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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 6:35 pm ET
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has scrapped a planned meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy this week, his office said Thursday amid a row over remarks by the French leader about EU financial regulation.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 2, 11:39 am ET
European Union countries agreed Wednesday on the powers that new financial oversight agencies would hold after an intense debate that pitted France and Germany's tighter regulatory traditions against Britain's more hands-off approach.
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TechWorld - Sat Dec 5, 3:22 am ET
Random list of browsers could win the day. Microsoft has revamped the browser ballot screen as demanded by European Union antitrust regulators and may now get final approval as early as 15 December, according to a source familiar with the case.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 2, 11:32 am ET
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- European Union finance ministers overcame a clash between the U.K. and France to reach an agreement on overhauling financial supervision for the bloc.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 2, 10:58 am ET
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- European Union finance ministers reached a compromise on overhauling Europe’s financial supervision with a new set of regulators, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said.
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New York Times - Fri Dec 4, 11:08 am ET
“Ottomania,” nostalgia for the glorious history of the Ottoman empire, has seized Turkey, partly as a reaction to the European Union’s seeming cold shoulder.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 30, 5:51 am ET
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Bilfinger Berger AG offered remedies to address European Union regulators’ antitrust concerns in their review of the company’s planned purchase of MCE Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH of Austria.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 2, 9:05 am ET
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said European Union member states reached a compromise on financial regulation.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 8:00 am ET
Nutrition 21, Inc. , the developer and marketer of nutritional ingredients for the dietary supplement, and functional food and beverage markets announced today that chromium picolinate has been added to the approved list of ingredients allowed to be used in food supplements in the European Union .
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UPI - Wed Dec 2, 8:18 am ET
JERUSALEM, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- European Union consuls in East Jerusalem and Ramallah recommend strengthening the Palestinian Authority's status in East Jerusalem, a report says.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 1:42 pm ET
The European Commission announced Thursday it would appeal against court decisions which blocked EU attempts to limit greenhouse gas emissions from Poland and Estonia.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 1, 5:31 pm ET
Lisbon - The European Union's Lisbon Treaty is a powerful instrument to face the challenges of our time, new EU permanent council President Herman Van Rompuy said Tuesday as top EU officials marked the pact's entry into force. A ceremony was staged...
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 2, 6:17 am ET
European Union finance ministers sought to nail down an agreement Wednesday on new financial oversight agencies but faced resistance from Britain, which is worried these may overrule national regulators.
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WCBS-TV New York - Tue Dec 1, 12:38 pm ET
Israel sternly warned the European Union on Tuesday against recognizing east Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital, saying such a move would damage Europe's credibility as a Mideast mediator. Sweden, the current EU president, is floating an initiative to recognize east Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 5, 5:42 pm ET
Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto said Saturday they had signed a binding agreement on combining their vast iron ore operations in Western Australia, and have submitted the deal to the EU.