Provides the latest RSS feeds for Europe Business News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Europe Sun.com http://www.europesun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/baf10b3527f6df38/ en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:24:16 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:24:16 -0500 30 The latest quarterly list of tax settlements has been published by the Revenue Commissioners. In the three months to the end of December there were 88 settlements, which brought in almost €29m... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063695/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:09:39 -0500 RTE http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063695/ The latest quarterly list of tax settlements has been published by Revenue. In the three months to the end of December there were 88 settlements, which brought in almost €29m. In seven cases t... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063693/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:09:37 -0500 RTE http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063693/ Anglo Irish Bank chairman-designate Alan Dukes has said that winding the bank down would cost much more than keeping it afloat. Mr Dukes, who is currently a non-executive director at the bank, estima... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063694/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:09:37 -0500 RTE http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063694/ LONDON -- Industrial production in the 16 countries that use the euro spiked by an impressive 1.7 percent in January from the month before, official figures showed Friday, raising hopes that the recov... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063699/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:55:21 -0500 Congoo http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063699/ LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar extended losses on Friday, hitting its weakest since mid-February, helping the euro to a one-month high versus the U.S. currency. Traders said reports U.S. President Bara... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063700/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:55:10 -0500 Congoo http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063700/ More word on what the Germans want to see when the euro is reformed in the wake of the looming rescue of Greece. I wrote this morning about the structural reforms to economies that will be linked to g... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063701/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:55:04 -0500 Congoo http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063701/ The Global Financial Centers report, published by the City of London's local authority, tracks the competitiveness of financial centers based on surveys of finance professionals and competitiveness in... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063696/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:54:51 -0500 CNBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063696/ Elsewhere the central bank has been busy confirming everybody can meet stricter liquidity ratios. The ruling family doesn't want to attract the sort of headlines that Dubai made. So whoever you want t... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063697/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:54:48 -0500 CNBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063697/ LONDON - British Airways PLC cabin crew plan to strike for a total of seven days this month, potentially disrupting thousands of travellers ahead of Easter holidays, after talks with management over c... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063698/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:54:45 -0500 CNBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063698/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Portuguese, Italian and Spanish companies are rushing to sell bonds, taking advantage of investors’ demand for corporate debt after Greece’s budget crisis froze iss... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063633/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:43:52 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063633/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Finnair Oyj is seeking an agreement with Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA that would funnel more passengers onto the Helsinki-based carrier’s long-haul flights, helping win mark... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063691/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:43:50 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063691/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Investors have been net buyers for the past three weeks of bonds issued by Greece and other so- called peripheral European nations with widening deficits, including Spain, Port... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063545/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:43:49 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063545/ Real Madrid´s Argentinian forward Gonzalo Higuain reacts during a UEFA Champions League match against Olympique Lyon at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. Spanish media accused Higuain of being... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063692/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:20:22 -0500 soccerway http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063692/ Factory output across continental Europe's core euro currency zone surged ahead in January, delighting analysts, although not enough to remove longer-term concerns. Official statistics released by ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063702/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:09:46 -0500 Breitbart http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063702/ (RTTNews) - Any Eurozone member country that fails to consolidate its budget or to restore competitiveness should be expelled from the currency bloc, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble wrote in an o... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063703/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:02:44 -0500 Quote.com http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33063703/ Berlin - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday that eurozone members unable to overcome budget problems should leave the euro, in an article for London's Financial Times newspaper.... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061322/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:27:25 -0500 Earth Times http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061322/ tax treaty with the United States, and that other Swiss banks may be next to face pressure from U.S. regulators. In a letter to parliamentarians, the banking giant said the http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061325/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:17:58 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061325/ ATHENS, Greece – Greece's economy was still shrinking and unemployment remained above 10 percent at the end of 2009, just before the government announced harsh spending cuts that are expected to... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061326/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:17:57 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061326/ on the European economy, and a potentially thorny encounter with the man after Brown's job. Sarkozy's meeting with Brown comes ahead of a http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061327/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:17:55 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061327/ said Friday. Pitman died Thursday following a heart attack earlier in the week. Angela Knight, chief executive of the Bankers' Association, called Pitman "a giant" of the financial industry who was ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061329/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:17:50 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061329/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell against the euro and the yen on speculation the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates near a record low throughout 2010, reducing the appeal of assets denomi... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061317/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:13:59 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061317/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Yara International ASA, the largest publicly traded nitrogen-fertilizer maker, said it wouldn’t raise a $4.1 billion offer for Terra Industries Inc., leaving the way clea... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061318/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:13:57 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061318/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- European industrial output rose the most in two decades in January as the reviving global economy prompted companies to boost production of goods including steel and machinery ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061319/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:13:56 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061319/ Industrial production in the 16 countries that use the euro increased much more than expected in January.The 1.7% increase between December and January was the largest monthly jump since Eurostat star... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061258/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:13:22 -0500 BBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061258/ By Jon Hopkins LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Britain's top shares gained 0.3 percent midsession on Friday, moving higher thanks to strength in banking issues and a recovery by miners, as metal prices r... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061324/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:52:14 -0500 London South East http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33061324/ (MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Zulekha Healthcare Group is embarking on expansion drive both in terms of services and increasing bed capacity at its Sharjah branch, said Dr Zulekha Daud, the founder&#82... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059102/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:58:29 -0500 MENAFN http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059102/ Currency Alerts 3/12/2010 2:07 AM ET TOP MARKET NEWS Sponsored By (RTTNews) - At 2:00 am ET Friday, the German wholesale price index report for February was released. Amid the release, the euro fell a... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059100/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:49:38 -0500 Congoo http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059100/ Currency Alerts 3/12/2010 1:27 AM ET TOP MARKET NEWS Sponsored By (RTTNews) - Friday, the euro strengthened against its US and Japanese counterparts. As of now, the euro is trading at an 8-day high of... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059101/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:49:30 -0500 Congoo http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059101/ BERLIN – Emergency aid from a proposed European Monetary Fund should come with strict conditions and a "prohibitive" price tag to boost market confidence, http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059106/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:49 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059106/ . S&P also issued a positive outlook on Ukraine's rating, which means it is likely to be raised further in the short term. The agency said it expects the new government to draft and submit the co... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059104/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:46 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059104/ on the European economy, and a potentially thorny encounter with the man after Brown's job. Sarkozy's meeting with Brown comes ahead of a http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059107/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:45 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059107/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- SAS Group, the Nordic region’s biggest airline, reached a deal on cabin-crew cost cuts that remove a hurdle to a $700 million rights offer, as flight attendants at Britis... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059091/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:38 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059091/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Switzerland and the European Union should compromise to resolve a dispute over banking secrecy or risk losing the assets of wealthy people to Asia, said Julius Baer Group Ltd. ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059092/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:38 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059092/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble called for “prohibitive” sanctions including expulsion from the euro region as the ultimate penalty for countries that re... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059089/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:36 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059089/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. house prices increased in February at the fastest pace in more than seven years, research group Acadametrics Ltd. said. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059090/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:36 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33059090/ The former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank has said that he cannot pay back the €70m he owes in unpaid loans.This week, Anglo Irish Bank has begun legal action to recover the loans from Sean Fitzpatric... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057246/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:18:06 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057246/ said Friday as it bumped up its forecasts. The Paris-based IEA, which advises oil-consuming countries, predicted in its monthly report that oil demand will average 86.6 million barrels a day this yea... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057253/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:12:24 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057253/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Elia System Operator NV, a Belgian power grid operator, and Industry Funds Management Ltd. beat out Allianz SE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG to purchase Vatten... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057243/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:08:38 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057243/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- The yen declined to a more than two-week low against the euro as the government signaled it’s ready to intervene to weaken its currency should “markets move too abr... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057244/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:08:36 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057244/ WITH £136,200 in earnings this year you would expect Rhys Davies to be laughing all the way to the bank. But golf titles provide the real hard currency for the 24-year-old, from Bridgend, which... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057249/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:05:53 -0500 IC Wales http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057249/ By Jon Hopkins LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Britain's leading shares were flat in early deals on Friday, consolidating after losses in the previous session with weakness in commodity issues, on China ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057251/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:47:31 -0500 London South East http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057251/ BRUSSELS, Mar 11, 2010 (AFP) - The point-man for European Parliament relations with Iraq accused on Thursday top Iraqi electoral commission figures of rigging the election at Iran's behest."I... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057245/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:46:19 -0500 Iran Focus http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33057245/ VIENNA, March 12 (Reuters) - The worst of the economic crisis is over but growth is still weak and the risk of loan defaults could be rising, European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Now... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055052/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:51:52 -0500 CNBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055052/ ZURICH, March 12 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said on Friday a late-stage study of its top-selling cancer drug Avastin failed to meet its primary objective of extending survival in m... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055054/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:51:47 -0500 CNBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055054/ HELSINKI, March 12 (Reuters) - Finland's trade deficit narrowed down to 55 million euros ($74.6 million) in January from 95 million in the same month of 2009, according to preliminary data, National... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055055/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:51:45 -0500 CNBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055055/ HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top executives at aerospace group EADS <EAD.PA> will see their bonuses hit after the cost debacle surrounding the delayed A400M military transport aircraft, but staff will m... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055056/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:51:42 -0500 CNBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055056/ LONDON, Mar 12 (Reuters) - British retailer The John Lewis Partnership on Friday gave the following sales figures for the latest week compared to a year earlier. Week to Mar 6 5 wks to Mar 6 Total... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055057/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:51:40 -0500 CNBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055057/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Brian Pitman, who transformed Lloyds Bank into Britain’s most profitable lender and was one of his generation’s most successful bankers, has died. He was 78. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33054980/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:19 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33054980/ Nick Anstee, the 682nd mayor of the U.K. capital’s financial district, is battling politicians from all parties who blame the bankers and brokers he represents for wrecking the country’s e... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055048/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:18 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055048/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- European stock-index futures advanced after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbed to the highest level since October 2008. Asian stocks rose. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055049/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:17 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33055049/ "Debt-related sovereign vulnerabilities have increased, particularly in the Eurozone, where we expect government borrowing will rise to further new peaks," said Kai Stukenbrock, the ratings agency's E... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33053163/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:28:02 -0500 Congoo http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33053163/ BRUSSELS - The European Union's executive says the region will achieve its target to generate 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources, such as wind power, by 2020. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33053161/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:27:42 -0500 CNBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33053161/ Prime Minister Robert Fico had told Igor Stefanov of a government junior coalition partner — the ultra-nationalist Slovak National Party — to resign or he would be fired. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33053160/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:27:40 -0500 CNBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33053160/ out of a debt crisis shaking the euro zone. In one central square hundreds of protesters hurled sticks and stones at riot police, who responded by baton-charging the crowd and firing several rounds... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33053164/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:20:10 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33053164/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine’s new Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who owes his appointment to a legislative fix that the opposition branded “unconstitutional,” is bringing relief t... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33053159/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:16:18 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33053159/ The dollar fell against the euro Friday after Greece's parliament approved a package of budget cuts to help reduce its deficit, reinforcing perceptions that the nation might be able to sidestep seek... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33053158/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:43:35 -0500 Morning Star http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33053158/ Real Madrid's goalkeeper Iker Casillas, seen here addressing a press conference in Madrid, apologised Thursday for his side's elimination from the Champions League at the last-16 stage for the sixth c... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33049101/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:51:29 -0500 SINA http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33049101/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Plc, Anglo American Plc and Xstrata Plc are shipping coal 10,000 miles to China from their Cerrejon mine in Colombia for the first time this year because of surgin... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33047224/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:46:47 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33047224/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Endesa SA, Spain’s second-largest utility, used more United Nations carbon offsets than any other company complying with European Union emissions limits, according to the... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33047225/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:46:45 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33047225/ The Italian government could provide up to €450m ($613m) in infrastructure investment and other aid to investors as it seeks to find alternative uses for an ageing http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33047223/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:13:14 -0500 Financial Times http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33047223/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Ayman Asfari, the chief executive officer whose oil and gas engineering skills guided a fourfold increase in the value of Petrofac Plc within five years, is now preparing to ta... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33043871/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:25:01 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33043871/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Birth-control pills may lead to longer lives for women, according to a 40-year study that showed users were less likely to die of heart disease, cancer or a range of other medi... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33043872/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:25:00 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33043872/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- EMI Group Ltd. should only sell the music of Pink Floyd, the band that recorded the best-selling album “The Dark Side of the Moon,” in full album format and can&rsq... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33040422/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:22:12 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33040422/ The Abu Dhabi and Dubai exchanges finished higher again yesterday, ending a week in which investor confidence seemed to improve markedly.The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) General Index climbed almost 4... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034016/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:37:43 -0500 The National http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034016/ Profits from Croke Park after interest and depreciation, but before distributions, were totalled at €21.5m for 2009, a 6.8% jump from the previous year. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034014/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:33:23 -0500 RTE http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034014/ British rock band Pink Floyd won its court battle with EMI on Thursday with a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034015/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:17:23 -0500 CNBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034015/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai shares rose to the highest in almost two months on speculation Dubai World, the state-owned holding company in talks to renegotiate $26 billion of debt, may announce bett... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034009/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:05:04 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034009/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Etihad Airways, the state carrier of Abu Dhabi, is in talks about delaying receipt of Airbus SAS A380 superjumbos while bringing other deliveries forward as it seeks to post a ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034010/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:05:04 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034010/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Manchester United fans calling themselves the Red Knights hired Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan’s largest brokerage, to advise them on a possible purchase of the English socc... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034011/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:05:03 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034011/ Real Madrid´s goalkeeper Iker Casillas, seen here addressing a press conference in Madrid, apologised Thursday for his side´s elimination from the Champions League at the last-16 stage for the sixth... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034013/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:46:34 -0500 soccerway http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034013/ despite a campaign by Yorkshire food producers, an EU official said Thursday. Citing a 18th century recipe, the Regional Food Group for Yorkshire and Humber says the wheat-flour, milk and egg dish ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034008/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:30:55 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034008/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rose against the euro on Thursday after seeing a smaller-than-expected U.S. trade deficit, with trading volatile as investors first drove up the euro on increased risk ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031081/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:27:43 -0500 Congoo http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031081/ BRUSSELS (AFP) – European officials on Thursday defended planned new EU legislation regulating high-end financial services from "protectionist" charges, amid anger from US Treasury ch... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031083/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:19:53 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031083/ economic data and company reports. The benchmark index fell 0.41 percent to 5,617.26 points. Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) was the most traded stock, seeing 172 million units change hands, followed... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031084/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:19:50 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031084/ A lesser Dubai: That's the first impression a visitor gets touring downtown Doha, the capital of the Gulf emirate of Qatar. Dubai (population 1.4 million) has its famous ultramodern skyline and man-ma... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031076/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:15:23 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031076/ - Among English soccer teams, Manchester United is in a class by itself. The Red Devils, as fans around the world call them, have been England's top club 16 times since World War II, with 11 English P... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031079/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:15:20 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031079/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Lagardere SCA, the publisher of Elle magazine and the “Twilight” series of vampire-themed novels, fell the most in a year after reporting 2009 profit that missed an... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031080/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:15:19 -0500 Business Week http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031080/ By Tricia Wright LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index closed 0.4 percent lower on Thursday, pressured by miners and banks after data revived concerns about monetary tightening in Chi... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031082/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:53:04 -0500 London South East http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031082/