges Philips, others with price-fixing
Seattle Times - Thu Nov 26, 7:14 am ET
European Union antitrust regulators have charged Royal Philips Electronics NV and others with running a cartel to fix the price of cathode ray tubes used in televisions and computer monitors, the EU executive and Philips said Thursday.
Viviane Reding picked to re-write EU data protection laws
Computerworld - Fri Nov 27, 11:26 am ET
IDG News Service - Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner who for the past five years has championed consumer rights in the telecommunications and IT arenas, has been picked to take charge of a re-write of the European Union's 15-year-old data protection laws due to start next year.