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liquefied natural gas joint venture in Angola by BP, Chevron, Eni,
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/france-italy-energy.ggm">        <title>Brussels gives green light to EDF control of Italy's Edison</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/france-italy-energy.ggm</link>        <description>The European Commission Friday gave the green light to the takeover of
the Edison group, Italy's second biggest power company, by French
electricity giant EDF.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Edison</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Italy</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>takeover</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>EDF</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>energy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-11T21:07:17Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/competition-energy.g70">        <title>EU opens state-aid probe into Romania energy contracts</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/competition-energy.g70</link>        <description>The European Commission said Wednesday it had launched a probe into preferential power tariffs granted by Romania's Hidroelectrica to several firms in breach of state-aid rules.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Romania</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>probe</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>energy</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>competition</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-25T21:11:04Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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week, as the country looks towards the more liberal economy that Prime
Minister Mario Monti wants to put on the rails.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Italy</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>rail</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>FOCUS</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>competition</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>transport</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>economy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-22T14:51:28Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/italy-france-rail.g43">        <title>Italy's first private high-speed train makes inaugural trip</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/italy-france-rail.g43</link>        <description>Italy's first private high-speed train, launched by Ferrari head Luca di
Montezemolo's company NTV and boasting sleek interiors and a cinema
carriage, made its inaugural journey on Friday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Italy</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>competition</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>rail</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>NTV</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-20T13:07:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/us-it-competition.g0j">        <title>EU says Apple, publishers make offers to end antitrust probe</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/us-it-competition.g0j</link>        <description>Apple and four publishing houses have made proposals aimed at ending a European Union probe into price fixing in the e-book market, the European Commission said on Wednesday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>publishing</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>IT</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>competition</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>US</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Apple</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-12T13:59:47Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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against Google's Motorola Mobility following complaints from Apple and
Microsoft in a patent war between the technology giants.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>competition</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>IT</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>patent</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Motorola</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Microsoft</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Apple</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-03T12:27:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/competition-etrade.fy5">        <title>Expedia, TripAdvisor file EU complaint against Google</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/competition-etrade.fy5</link>        <description>The travel websites Expedia and TripAdvisor have filed complaints as part of a probe into whether Google is abusing its position on the Intenet, a Commission spokesman said on Tuesday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Google</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>competition</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>etrade</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline2</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>travel</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-03T13:31:55Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/competition-it.fxw">        <title>EU probes Google's Motorola in Apple, Microsoft patent war</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/competition-it.fxw</link>        <description>European regulators have opened two antitrust investigations against Motorola Mobility, bought by US Internet giant Google, in the latest chapter of an escalating patent war with Apple and Microsoft.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Motorola</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Apple</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>patent</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>IT</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>competition</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline2</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Microsoft</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-03T16:22:30Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>




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