Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2171 Business - European Economy en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:32:54 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2171 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/bs_afp/britaineconomygrowth afp/20080725/britaineconomygrowth AFP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:32:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/bs_afp/britaineconomygrowth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.nca84.250708113238.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Ir7VRQe.W64Dhz3MSzdJdQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A construction crane in central London. Britain's economy has come closer to a recession after official data showed it had slowed further during the second quarter as the construction and manufacturing industries weakened.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Britain's economy came closer to a recession on Friday after official data showed it had slowed further during the second quarter as the construction and manufacturing industries weakened.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/bs_afp/britaineconomygrowth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.nca84.250708113238.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Ir7VRQe.W64Dhz3MSzdJdQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A construction crane in central London. Britain's economy has come closer to a recession after official data showed it had slowed further during the second quarter as the construction and manufacturing industries weakened.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080724/bs_afp/stockseurope afp/20080724/stockseurope AFP Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:01:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080724/bs_afp/stockseurope"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080724/capt.cps.nbu27.240708130035.photo00.photo.default-512x349.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=SrMYnZQMICiS.Y7oub3WbA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A motorist holds a fuel pump at a service station in the eastern German city of Dresden, June 2008. A brief surge for Europe's main stock markets has come to a halt, with share prices falling again as heavyweight energy stocks tumbled in London amid cooler oil prices.(AFP/DDP/File/Norbert Millauer)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A brief surge for Europe's main stock markets came to a halt on Thursday, with share prices falling again as heavyweight energy stocks tumbled in London amid cooler oil prices.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080724/bs_afp/stockseurope"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080724/capt.cps.nbu27.240708130035.photo00.photo.default-512x349.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=SrMYnZQMICiS.Y7oub3WbA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A motorist holds a fuel pump at a service station in the eastern German city of Dresden, June 2008. A brief surge for Europe's main stock markets has come to a halt, with share prices falling again as heavyweight energy stocks tumbled in London amid cooler oil prices.(AFP/DDP/File/Norbert Millauer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/wl_afp/eubulgariacorruption afp/20080723/eubulgariacorruption AFP Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:10:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/wl_afp/eubulgariacorruption"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080723/capt.cps.nbq45.230708190200.photo00.photo.default-512x286.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=PefXjQyadh9rXY9020qt4w--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev speaks during a press conference in the town of Varna some 500 kms east from the capital Sofia. The European Commission condemned Bulgaria on Wednesday for its failure to tackle corruption and bad management of EU funds and said it has frozen hundreds of millions of euros in aid money.(AFP/BGNES)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The European Commission condemned Bulgaria on Wednesday for its failure to tackle corruption and bad management of EU funds and said it has frozen hundreds of millions of euros in aid money.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/wl_afp/eubulgariacorruption"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080723/capt.cps.nbq45.230708190200.photo00.photo.default-512x286.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=PefXjQyadh9rXY9020qt4w--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev speaks during a press conference in the town of Varna some 500 kms east from the capital Sofia. The European Commission condemned Bulgaria on Wednesday for its failure to tackle corruption and bad management of EU funds and said it has frozen hundreds of millions of euros in aid money.(AFP/BGNES)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080722/bs_ibd_ibd/20080722econbrief ibd/20080722/20080722econbrief Investor's Business Daily Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:41:03 GMT Investor's Business Daily - In an effort to rescue the Doha round of trade talks, Trade Representative Susan Schwab said the U.S. offered to slice its trade-distorting farm aid by an additional $1.4 bil to $15 bil. The offer is contingent on Brazil, India and other emerging economies cutting tariffs on industrial goods, a key demand of rich nations in the World Trade Organization's seven-year-old talks. Emerging countries want the U.S. cap set near $12 bil. The EU and Japan also offered steep cuts. Rising prices cut U.S. spending on farm subsidies to roughly $7 bil last year, below the $48.2 bil allowed under WTO rules. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080722/wl_nm/trade_wto_dc nm/20080722/trade_wto_dc Reuters Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:41:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080722/wl_nm/trade_wto_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080721/i/r2354210513.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Q9TSfxR6VBYM.6X5zkJ4TA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy (R) sits next to Australia's Ambassador to the WTO Bruce Gosper, as he opens an informal session of the Trade Negotiation Committee at the WTO in Geneva July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States offered on Tuesday to cut its ceiling on trade-distorting farm subsidies to $15 billion in a bid to close world trade talks this year, but leading developing countries said it was not enough.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080722/wl_nm/trade_wto_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080721/i/r2354210513.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Q9TSfxR6VBYM.6X5zkJ4TA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy (R) sits next to Australia's Ambassador to the WTO Bruce Gosper, as he opens an informal session of the Trade Negotiation Committee at the WTO in Geneva July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080721/bs_afp/wtotradetalks afp/20080721/wtotradetalks AFP Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:15:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080721/bs_afp/wtotradetalks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080721/capt.cps.nbd90.210708221425.photo00.photo.default-512x483.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=TcJsZiqGYs1ccFo8AFIcig--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="Graphic showing percentage growth in world trade by region. A bid by the European Union to kickstart crucial trade talks with a new-sounding offer on agriculture tariffs fell flat on Monday with Brazil denouncing the proposal as "gimmickry".(AFP/Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A bid by the European Union to kickstart crucial trade talks with a new-sounding offer on agriculture tariffs fell flat on Monday with Brazil denouncing the proposal as "gimmickry".</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080721/bs_afp/wtotradetalks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080721/capt.cps.nbd90.210708221425.photo00.photo.default-512x483.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=TcJsZiqGYs1ccFo8AFIcig--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="photo" title="Graphic showing percentage growth in world trade by region. A bid by the European Union to kickstart crucial trade talks with a new-sounding offer on agriculture tariffs fell flat on Monday with Brazil denouncing the proposal as "gimmickry".(AFP/Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080721/wl_uk_afp/stocksbritain afp/20080721/stocksbritain AFP Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:17:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080721/wl_uk_afp/stocksbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080721/capt.cps.nbc72.210708181712.photo00.photo.default-512x349.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=FFg2xwne6V3ITA8XwrLY9Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="An installation at the London stock exchange. Leading shares closed higher for the third successive day, with Bank of America's results helping Wall Street remain in positive territory, as well as boosting the UK banking sector.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Leading shares closed higher for the third successive day Monday, with Bank of America's results helping Wall Street remain in positive territory, as well as boosting the UK banking sector.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080721/wl_uk_afp/stocksbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080721/capt.cps.nbc72.210708181712.photo00.photo.default-512x349.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=FFg2xwne6V3ITA8XwrLY9Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="An installation at the London stock exchange. Leading shares closed higher for the third successive day, with Bank of America's results helping Wall Street remain in positive territory, as well as boosting the UK banking sector.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080719/bs_nm/ratings_mccreevy_dc nm/20080719/ratings_mccreevy_dc Reuters Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:00:15 GMT Reuters - The European Commission wants to cooperate closely with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the planned regulation of credit rating agencies, the German financial weekly Euro am Sonntag reported. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/bs_nm/manpower_dc nm/20080718/manpower_dc Reuters Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:19:18 GMT Reuters - Employment services company Manpower Inc said on Friday that business was slowing in large Western European markets, including France, its biggest operation, sending its shares down 11 percent. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_bi_ge/teva_barr_pharma ap/20080718/teva_barr_pharma AP Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:06:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_bi_ge/teva_barr_pharma"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080718/capt.cps.nal75.180708175717.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=woYZ4U0YQInOgkB6COKR5Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="The Barr Pharmaceuticals office in Pomona, New York. Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, the world's largest generic drug company, is buying US rival Barr Pharmaceuticals in a 7.46 billion dollar deal.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)" border="0" /></a>AP - Teva Pharmaceutical said Friday it will buy rival generic drugmaker Barr Pharmaceuticals for nearly $7.5 billion in a move that will boost Teva's dominance as the world's biggest generic drugmaker.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_bi_ge/teva_barr_pharma"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080718/capt.cps.nal75.180708175717.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=woYZ4U0YQInOgkB6COKR5Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Barr Pharmaceuticals office in Pomona, New York. Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, the world's largest generic drug company, is buying US rival Barr Pharmaceuticals in a 7.46 billion dollar deal.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/wl_uk_afp/stockseuropebritain afp/20080717/stockseuropebritain AFP Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:46:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/wl_uk_afp/stockseuropebritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080717/capt.cps.nad45.170708113849.photo00.photo.default-512x349.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=BL5VoR3vninMl50qzMIrXg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="An installation at the London stock exchange. The London stock market gained ground in opening deals after turbulent trade this week, with a gain of 1.74 percent in early morning deals.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The London stock market gained ground in opening deals on Thursday after turbulent trade this week, with a gain of 0.50 percent to stand at 5,176.60 points.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/wl_uk_afp/stockseuropebritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080717/capt.cps.nad45.170708113849.photo00.photo.default-512x349.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=BL5VoR3vninMl50qzMIrXg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="An installation at the London stock exchange. The London stock market gained ground in opening deals after turbulent trade this week, with a gain of 1.74 percent in early morning deals.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/bs_afp/entertainmentslovakiaeueurozoneminority afp/20080717/entertainmentslovakiaeueurozoneminority AFP Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:49:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/bs_afp/entertainmentslovakiaeueurozoneminority"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080717/capt.cps.nac13.170708054732.photo00.photo.default-512x309.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=bun8BT5v1GZ997tAOtWlpQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="An artist of the Romathan theatre enters a local cultural centre in Saca-Kosice. Slovakia, which adopts the euro in six months, is putting its money where its mouth is with a drive to help its long-neglected gypsy minority with the switch to the official EU currency(AFP/Joe Klamar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Slovakia, which adopts the euro in six months, is putting its money where its mouth is with a drive to help its long-neglected gypsy minority with the switch to the official EU currency.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/bs_afp/entertainmentslovakiaeueurozoneminority"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080717/capt.cps.nac13.170708054732.photo00.photo.default-512x309.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=bun8BT5v1GZ997tAOtWlpQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="An artist of the Romathan theatre enters a local cultural centre in Saca-Kosice. Slovakia, which adopts the euro in six months, is putting its money where its mouth is with a drive to help its long-neglected gypsy minority with the switch to the official EU currency(AFP/Joe Klamar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080715/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/world_markets ap/20080715/world_markets AP Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:54:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080715/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080715/capt.ca53536865694e08bea53bee812fb222.taiwan_world_markets_tpe101.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=EcMa1DR84UwpqtxrPMDOHA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="An investor watches stocks fall 4.51 percent to close at 6834.24 at a brokerage in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, July 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)" border="0" /></a>AP - Asian and European stock markets fell sharply Tuesday as investor confidence in the U.S. financial system eroded further despite a government-backed plan to help beleaguered mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080715/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080715/capt.ca53536865694e08bea53bee812fb222.taiwan_world_markets_tpe101.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=EcMa1DR84UwpqtxrPMDOHA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="An investor watches stocks fall 4.51 percent to close at 6834.24 at a brokerage in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, July 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080714/bs_afp/stocksworld afp/20080714/stocksworld AFP Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:05:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080714/bs_afp/stocksworld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080714/capt.cps.mzj83.140708135954.photo00.photo.default-512x326.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=k1M.XMQ9x2CbtNnebZAJaw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A trader standing in front of an index board at the stock exchange in Frankfurt in March 2008. European stocks are firmer but Asian markets fell as investors digested measures to bolster US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac amid a raft of major company takeover news.(AFP/DDP/File/Martin Oeser)" border="0" /></a>AFP - European stocks were firmer on Monday but Asian markets fell as investors digested measures to bolster US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac amid a raft of major company takeover news.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080714/bs_afp/stocksworld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080714/capt.cps.mzj83.140708135954.photo00.photo.default-512x326.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=k1M.XMQ9x2CbtNnebZAJaw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A trader standing in front of an index board at the stock exchange in Frankfurt in March 2008. European stocks are firmer but Asian markets fell as investors digested measures to bolster US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac amid a raft of major company takeover news.(AFP/DDP/File/Martin Oeser)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080714/bs_afp/eueurozoneeconomyindustryoutput afp/20080714/eueurozoneeconomyindustryoutput AFP Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:06:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080714/bs_afp/eueurozoneeconomyindustryoutput"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080714/capt.cps.mzj08.140708120427.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=5f4qsKSAji1FmlLh_QcJ3A--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A giant Euro symbol stands in front of Frankfurt's Eurotower, which houses the European Central Bank. Factories and refineries in the 15 nations sharing the euro ratcheted down their production in May amid growing economic headwinds, according to official EU data.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Factories and refineries in the 15 nations sharing the euro ratcheted down production in May at the fastest rate in nearly 16 years amid growing economic headwinds, according to official EU data on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080714/bs_afp/eueurozoneeconomyindustryoutput"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080714/capt.cps.mzj08.140708120427.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=5f4qsKSAji1FmlLh_QcJ3A--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="A giant Euro symbol stands in front of Frankfurt's Eurotower, which houses the European Central Bank. Factories and refineries in the 15 nations sharing the euro ratcheted down their production in May amid growing economic headwinds, according to official EU data.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080711/wl_afp/eukosovoeconomydonorspledge afp/20080711/eukosovoeconomydonorspledge AFP Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:13:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080711/wl_afp/eukosovoeconomydonorspledge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080711/capt.cps.myv21.110708193522.photo00.photo.default-512x366.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=4kirQzfZP2FxafbC4QnJPg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci answers questions during a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels. International donors pledged 1.2 billion euros (1.9 billion dollars) Friday to help build Kosovo's battered economy, surpassing their target, but tied their offers to action against corruption.(AFP/Dominique Faget)" border="0" /></a>AFP - International donors have pledged 1.2 billion euros (1.9 billion dollars) to help build Kosovo's battered economy, surpassing their target, the European Commission announced Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080711/wl_afp/eukosovoeconomydonorspledge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080711/capt.cps.myv21.110708193522.photo00.photo.default-512x366.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=4kirQzfZP2FxafbC4QnJPg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci answers questions during a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels. International donors pledged 1.2 billion euros (1.9 billion dollars) Friday to help build Kosovo's battered economy, surpassing their target, but tied their offers to action against corruption.(AFP/Dominique Faget)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080711/bs_afp/guyanacaribbeaneutrade afp/20080711/guyanacaribbeaneutrade AFP Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:24:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080711/bs_afp/guyanacaribbeaneutrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080711/capt.cps.myp62.110708022346.photo00.photo.default-347x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=m8u8wrS5_NwoKh7z8CzN_g--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Guyana's President, Bharrat Jagdeo, seen here in May, has refused to sign the EPA on July 15 in Barbados, until after country-wide consultations and discussions, expected to start late July, or if Europe decides to impose higher tariffs on Guyanese exports.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Corrigan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Guyana Thursday said Caribbean Community (Caricom) negotiators allegedly hid details of the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union that would put the region at a disadvantage.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080711/bs_afp/guyanacaribbeaneutrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080711/capt.cps.myp62.110708022346.photo00.photo.default-347x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=m8u8wrS5_NwoKh7z8CzN_g--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="Guyana's President, Bharrat Jagdeo, seen here in May, has refused to sign the EPA on July 15 in Barbados, until after country-wide consultations and discussions, expected to start late July, or if Europe decides to impose higher tariffs on Guyanese exports.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Corrigan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080710/ap_on_re_eu/eu_parliament_zimbabwe ap/20080710/eu_parliament_zimbabwe AP Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:30:59 GMT AP - The European Parliament on Thursday called for tighter economic sanctions against President Robert Mugabe's government in Zimbabwe and urged the international community, including African nations, not to recognize his re-election. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080710/ap_on_bi_ge/dollar ap/20080710/dollar AP Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:04:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080710/ap_on_bi_ge/dollar"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080709/capt.80d891fcb95d4fa6ae7c469fbf0db04e.france_european_parliament_str101.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=82Q5xmvrFj4A79j9gzpx6A--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Jean Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, addresses the European Parliament Wednesday July 9, 2008 in Strasbourg eastern France. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)" border="0" /></a>AP - The dollar was higher against the euro Thursday, a day after the president of the European Central Bank warned that an inflation price spiral was evident in the euro zone.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080710/ap_on_bi_ge/dollar"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080709/capt.80d891fcb95d4fa6ae7c469fbf0db04e.france_european_parliament_str101.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=82Q5xmvrFj4A79j9gzpx6A--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jean Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, addresses the European Parliament Wednesday July 9, 2008 in Strasbourg eastern France. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/eurobiz/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080709/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_economy ap/20080709/eu_economy AP Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:35:27 GMT AP - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet warned Wednesday that euro nations are already seeing the first signs of an inflation price spiral, calling on governments to take care not to grant wage hikes that could fuel further price rises.