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Euro Zone Contracting but at slower pace
Output was still contracting in May, although at a slower pace, according to PMI flash estimates released this morning. The Composite PMI for activity rose to 47.7, up by 0.7 points. Yet, survey details suggest that the downturn might ...
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European banks are broadly lower
- Fed Chairman struck a less dovish tone during his address of congressional committee. - FOMC Minutes underscored a growing rift within the Fed: Many members needed more data before reducing purchases; Most prepared to adjust purchase pace up or down; a number willing to reduce purchases as soon as June -ECB's Praet: ECB could expand range of tools used if needed to fight deflation -China ...
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Universal Channel to Launch in Germany
COLOGNE, Germany – If doubters required any further evidence that Germany's pay-TV market is on the up, they got it with this week's announcement that NBCUniversal International Television will launch its flagship pay-TV brand, Universal Channel, on German pay networks Sky Deutschland and Deutsche ...
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Russian boy stabbed during family vacation in Greece given treatment at German hospital
BERLIN - A Russian boy who suffered extensive injuries when he was stabbed during a vacation on the Greek island of Crete is being treated at a hospital in Germany. Berlin's Charite hospital said Thursday that the 12-year-old arrived overnight and is being treated in its children's clinic. It said it could give no further information because of patient confidentiality rules. The ...
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EU ready for talks on China investment accord
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission announced on Thursday it was ready to open negotiations with China, one of the EU's most important trading partners, on an investment protection accord.The announcement comes in the midst of a series of tit-for-tat trade disputes between Brussels and Beijing and as the EU begins talks with Washington on what could be the largest ever Free Trade ...
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Champions League Germany v. Germany
As predicted in this column, the Champions League final in 2013 will see two German teams facing each other, a prelude towards Germany winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Make no mistake: the plan has been in place, it is bearing fruits and Bayern and Dortmund bear ...
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Porto beckons for Carlos Eduardo
"My expectations are to win titles," said midfielder Carlos Eduardo after joining Portuguese champions FC Porto from GD Estoril-Praia. "I came to a winning ...
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United grieve for Brian Greenhoff
Manchester United FC have expressed their condolences following the death of their former England international defender Brian Greenhoff at the age of ...
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Tough group stage gave Dortmund confidence
Jrgen Klopp told UEFA.com the way his Borussia Dortmund side played in the group stage was "surprising" and gave him belief they could achieve something special this ...
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Spains borrowing costs rise for first time in 4 months
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain paid higher rates on medium-term debt for the first time since early February, at an auction on Thursday, a sign that a global liquidity flows into countries on the periphery of the euro zone could be drying up.Spain sold 4 billion euros ($5.15 billion) at a triple-bond sale, meeting its issuance target, and yields rose on bonds maturing in three, five and 13 ...
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European stocks dive after Tokyo plunge
LONDON (AFP) - European stock markets slumped in early trading on Thursday, with most indices losing more than 2.0 percent after Tokyo shares plunged owing to weak Chinese data and signs that the US Federal Reserve may soon taper massive stimulus measures, analysts said.London's benchmark FTSE 100 index retreated 1.74 percent to 6,720.88 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 slumped 2.33 percent ...
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Dealing with the Devil The Thankless Task of Greeces Top Job-Cutter
Antonis Manitakis has the most thankless job in Greece. Tasked with slashing the grotesquely bloated public sector, he is hounded by troika officials, reviled by his countrymen and afraid of cutting too ...
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Azerbaijan to decide on routes of gas supplies to Europe in June
Azerbaijan is to decide about routes of its gas supplies to European market in June, which will significantly raise the role of the country in ensuring the European energy security. The statement came from US ambassador to Baku Richard Morningstar at a conference in Baku 'Emerging challenges: raising energy security in the 21st century'. As for the provision of energy security, the ...
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We have a good chance of hosting Euro 2020 games – minister
Youth and Sports Minister Azad Rahimov has expressed his opinion on the fact that Azerbaijan claims to hold matches of the European Football Championship 2020. "You could say that we already have two stadiums ready to host the matches of Euro 2020. It is the Olympic Stadium and the Republican stadium. European Championship 2020 will be held under the new scheme and the country does not ...
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Russia calls consistently for reduction of factor of force in international affairs - Lavrov
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European stock fear gauge surges to 3-week high
Paris - The Euro STOXX 50 Volatility Index surged 18 percent to a 3-week high on Thursday, as weak Chinese macro data and worries the US Federal Reserve could soon trim its stimulus measures dented investors' appetite for ...
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Air stewardess caught with six kilos of cocaine
Lagos to London by Nigerian carrier Arik Air.It is estimated that the cocaine, if cut and sold on UK streets, could have had a potential street value of around 600,000.The stewardess, Temitayo Daramola, 37, was later charged with attempting to import a class A drug.She appeared before Uxbridge magistrates in west London yesterday where she was remanded in custody until her next court appearance ...
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Police to question suspects after soldier murder
23 May 2013 Anti-terror police were today preparing to question the two men shot and injured after the Woolwich soldier killing as details about their backgrounds began to ...
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Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how the British Secret Service bugged them
Cahal Milmo - 23 May 2013 The security services listened in on the phone calls of King Edward VIII at the height of the abdication crisis as Whitehall desperately sought to prevent news of his imminent departure from leaking out, according to previously unseen ...
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The great European Cup teams Bayern Munich 1974-76 | Raphael Honigstein
Bayern Munich were trailing 1-0 to Atltico Madrid in extra-time in Brussels. Luis Aragons, later Spain's World Cup-winning coach, had given the Spaniards the lead with a direct free-kick (114.), the Germans were running out of time. They didn't create any meaningful chances.Twenty seconds from the final whistle, the centre-back Schwarzenbeck (dubbed "the Kaiser's ...
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Sweden riots spread to south of capital
Sweden , where immigrants bear the brunt of Scandinavia's highest unemployment rate, has suffered similar bouts of unrest before. In 2008, rioters in Rosengaard in the southern city of Malmoe clashed with police after setting fire to cars and bins. Those riots also spread to Stockholm's Tensta and Husby suburbs. Last night, firemen trying to rescue a restaurant in Skogaas were ...
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European Union Seeks Relief on Energy Prices
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Europe Editor David Tweed reports on efforts to build a European policy authority to help bring energy prices under control. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "The ...
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Evans to lead BMC at Tour de France
Mumbai – Australian Cadel Evans will get the nod ahead of American Tejay van Garderen as BMC Racing's number one rider at the Tour de France, team president Jim Ochowicz ...
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Euro-zone PMI rises to three-month high
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Private-sector activity in the 17-nation euro zone continued to shrink in May, albeit at a slower pace than in previous months, according to the preliminary Markit composite purchasing managers' index released on Thursday. The index rose to a three-month high of 47.7 from 46.9 in April, beating expectations, but still well below the 50-mark that separates expansion ...
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Europe stock markets slide in early trade
26/03/2013 20:33 CET European stock markets opened in a tailspin – after the US Federal Reserve’s announcement on Wednesday that it might scale back its bond buying programme. A flurry of selling saw ...
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US nuclear missles in Europe remain poised for a war that will never come
The United States and Russia recently signed a new landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty called START in March and the US in early May followed up its non-proliferation goals by making the unprecedented step of publicly declaring how many nuclear weapons it had – just over 5,113 in total, though many of them are in storage and would take time to be deployed.
That is a vast reduction compared to the total arsenal the country possessed at the height of the Cold War in 1967, the number at that time was 31,225, according to reports by European news media. Read more
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