European Union Reducing the democratic deficit

presseurop - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Big decisions affecting how EU member states function are taken by top ministers and heads of government, and handed down by the unelected "troika" of the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund. But national parliaments have a host of readily-available measures at their disposal to make powerful European institutions more accountable to elected ...

European Union imposes 94 million euros fine on Denmarks Lundbeck

KeralaNext - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

International News: With a penalty of 94 million euros imposed on Denmark's Lundbeck, European Union antitrust regulators fined nine drug makers, including Ranbaxy Laboratories of India, a total of 146 million euros on Wednesday for blocking the supply of cheaper medicines on the ...

Ryanair Orders 175 Boeings

CNBC - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

While Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary finalized an order for 175 Boeing 737-800 aircraft at the Paris Air Show - Boeing's largest ever firm order from a European airline - he remained disappointed that neither Boeing nor Airbus could offer him a few more seats on their single-aisle aircraft to allow for cheaper fares. As Boeing CEO Ray Conner stressed the fuel efficiency of the Boeing 737 ...

Mervyn King Made Series of Misjudgements Posen

CNBC - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, talks about Mervyn King's crisis management, where they disagreed and what's awaiting Mark ...

Obama Lives have been saved by NSA programs

Yahoo News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats. "This is not a situation in which we are rifling through ordinary emails" of huge numbers of citizens in ...

Karzai sets new conditions for talks with Taliban

Yahoo News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

View Photo Associated Press/Rahmat Gul - Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at a press conference during a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Afghan ...

5 Somalis 7 militants die in attack on UN office

Yahoo News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

View Photo Associated Press/Farah Abdi Warsameh - Somali government soldiers gather in front of the main U.N. compound, following an attack on it in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Al-Qaida-linked ...

German banks signal support for euro deposit guarantee scheme

West Australian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German banking association BDB signalled it may drop its opposition to a pan-European deposit guarantee scheme, a radical step under which German lenders would absorb some of the losses of failed banks in other European states.Until now, Germany's banks have been opposed to any plans for funding bank rescues from outside of Europe's largest economy, slowing ...

Britains FTSE down in choppy trade ahead of Fed

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:23am EDT * FTSE 100 down 4.28 points at 6,396.96 * Defensive stocks in favour * Volatility near 6 month highs ahead of Fed * Aggreko falls as UBS cuts after update By David Brett LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Britain's top shares edged lower by midday on Wednesday and investors were reluctant to make bets before U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke provides clarity on ...

Central bank governor China always confident in euro

People's Daily - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

China welcomed European Union's agreement on the 109 billion euro bailout plan for Greece and has been confident of the stability of the euro zone and other member countries in the past, present or future, said Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of People's Bank of China on July 23 during an interview with Financial Times. Bailout plan helps bring financial stability After eight hours of ...

3-mth euro Libor fixes at 0.13286 pct dlr at 0.27175 pct

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

LONDON, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:51am EDT LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - The British Bankers' Association released the following London Interbank Offered Rates (Libor) for dollars, euro and sterling at its daily fixing. The spread of three-month Libor rates over three-month OIS rates, calculated from Reuters' data, expresses the three-month premium paid over anticipated ...

Heat beat Spurs 103-100 in overtime to force Game 7

Daily Press - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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Cher credits luck for her lengthy career

Yahoo News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

View Photo Associated Press/NBC, Trae Patton - In this image provided by NBC Blake Shelton, Danielle Bradbery and Cher, right, pose after Bradbery won season-four of "The Voice" Tuesday June 18, 2013. Bradbery never ...

London Markets Oil firms banks bruise FTSE 100

Market Watch - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Banks dropped in London on Wednesday after a commission called for sanctions for bad bankers, while oil firms on the decline put further pressure on the U.K. ...

EU to investigate SASs 400 mln euro credit facility

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

BRUSSELS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:45am EDT BRUSSELS, June 19 (Reuters) - EU regulators are investigating whether a 400-million-euro ($535.70 million) credit facility granted to Scandinavian airline SAS by Sweden and Denmark, together with other creditors, last year was carried out in line with market conditions and EU state aid rules. The revolving credit facility (RCF) was ...

AP PHOTOS Heats overtime escape to defend title

Yahoo News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Video shows Justin Bieber running into a photographer with his white Ferrari in Hollywood, but police say there was no crime and the injuries aren't ...

Bank of England ranks cyber attacks above Eurozone crisis as biggest threat

Techworld - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Cyber attacks have risen to the top of the list of threats for UK banks according to Bank of England's director of financial stability, Andrew Haldane, but understanding and management of the risk is still at an "early stage". Speaking at a Treasury select committee last week, Haldane said that during recent meetings with the five top banks in the UK, four of the banks had ...

Darrell Delamaides Political Capital Euro crisis needs a continental solution

Market Watch - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Berlusconi also opposes the prospective VAT increase and said this week that Italy should flout the euro requirement to keep government deficits at less than 3% of gross domestic product. He could topple the coalition at any moment if he comes to believe that new national elections would strengthen his ...

Perhaps one more session before the Euro finally tests

FXstreet - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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Britains FTSE creeps higher Fed in focus

London South East - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

* FTSE 100 down 0.6 percent before Fed statement* Ex-divs knock 1.8 points off the indexBy Tricia WrightLONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Britain's top shares fell ...

Hamid Karzai suspends talks with US over Taliban move

Times of India - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Taliban in efforts to find a political solution to the war. Karzai says he has suspended negotiations with the US on what troops will remain in the country after 2014. He says he did this "in view of the contradiction between acts and the statements made by the United States of America in regard to the peace process." The Afghan president's statement was released by his office on ...

UPDATE 1-FCC to take 289 mln euro hit on Alpine insolvency

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:47am EDT (Adds Madrid dateline, details, background) By Jose Elas Rodrguez VIENNA/MADRID, June 19 (Reuters) - Spanish builder FCC will take an after tax loss of 289 million euros this year after its Austrian unit Alpine filed for insolvency, the group said on Wednesday. Alpine, which employs around 15,000 staff, had net debt of 625 million euros in the first quarter and had ...