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First published 1880 Monday 22nd March 2010 Issue 081/8
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Civil service overgrown in GreeceCivil service overgrown in Greece
Greece’s civil service has been partially blamed for the fiscal disaster which has befallen the...


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Denmark’s aid programs leave out Latin AmericaDenmark’s aid programs leave out Latin America
Denmark’s Minister of Development, Soren Pind, has told Latin American countries they will be eliminated from the Danish International Development Agency economic aid...
Inter Falter After Euro Heroics
ROME: Inter Milan, fresh from reaching the Champions League quarter-finals, were held to a 1-1 draw by Palermo on Saturday, a result which paves the way for AC Milan to take charge of the title...
Russia’s United Aircraft Chief Fyodorov Denies U.s. Tanker Bid
March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. isn’t planning to bid for the Pentagon’s $35 billion Air Force aerial-refueling tanker program, Chief Executive Officer Alexei...
Sarkozy To Discuss Ump’s Regional Vote Defeat With Pm Fillon
March 22 (Bloomberg) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet today with Prime Minister Francois Fillon to discuss their party’s defeat in regional elections, the last national test before...
Germany: A Euro Laggard | Costas Lapavitsas
crisis facing the eurozone looks at first sight as German efficiency clashing with Portuguese, Irish, Greek and Spanish sloppiness. But in many respects Germany has performed worse than the...
Merkel Says Aid For Greece Not Issue At Eu Summit
Germany and other eurozone governments to put up a package of government-to-government loans to ease Greece's financial plight and end weeks of financial turmoil and speculation. The chancellor...
Daimler’s Biggest Investor Won’t Boost Stake For Now, Ceo Says
March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Aabar Investments PJSC, the Abu Dhabi fund that is the biggest shareholder in Daimler AG, put plans to boost its stake in the German carmaker on hold after the shares surged,...
Sarkozy’s Party Wins Just One Of 22 French Regions
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party was defeated in regional elections, the last major national test before France’s 2012 presidential...
Germany To Grant Bln-euro Loan For A350 Development: Lawmaker
World Trade Organisation rules.Hintze said that "final issues" would have to be solved, notably how to divide up work between France and Germany on another project, the A30X, a potential...
Opinion: A Pseudo Solution To Euro Problems
It was in Calabria, on New Year’s Day 2004, that it came home to me that southern Europe was set for serious trouble with the euro. Walking round the village to work off the excesses of the night...
Pollsters: French Left Winning Regional Vote
PARIS – Projections by polling agencies show France's opposition left beating President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives in regional elections. Polling agency OpinionWay projected that...
Fulham Vs Manchester City: Will Fulham Be Hungover From Euro Success?
... preview to follow Fulham vs Manchester City; Kick Off 3:00pm 21 Mar 2010 Prediction Panel Our panel contains both Squarefootball writers and readers, the writers are marked: (sqf). Dave Blackburn...
Icelandic Volcano Erupts, Forcing 500 People From Their Homes
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- A volcanic eruption east of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull glacier has forced the evacuation of more than 500 people and the cancellation of all flights to and from the...
Merkel Says Aid To Greece Must Address Budget Woes
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel signaled a demand for greater budget discipline was the price for her supporting European Union aid to Greece, denouncing what she called...
Free Market Not Likely To Save European Agriculture
The European Economic and Social Committee, or EESC, has criticized the current system of Common Agriculture Policy, or CAP, in which there is no uniform scheme of agricultural support and payments...
Ba Strike In 2nd Day As Crew Seek To Curb Pay Cuts
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- British Airways Plc said flight operations were “continuing to work well” on the second day of a strike by 12,000 cabin crew attempting to force Chief Executive...
Terry Blames Refs For Chelsea Euro Exits
John Terry has hit out at the standard of refereeing in the Champions League in the wake of his side's elimination from the competition at the hands of Inter...
Sabmiller, China Resources To Acquire, Boost Capacity
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- SABMiller Plc and its Chinese partner, which make the country’s best-selling beer, will pursue acquisitions and increase production capacity to boost growth in the...
Greek Drama Reveals A More Euro-cautious Germany
BERLIN (AFP) - As Europe looks to Germany for answers on how to bail out debt-stricken Greece, Berlin has become ever more willing to defend its national interests rather than toe the European line,...
Greek Crisis Puts Europe's Currency Under Pressure
IMF intervention now looks inevitable. This will put the single currency under the greatest pressure in its 11-year history. The apparent unwillingness of the...