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EASA endorses FAA decision to ground all 787 Dreamliners — 17 January 2013, 15:34 CET

The European Aviation Safety Agency said Thursday it has adopted a directive by the US Federal Aviation Administration to ground all Boeing 787 Dreamliners pending a safety review.

Bundesbank says will bring home gold reserves — 16 January 2013, 22:44 CET

The Bundesbank has decided to bring home to Germany some of its huge piles of gold ingots stashed away in the United States and France, it said on Wednesday after accusations that it has not kept proper track of the reserves.

UPS drops bid to create European parcel giant, TNT stock crashes — 14 January 2013, 15:51 CET

United Parcel Service has abandoned an attempt to create the biggest European group in the fight for the global parcel market, pulling out of a giant bid for Dutch TNT Express which immediately lost about half its value.

Allies urge Britain to stay in EU — 10 January 2013, 19:47 CET

British Prime Minister David Cameron faces warnings from the United States, Germany and his own coalition partners about London's plans to renegotiate its relationship with the EU.

US urges Britain to keep strong voice in Europe — 10 January 2013, 17:51 CET

Britain is trying to play down embarrassing comments by its closest ally the United States expressing concern about London's plans to renegotiate its relationship with the EU.

Belgium airport fears TNT departure, eyes FedEx deal — 05 January 2013, 12:27 CET

Belgium's Liege airport, one of Europe's busiest freight hubs, hopes to entice US parcel delivery firm FedEx away from Paris airports should Dutch firm TNT Express depart for Germany.

US Google ruling has no impact on EU probe — 04 January 2013, 20:13 CET

The decision by US authorities to close down an 18-month anti-trust investigation into Internet giant Google has no bearing on what the EU will do with its own probe, the European Commission said Friday.

Relief for Google as US ends monopoly probe — 03 January 2013, 22:43 CET

US regulators have closed a lengthy antitrust probe into Google, saying there is not enough evidence to show the Internet giant manipulated its search results to harm its competitors.

Microsoft slams Google on 'proper' YouTube app — 03 January 2013, 13:31 CET

Microsoft has stepped up its criticism of Google on antitrust grounds, claiming the Internet giant refuses to allow Windows Phone users "proper access" to the YouTube video service.

Europe is 'real risk' for global economy: Nobel laureate — 02 January 2013, 11:28 CET

Debt problems in both the United States and Europe represent the biggest risks for the global economy in 2013, Nobel prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz wrote in a newspaper article on Wednesday.

French shipyard lands billion-euro luxury liner deal — 28 December 2012, 15:53 CET

Officials hailed some rare good news for France's struggling economy on Friday after an ailing shipyard landed a billion-euro contract to build a luxury liner for a US cruise company.

EU, Google to seek anti-trust accord — 18 December 2012, 23:57 CET

The European Union will seek an accord with US Internet search giant Google as progress has been made in resolving EU anti-trust concerns, Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said Tuesday.

Samsung drops injunction requests against Apple in Europe — 19 December 2012, 00:02 CET

South Korean tech giant Samsung is to drop a legal request to ban Apple products in five European countries but will maintain lawsuits for alleged patent infringement, a Samsung spokeswoman told AFP on Tuesday.

US eyes Google antitrust settlement: reports — 17 December 2012, 18:12 CET

US regulators are likely to conclude a lengthy antitrust probe of Google's dominance of Internet searches with a voluntary settlement, news reports said on Monday.

US expects Romania to avoid 'replay' of political crisis — 15 December 2012, 11:34 CET

Washington expects strategic ally Romania to stick to its rule of law and IMF commitments in order to avoid a "replay" of the political crisis last summer, the US ambassador to Romania told AFP.

Ukraine deputy prosecutor 'banned from entering US' — 11 December 2012, 17:06 CET

Ukraine's deputy prosecutor general, a key figure in the legal campaign against jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, said Monday that the United States had cancelled his five-year entry visa.

US petitions WTO over Argentina barriers — 06 December 2012, 17:07 CET

The United States filed a complaint against Argentina's trade barriers at the World Trade Organization Thursday, joining Japan and the European Union in an attack on Buenos Aires's import licensing rules.

Argentina files trade complaints against US, EU — 06 December 2012, 11:08 CET

Argentina has filed complaints with the World Trade Organization charging the United States with erecting trade barriers against beef and lemons, and the European Union with protectionist measures against its biodiesel.

EU, US in 'global alliance' to hit web child sex — 05 December 2012, 18:55 CET

The European Union, the United States and a score of other countries have launched a "global alliance" to stamp out trade in online images and videos of child sexual abuse.

Angry Serbs burn EU flags after Kosovo ex-PM cleared — 30 November 2012, 17:17 CET

Angry Serb ultra-nationalists on Friday burned flags of the EU, US, NATO and Kosovo, protesting a UN court's acquittal of ethnic Albanian former rebel chief Ramush Haradinaj on charges of war crimes against Serbs.

UPS modifies TNT Express bid to get EU approval — 30 November 2012, 11:49 CET

US delivery giant United Parcel Service (UPS) said on Friday it had amended its multi-billion-euro bid for Dutch firm TNT Express to meet EU conditions and close the deal by next year.

Clinton urges Europe to do more on economy — 29 November 2012, 23:21 CET

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Europe Thursday to resolve the eurocrisis and seek ways to promote growth and jobs as she praised America's "revitalized relationship" with the region.

EU Parliament chief warns of fiscal cliff impact on world economy — 28 November 2012, 23:08 CET

European Parliament president Martin Schulz has urged US lawmakers to strike a deal to avoid a fiscal cliff, warning a new recession in the US would hurt economies in Europe and elsewhere.

Powers eye December talks with Iran in Turkey — 28 November 2012, 16:45 CET

World powers are proposing to Iran to hold their first round of talks in six months on Tehran's nuclear programme already in the first half of December in Istanbul, diplomatic sources say.

EU Parliament head calls for free trade with US — 28 November 2012, 10:15 CET

European Parliament president Martin Schulz on Tuesday called for a free trade deal between the EU and the United States that could bolster struggling economies on both sides of the Atlantic.