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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 9:24 am ET
The head of the European Commission unveiled his new 'cabinet' on Friday, handing France's Michel Barnier responsibility for financial services, despite staunch British opposition.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 7:55 am ET
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.
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UPI - Tue Nov 24, 6:20 pm ET
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The European Union should respect territorial integrity and sovereignty in a common principle for the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, analysts said.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Nov 27, 9:40 am ET
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Agriculture and EU Environmental Law" report to their offering.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 10:11 am ET
Brussels - Jose Manuel Barroso vowed to create a strong team Wednesday as European Union heavyweights vying for the bloc's most treasured portfolios piled pressure on the head of the European Commission. I am pleased to have received nominations f...
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Bloomberg - 11 minutes ago
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy won his bid to install an ally as the European Commission’s next financial-services regulator, fueling British concern that traders and hedge funds will face stricter rules.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 4:08 pm ET
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made it a personal priority to rein in European Union proposals to regulate financial services from Brussels, a source said Thursday.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 8:56 am ET
Stockholm - The Swedish presidency of the European Union Wednesday condemned the massacre of more than 50 people earlier this week in the southern Philippines. Sweden, holder of the rotating presidency of the 27-nation bloc, said it was confident aut...
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TechWorld - Wed Nov 25, 6:30 am ET
Bureaucrats compromise on copyright infringement After two years of often bitter debate, the European Parliament approved a raft of new telecom laws.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 8:11 am ET
Copenhagen - Danish opposition parties Wednesday failed to persuade Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen to call a referendum on some of the country's current opt-outs from the European Union. We should not be too hasty, he said after a meeting with...
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 1:10 pm ET
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Connie Hedegaard , Denmark’s minister for climate and energy, will become the Nordic country’s new European Union commissioner, Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen’s office said.
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New York Times - Thu Nov 26, 12:50 pm ET
The country's manufacturers are saddled with overcapacity and are offloading excess output into world markets, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said on Thursday.
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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