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<title>EU leaders guard economies in climate battle</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193271151</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 17:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to be the frontrunners,&quot; said Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen. But Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia made a joint statement calling for the rest of the EU  ...
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<title>Iceland slashes rates, Russia studies loan request</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193269901</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 17:50 GMT</pubDate>
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... Iceland slashes rates, Russia studies loan request REYKJAVIK  ...  Iceland acted to shore up its ravaged economy by slashing borrowing costs on Wednesday and  ...  bank has tried, unsuccessfully, to rein in inflation. A collapse of the Icelandic crown had  ...
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<title>XL audit accountants investigated</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193267497</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 17:28 GMT</pubDate>
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... An investigation has begun into the accountancy firm that  ...  (then called Excel) had floated on the Icelandic stockmarket. BDO Stoy Hayward, which replaced KPMG,  ...  collapsed because of high oil prices, the economic downturn and its failure to get new  ...
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<title>Regulation, Transparency and Investor Protection Take Center Stage at Global Business Reporting Conference</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193264801</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 17:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  solutions to rebuild investor confidence and promote economic recovery.&quot; &quot;The current economic crisis has lowered  ...  filing programs in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Netherlands,  ...  India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States. In  ...
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<title>Can McCain-Palin Fend Off the Welfare State?</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193260429</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 16:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  they are just weeks away from an economic coup dtat that will allow them to  ...  Tax as a percentage of GDP from Sweden&apos;s Ekonomifakta Web site. The beauty of this  ...  another 20 percent of the United States GDP into the government sectorit&apos;s like manna from  ...
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<title>BC-EU--Europe-Meltdown,0727</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193260126</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 16:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  their own troubles from the crisis, with Iceland and Norway slashing interest rates and Russia closing its  ...  prevent a banking crisis slowing down an economy verging on recession. Under the plan&apos;s broad  ...
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<title>World stocks drop on recesssion fears</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193259438</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 16:50 GMT</pubDate>
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... Fears about the outlook for the world economy have overtaken the relief the markets breathed  ...  Wednesday in Britain with the news that unemployment rose by another 164,000 between June and  ...  percent in the previous quarter. And in Iceland, the central bank slashed its interest rates  ...
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<title>The winner is...</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193259338</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 16:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of millions of dollars if one takes inflation into account  that he earned from  ...  from Horace Engdahl, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, that the panel granting the award  ...  sentiment came in the awarding of the economics prize (not one of the original prizes  ...
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<title>Brown sees global finance summit and trade deal near</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193259201</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 16:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  States, also said central and east European economies will need extra help from international lenders  ...  for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank should help central and east European  ...  particular trouble. He said he had advised Iceland, with which Britain has been in dispute  ...
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<title>European anti-trust Decision Successful outcome for Fyffes</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193256966</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 16:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to the Northern European region of the EEA (Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, Finland and Denmark). The infringement set out in the Decision covers the period 1 January 2000 to  ...
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<title>World markets drop on U.S. retail sales slump</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193256950</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 16:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  data raised expectations that the world&apos;s largest economy is already in recession or about to  ...  Wednesday in Britain with the news that unemployment rose by another 164,000 between June and  ...  percent in the previous quarter. And in Iceland, the central bank slashed its interest rates  ...
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<title>Texas spinach industry still packing a punch in spite of reduced acreage</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193256543</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 16:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  also feel that with the way the economy is now, fewer people will be eating  ...  product theyre eating. Texas producers are also investigating the use of irradiation to ensure an  ...  U.S. states, as well as from Canada, Denmark and the Netherlands. It will be a  ...
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<title>Recession Fear Shakes Stocks Down Across World</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193256398</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 16:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  than 2% in early trading Wednesday after economic data raised the possibility that the U.S.  ...  efforts to revive the stagnant credit markets. Investors also digested third-quarter earnings from two banks  ...  5.2% in the previous quarter. And in Iceland, the central bank slashed its interest rates  ...
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<title>The New America Alliance (NAA) Chairman to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193255617</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 16:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to lead the process of American Latino economic empowerment and wealth-building through economic capital, leadership  ...  in federal and state financial institutions, and investing in the higher education of American Latinos  ...  NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information  ...
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<title>Australia named world&apos;s most prosperous nation</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=193255558</link>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2008 16:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  thanks to its quality of life and economic strength. It emerged victorious over 104 countries  ...  second position went to Austria, followed by Finland at third. Financially wrecked US came at  ...  along with Germany and Singapore. The Dubai-based investment group said Australia was better than other  ...
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