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Get the latest news alerts: Follow LTW at Twitter. BRUSSELS - European Union regulators looked closer to approving Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- European Union leaders said government measures to stimulate the economy should stay in place until the “ recovery is fully secured.”
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union’s anti-piracy operation may expand the area it patrols because Somali pirates have begun to threaten ships as much as 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) from shore, according to the mission’s commander.
European Commission statement indicates it's happy with Oracle's commitment to continued support of MYSQL under the General Public License, among other promises.
Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems seems set for regulatory clearance in the European Union. The companies' latest promises to safeguard competition in the market for database software, make the Commission optimistic that the case will have a satisfactory outcome, it said Monday.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- European Union member states offered the developing world 2.4 billion euros ($3.5 billion) in annual climate aid over the next three years in a bid to spur United Nations talks on reducing emissions from fossil fuels.
The European Union's executive told Poland and Estonia on Friday to draw up new, lower limits for carbon dioxide emissions for a cap-and-trade program running from 2008 to 2012.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- European Union leaders say government measures to stimulate the economy should stay in place until the “ recovery is fully secured,” according to a draft of the conclusions at a Brussels summit that ends today.
European Union leaders called for a global financial transaction levy in the hopes it could help buffer against future market crises, according to a joint statement published today.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union vetoed for a second time carbon-dioxide emission caps proposed by Poland and Estonia, urging the two member states to scale back their original demands for more generous pollution limits.
The European Union's top antitrust official said Wednesday she was "still optimistic" that regulators could resolve a bitter dispute over an EU investigation into Oracle Corp.'s planned takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Speculation that climate talks in Copenhagen will produce a global commitment to cut emissions has sparked a rally for European Union carbon dioxide allowances at a time when power and gas prices indicate falling demand.
The European Union was supposed to make a decisive show of unity at its first summit since sweeping reforms streamlined its decision-making procession.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union vetoed for a second time carbon-dioxide emission caps proposed by Poland and Estonia, urging the two member states to scale back their original demands for more generous pollution limits.
FILE - In this combo made from file photos, packages of Kraft American cheese singles at a store in Chicago, top, and Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bars at a store in London are shown. European Union regulators said Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, that Kraft Foods Inc. had put forward possible changes to its hostile 9.8 billion pound ($16.3 billion) takeover of Cadbury PLC to soothe antitrust worries ...
COPENHAGEN - Poor countries ended a boycott of U.N. climate talks Monday after getting assurances that rich nations were not conspiring to soften their commitments to cutting greenhouse gases, European officials said. European Union environment spokesman Andreas Carlgren said informal talks resolved the impasse, which was started by African countries and backed by major developing countries ...
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