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San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 24, 4:09 pm ET
William Kennard, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has resigned from the board of the New York Times Co. to become the U.S. ambassador to the European Union. Kennard, who served as the head of the FCC under President Bill Clinton, was... European Union - Bill Clinton - New York Times - Federal Communications Commission - William Kennard
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San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 24, 3:09 pm ET
U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's "precarious" financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing... Sun Microsystems - Oracle Corporation - European Union - Oracle - Competition law
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San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 24, 12:56 pm ET
European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday dropped a monopoly abuse probe into wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc. after mobile phone companies withdrew complaints about high royalty fees. Broadcom Corp., NEC Corp., Nokia Corp., LM Ericsson, Panasonic... European Union - Mobile phone - Qualcomm - Ericsson - Mobile
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 9:05 am ET
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- European Union officials raided the offices of CEZ AS , the largest Czech utility, and other Czech companies, searching for evidence that CEZ may have unlawfully excluded competitors and raised wholesale electricity prices.
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The San Angelo Standard-Times - Mon Nov 23, 6:48 pm ET
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 ...
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 24, 7:48 am ET
European Union antitrust regulators said Tuesday they made surprise raids Monday on the Czech Republic's state-owned electricity supplier CEZ and other companies in search of evidence that CEZ shut out rivals and hiked power prices.
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CNN - Mon Nov 23, 8:26 pm ET
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.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 1:17 pm ET
European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso announced the nominations for his new team Wednesday, with conservatives to the fore and more women members than the outgoing EU executive.
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 23, 4:56 pm ET
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 ...
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Newsday - 18 minutes ago
EU charges Philips, others with fixing the price of TV, monitor cathode ray tubes
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 4:33 am ET
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.
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Nasdaq - Tue Nov 24, 11:47 am ET
(Adds comment from Commissioner Reding, telecoms companies.) BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The European Union Tuesday cleared the final hurdle for sweeping new rules for the bloc's telecommunications sector as the parliament gave its blessing after months of delay.
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Fox News - Wed Nov 25, 5:57 pm ET
EU regulators will review Oracle's proposed purchase of Sun Microsystems.
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CIO Today - Mon Nov 23, 10:44 am ET
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 ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 23, 10:11 am ET
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...