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Europe Stocks Trade Higher At End Of Difficult Week Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
After two days of big losses, the pan-European Dow Jones Stoxx 600 climbed 2.5% higher to 220.80. The U.K. FTSE 100 , a day after a 1.5 percentage point rate cut from the Bank of England, advanced...
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Europe unable to unite in credit crisis Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who currently holds the European presidency, has called on his European colleagues to reconvene in Brussels to tackle the credit crisis. During a lunch arranged at th...
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Dollar mostly lower in Europe Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
The U.S. dollar was mostly lower against other major currencies in European trading Friday morning. Gold rose.The euro traded at $1.2791, up from $1.2735 late Thursday in New York.Other dollar rates:_...
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Government of Canada Delegation Departs for Europe to Mark the 90th Anniversary of the End of... Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 7, 2008) - Ninety years ago, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the guns of the First World War went silent. On November 8, a Canadian ...
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European Central Bank reports bank lending in the Eurozone tightened during the recent period of... Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
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Vienna exchange takes majority stake in Prague bourse Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
Prague/Vienna - Contracts were signed Friday for the takeover of 92.4 per cent of the Prague stock exchange by the Vienna bourse, Vienna Bourse AG announced. The bourses were mum on the price paid for...
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Vienna expats proud to be American once more Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
At 1am on the 5th of November the blue light of a television screen illuminated a crowd of nervous faces in the back room of the Lion Rampant Pub in Vienna’s 19th district. In a room decorated ...
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Van Gogh craze sparks longer Albertina opening hours Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
Vienna’s Albertina museum has extended its opening hours due to incredible demand for admission to the ongoing Vincent Van Gogh exhibit.
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Star astrophysicist ditches Stanford for Innsbruck Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
Reamer’s projects have focused on research of cosmic gamma rays. The German will start working in Innsbruck next April. In September, Innsbruck University began a multi-million Euro building pr...
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Andritz Q3 net profit up 2 pct Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
Austrian machinery maker Andritz reported a 2 per cent rise in third-quarter net income after minorities on Friday and said it was unable to give a 2009 forecast for next year due to uncertainty over ...
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LASK ace Weissenberger sidelined for two months Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
The 33-year-old former 1860 München player hurt himself during training Thursday night. LASK team Doctor Milan Toljan said Weissenberger, who earned 29 caps for Austria, is expected to return in ...
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Snowboarding hopeful Julia Dujmovits out with ankle injury Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
Austrian snowboarder Julia Dujmovits will be out for two months after breaking her left ankle and injuring her knee on Thursday during slalom training.
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Police stop car with drunk driver and seven passengers Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
Vienna policemen could not believe their eyes when they stopped an Opel Astra with eight passengers driven by a 21-year-old without a driver’s license.
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Styrian gas provider raises prices but is observing the market Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
Styrian natural-gas provider "Energie Steiermark" has said it will "observe the market" after Lower Austrian provider EVN announced it would lower the price of natural-gas and Burg...
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Women still earn a third less than men Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
AKNÖ deputy chief Brigitte Adler criticised that situation and said that the main reasons for it were women’s choices of profession and the fact that most women had part-time jobs. Adler al...
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Vienna VIPs to help fund animal-protection initiatives Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
Vienna high society will gather on Sunday for an auction of works of art designed by celebrities for the benefit of private animal-protection initiatives.
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EU sees problems with Austrian bank package Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes signalled on Thursday possible concerns about deals agreed under Austria's 100 billion Euro package to support its financial sector.
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Austria unlikely to meet Kyoto target Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
Austria will not be able to meet its Kyoto greenhouse gas emissions targets in 2012 unless it takes even tougher domestic measures, the Austrian Court of Audit warned on Thursday.
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Bavaria considers bid to bring mysterious Leopold diamond home Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
The fate of the Wittelsbach diamond, worn by at least three of Europe's royal families and until now in the hands of decendents of Austria's Leopold I, has been shrouded in mystery for almost a centur...
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Council of Europe chief to visit Moscow on Nov. 12 Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008
MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis will pay a one-day visit to Moscow on November 12 to discuss the aftermath of the August Georgia-Russia conflict, his...
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