The party expected to take power in Ireland's elections this month is maneuvering to renegotiate its terms, but talks with its primary funder, the EU, will be delicate.
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The boards of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse are meeting early this coming week to sign off on the two companies' trans-Atlantic deal.
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Deutsche Bundesbank President Axel Weber, until recently the most likely man to take over the European Central Bank from Jean-Claude Trichet, is to step down from his duties April 30, the German government said.
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Nokia said it will establish a broad strategic partnership with Microsoft, adopting the U.S. software giant's Windows Phone as its main smartphone platform.
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Russian miner Norilsk Nickel said it has offered to buy four-fifths of Rusal's stake in Norilsk for $12.8 billion.
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VTB Group has bucked a trend of recent failed Russian initial public offerings, with the Russian government raising $3.3 billion by selling shares to investors, according to a banker involved in the deal.
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Portugal faces a fresh test of its ability to raise cash after a weak post-sale performance of a major bond issue, together with confusion about rules for any future bailouts of euro-zone members, pushed its benchmark 10-year yield to a euro-era high.
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Greece's international lenders of last resort said the country has made enough progress to receive an additional $20.4 billion aid tranche but needs to accelerate economic changes and commit large-scale privatizations.
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Spain's economy bounced back slightly in the fourth quarter, but contracted for the whole of last year and is still growing at a slow pace.
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Total said its fourth-quarter net profit slipped 2% amid flat production and an impairment charge for its downstream division, despite the increase in the oil price.
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Moody's Investors Service cut its ratings on senior debt issued by six Irish banks that is not guaranteed by the Irish government, saying that recent statements cast doubt on the government's willingness to support the banks.
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There are many reasons why financial exchanges would seek to combine. But one that has been sometimes overlooked is the European Union's efforts to generate competition among exchanges.
Ireland's general election at the end of this month ought to give a flavor of how austerity could start to radicalize peripheral European politics. Radicalized with an anti-German bent, that is.
Some online games involve large amounts of trading, creating familiar problems of money-supply management.
As we reported on Thursday, most Members of the European Parliament would prefer to scrap their expensive second home in Strasbourg. On Friday, France fought back, reminding parliamentarians that, in this case, the EU is a continent ruled by laws, not men.
Members of the European Parliament are calling for their institution to close down its Strasbourg campus and move full-time to Brussels.
Pressure on Poland's ruling Civic Platform rises as a growing number of liberals voice discontent with the party's track record. In the latest twist, a prominent journalist, who in 2007 cheered Civic Platform's victory and the ousting of conservative Jaroslaw Kaczynski from power, said Thursday he's had enough and won't vote for the ruling party again this year.
Polish oil firm PKN Orlen's chief executive, Jacek Krawiec, touted his company's performance last year, saying the company generated more revenue than any other company in central Europe.
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