BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Four great crises around Europe’s fringes threaten to engulf the European Union, potentially setting the ambitious post-war unification project back by decades.
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Tag Archives: Europe
Here Are The Top 10 Economic ‘Game Changers’ For 2014
Euler Hermes is out with its top 10 economic “game changers” for 2014.
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Mayor rubs shoulders with world leaders in Europe
Mayor Naheed Nenshi will share a stage this week with Haiti’s prime minister and the mayor of London in front of other global political and corporate leaders in Switzerland.
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WHAT BLOWS UP FIRST – EUROPE OR JAPAN?
2013 was a year in which lots of imbalances built up but none blew up. The US and Japan continued to monetize their debt, in the process cheapening the dollar and sending the yen to five-year lows versus the euro.
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How an EU-US Free Trade Agreement will Affect the Energy Sector
Last week the second round of negotiations for an EU-US free trade agreement took place. Energy has not been making headlines in the context of these talks, but a TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) will have far-reaching implications for the energy sector, e.g. with regard to oil sands, LNG and shale gas. NGO’s worry that the TTIP will give big business the chance to undermine Europe’s environmental legislation. Sonja van Renssen has the inside story from Brussels. (Photo: US trade representative Michael Froman, US trade mission Geneva)
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Worse Than Europe, Really
IMAGINE you are in a taxi and the driver suddenly turns violently and speeds towards a wall, tyres screeching, only to stop at the very last moment, inches from the bricks—and cheerfully informs you that he wants to do the same to you in three months time. Would you be grateful that he has not killed you? Or would you wonder why you chose his cab in the first place?
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Air Canada to fly bigger jets from Calgary to Europe
CALGARY – Air Canada will be flying larger jets this summer on two of its key international flights from Calgary, something the Calgary Airport Authority is hailing as a major win for Alberta travellers.
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OECD sees Europe joining U.S. recovery
Led by firm U.S. growth, the outlook is gradually improving for advanced economies while even crisis-weary Europe is at last joining the recovery, the OECD said on Tuesday.
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Here’s The State Of The World Economy
Today is the perfect day to step back and take a big picture look at the world economy.
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With Europe’s growth, pieces falling in place to lift Canada out of economic doldrums
OTTAWA – Canada’s economy has looked anything but world-beating during the first half of this year, but economists say the restraints that have handcuffed exports and jobs growth are beginning to break.
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