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<title>Greece sets bold 2.7 pct growth goal in 09 budget</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199656668</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 13:32 GMT</pubDate>
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... ATHENS - Greece said on Friday it expects its economy  ...  the EUs blacklist of budgetary offenders. With Greek firms invested in growing eastern Europe and Greek banks little exposed to toxic assets, the crisis  ...
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<title>Italian anti-Mafia prosecutor Agostino Abate tells swissinfo that Switzerland has increasingly become a target of criminal organisations.</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199656123</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 13:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  economic downturn, business is booming for the Italian Mafia, with an estimated annual revenue of  ...  year by the Confesercenti  one of Italy&#39;s major business associations  asserted that through  ...  also attract criminal money and internet makes banking much simpler. A.A.: It&#39;s true that Switzerland  ...
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<title>Mafia targets Switzerland for business</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199656122</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 13:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  economic downturn, business is booming for the Italian Mafia, with an estimated annual revenue of  ...  year by the Confesercenti  one of Italy&#39;s major business associations  asserted that through  ...  also attract criminal money and internet makes banking much simpler. A.A.: It&#39;s true that Switzerland  ...
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<title>Despite the global economic downturn, business is booming for the Italian Mafia, with an estimated annual revenue of around &#39;90 billion (SFr138 billion).</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199656121</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 13:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  economic downturn, business is booming for the Italian Mafia, with an estimated annual revenue of  ...  year by the Confesercenti  one of Italy&#39;s major business associations  asserted that through  ...  also attract criminal money and internet makes banking much simpler. A.A.: It&#39;s true that Switzerland  ...
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<title>UPDATE 1-BPI says no need so far to use govt loan g...</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199653306</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 13:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  no need so far to use govt loan guarantee UPDATE 1-BPI says no need so  ...  far to use govt loan guarantee SINTRA, Portugal, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Portugal&#39;s Banco BPI  ...  to 20 billion euros last month for banks to weather the international financial crisis. On  ...
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<title>Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Pharmas suffer as ...</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199653281</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 13:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  will be in full compliance with its banking covenants at Nov. 30, with Numis Securities  ...  - Atlantia down on possible toll freeze Italian motorway operator Atlantia SpA shares fall 5.9  ...  sale of its 20 percent stake in Spanish oil giant Repsol YPF looks closer after  ...
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<title>Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Pharmas suffer as risk appetite inches back</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199652484</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 13:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  will be in full compliance with its banking covenants at Nov. 30, with Numis Securities  ...  - Atlantia down on possible toll freeze Italian motorway operator Atlantia SpA shares fall 5.9  ...  sale of its 20 percent stake in Spanish oil giant Repsol YPF looks closer after  ...
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<title>Reportbuyer: ReportBuyer.com Adds Lafferty Report on Consumer Finance in Spain 2008</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199652441</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Adds Lafferty Report on Consumer Finance in Spain 2008 (M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)  ...  with decreasing transactional income, is forcing the banks to focus on fee rather than interest-bearing  ...  a more long-standing challenge to card borrowing, Spanish issuers tend not to clearly distinguish between  ...
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<title>UPDATE 3-Greece sets bold 2.7 pct growth goal in &#39;09 budget</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199651728</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 12:49 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Dina Kyriakidou ATHENS, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Greece said on Friday it expects its economy  ...  the EU&#39;s blacklist of budgetary offenders. With Greek firms invested in growing eastern Europe and Greek banks little exposed to toxic assets, the crisis  ...
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<title>UPDATE 1-BPI says no need so far to use govt loan guarantee</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199647280</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 12:38 GMT</pubDate>
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...  with amount Millennium plans to issue) SINTRA, Portugal, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Portugal&#39;s Banco BPI  ...  has no plan to use a government loan guarantee in 2008 but may do so  ...  to 20 billion euros last month for banks to weather the international financial crisis. On  ...
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<title>UPDATE 4-Lukoil circles Repsol, deal hinges on Sacyr</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199645230</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 12:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  herald major stake-building by Lukoil in the Spanish oil major. The Spanish savings bank, whose  ...  refining presence in Western Europe. Although both Spain and Repsol have said they want Repsol  ...  in June to buy 49 percent in Italian refiner ERG&#39;s Isab di Priolo refinery in  ...
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<title>Lukoil circles Repsol, deal hinges on Sacyr</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199644142</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 12:08 GMT</pubDate>
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...  herald major stake-building by Lukoil in the Spanish oil major. The Spanish savings bank, whose  ...  refining presence in Western Europe. Although both Spain and Repsol have said they want Repsol  ...  in June to buy 49 percent in Italian refiner ERG&#39;s (ERG.MI: ) Isab di Priolo  ...
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<title>BPI says no need so far to use govt loan guarantee</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199642373</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 11:39 GMT</pubDate>
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... SINTRA, Portugal, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Portugal&#39;s Banco BPI  ...  has no plan to use a government loan guarantee in 2008 but may do so  ...  to 20 billion euros last month for banks to weather the international financial crisis. On  ...
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<title>DIARY - Greece to December 16, 2008</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199640884</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 11:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  &gt; &gt; TFN News &gt; DIARY - Greece to December 16, 2008 DIARY - Greece  ...  provisional and in GMT; +2 to get Greek time. DATE GMT/LOCAL INDICATOR PERIOD F/CAST PRIOR  ...  NA Alpha Bank 9m results ATHENS - Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias pays official visit. To  ...
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<title>Glance-UPDATE 1-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=199639024</link>
<pubDate>21 Nov 2008 11:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  on deals, click on ) ** The banking merger between the Dutch retail operations of  ...  read more, please double click on ** Spanish bank La Caixa said it had talked  ...  has taken over Bank Century to increase the bank&#39;s quality, Central Bank Governor Boediono said. **  ...
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