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KIJO (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
• Controversial online technology is dumped • Group behind system in talks with overseas firms BT has quietly ditched a controversial system that tracks the internet habits of its customers, developed by the technology firm Phorm, which has been attacked as online snooping by privacy campaigners. BT was a key player in the development of Phorm's Webwise system, which uses information about...
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3wan.net (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
[ec] The European Commission has adopted a new Communication on state aid for the funding of public service broadcasters. The Communication provides a clear framework for the development of public broadcasting services and enhances legal certainty for investment by public and private media alike. The new Communication replaces the Commission’s 2001 Broadcasting Communication. Information Society...
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Financial24 (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia plans to fly Europe in the first semester of next year, following an early indication that the European Commission would lift its flight ban on Garuda and three other Indonesian carriers.Garuda spokesman Pujobr ...
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Forex Analytics (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
The Japanese Yens weakened Monday as investors’risk appétits increased on a rapport from European Commission the and consumer dans les zones euros the qu’up tonne 73.3 sentiment executive that dans les June, from 70.2 dans mai.The Yens qu’ainsi by a rapport hurt from Japan’s Trade Ministry retail sales dropped 2.8 percent there that dans mai [...] Post from: (c)Autor:...
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Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | yesterday
brussels the european union and israel have agreed in principle to further open up their food markets to one anothers products officials in brussels announced fridayaround 95 per cent of the trade in processed agricultural products between the eu and israel is already fully liberalizedthe new agreement raises quotas and lowers tariffs on a range of quotsensitivequot products such as citrus fruits goose...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday
BRUSSELS, July 4 (UPI) -- A vote to give European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso a second term has been delayed from July to September, European Union officials say. National governments supporting Barroso had hoped for a quick vote in the European Parliament to confirm him, but conceded Friday there wasn't enough support to conduct the early vote in the face of sustained protests by Socialists,...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Brussels, 3 July (AKI) - The European Commission says it will probe Italy's new law to make illegal immigration a crime. The controversial law approved on Thursday has drawn criticism from the Catholic church and rights groups including Amnesty international, as well as Italy's centre-left opposition.
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World Wide Words newsletter (Free subscription) | yesterday
• Bernard Madoff’s financial crime has been described as “violent” in its effects, noted Martin Turner, but one investor appears to have suffered exceptionally. The BBC News site reported on 29 June: “‘I think it was certainly a justified sentence,’ said Judith Welling, who lost $2.5m along with her husband.” • Still on the BBC News site, Susie Elins...
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Mark Easton's UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Every society clings to a myth by which it lives. Ours is the myth of economic growth." I wonder how Gordon Brown reacted when he read these opening words in the Sustainable Development Commission's report Prosperity Without Growth published in March this year. (The Commission is a public body set up to advise the prime minister on sustainable development.) And I wonder how he might respond...
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Adam Smith Institute Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Much is being said about how we need to revise our constitution: we should change the voting system, actually have one for the second house, perhaps have primary elections, state funding of parties, maybe even give the whole liberty and freedom thing up and fall sobbing upon the shoulders of the European Commission. However, I've a simpler idea, one that has two benefits. Firstly, it would provide...
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prsync (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Today, on 3 July 2009, the European Commission adopted a White Paper on 'Modernising ICT Standardisation in the EU', with the lovely name COM(2009) 324 final, outlining the thrust of a forthcoming legislative reform. In essence, it paves the way for the recognition of standards from fora/consortia like W3C, OASIS, and IETF alongside European Standardisation Organizations (ESOs) and international standard...
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VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
The European Commission has granted marketing authorization to a Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE: NVO)'s drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults, amid higher competition in the GLP-1 field. Novo Nordisk, a Danish pharmaceutical company, revealed the news on Friday that it will now be able to market and sell Victoza in the 27 European Union member states.
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Euro Tech News (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Notice of Ofcom’s proposal to make the Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) Regulations 2009 | Ofcom Ofcom is consulting on introducing new legislation on the license exempt use for Ultra Wideband (UWB) in accordance with European Commission Decision of 21 April 2009 (2009/343/EC) (the “UWB Amendment Decision”). Ofcom will overturn previous legislation and introduce...
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
An intergovernmental agreement on the Nabucco gas pipeline project will be signed on July 13 in Ankara, Turkey by 12 member states, a spokesman for the European Commission's energy policy said on Friday.
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Media Week (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
LONDON - The European Commission has adopted new rules on the public funding of broadcasters, to ensure commercial broadcasters are not disadvantaged from such state aid.
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patrickguillard | 07/03/2009
The European Commission wants to develop a new micro-finance involving the granting of micro-credit schemes for the unemployed in a bid to create their own business. It will have an initial budget of €100 million, which could leverage more than €500 million in a joint initiative with international financial institutions, in particular the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group. The new facility is one...
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patrickguillard | 07/03/2009
The European Commission wants to develop a new micro-finance involving the granting of micro-credit schemes for the unemployed in a bid to create their own business. It will have an initial budget of €100 million, which could leverage more than €500 million in a joint initiative with international financial institutions, in particular the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group. The new facility is one...
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sonupt5@gmail.com | 06/30/2009
EU, phone makers agree on charging standard The European Commission announced that most of the leading mobile phone makers have come to the agreement to adopt the microUSB port as a standard European charger socket.Many companies incl. Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola, RIM, etc. have already started producing microUSB compatible devices while others like Apple and Sony Ericsson should follow them in the
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