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Parliament approves EU unitary patent rules

Posted on 11, December 2012 by

11-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — EU inventors will soon be able to get a unitary patent at last. After over 30 years of talks, a new regime will cut the cost of an EU patent by up to 80%, making it more … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, European Union, Government, Law, Politics, Technology

LGT Capital Partners backs private equity team spinning off from KBC

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11-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — KBC Private Equity NV (‘KBC PE’) has reached agreement with KeBeK I, a newly established private equity investment fund managed by KeBeK Management NV, regarding the sale of the major part of KBC PE’s remaining private equity portfolio. Today’s announcement … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, Investment, Switzerland

Digital Agenda: Commission suspends Czech proposal to regulate wholesale termination rates

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Brussels, 11-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has expressed serious doubts about a new proposal from the Czech telecoms regulator (ČTÚ) regarding termination rates which would negatively affect consumers in the Czech Republic. The prices proposed by ČTÚ for certain termination … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, Czech Republic, European Union, Government, Law, Technology, Telecom

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KBC maakt het volgende bekend

Posted on 11, December 2012 by

DIT BERICHT MAG NOCH DIRECT NOCH INDIRECT GEPUBLICEERD OF VERSPREID WORDEN IN OF NAAR DE VERENIGDE STATEN VAN AMERIKA, CANADA, AUSTRALIË, JAPAN, ZUID-AFRIKA OF EEN ANDER LAND OF RECHTSGEBIED WAAR DAT EEN INBREUK ZOU VORMEN OP DE TOEPASSELIJKE WETGEVING   … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, Government, Investment

KeBeK I verwerft een belangrijk deel van de resterende portefeuille van KBC Private Equity

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KeBeK I wordt opgericht door de nieuwe beheersvennootschap KeBeK Management met de steun van LGT Capital Partners 11-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — KBC  Private Equity NV  (KBC  PE) heeft een akkoord  bereikt over de verkoop van het merendeel  van  zijn  resterende portefeuille aan  het pas … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, Investment, Switzerland

Poolse financiële toezichthouder KNF keurt fusie van Kredyt Bank en Bank Zachodni WBK goed

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Warschau, Brussel – 11-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Vandaag heeft de Poolse financiële toezichthouder (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego) de fusie goedgekeurd van Kredyt Bank en Bank Zachodni WBK, de Poolse bankdochters van respectievelijk KBC en Banco Santander. Beide banken zijn genoteerd aan de beurs … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, Government, Investment, Poland

Etika recherche des projets durables au Luxembourg

Posted on 11, December 2012 by
Etika recherche des projets durables au Luxembourg

Appel à candidature pour projets alternatifs 11-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — L’association de promotion de la finance sociale va récompenser début 2013 pour la troisième année consécutive des initiatives innovantes présentes au Luxembourg par deux prix de 2.000 euros chacun. Deux catégories … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Non Profit, Society

Agfa HealthCare wins Uzbekistan Ministry of Health tender financed by the World Bank

Posted on 11, December 2012 by
CR 30-X

First project in Uzbekistan for Agfa HealthCare includes 115 CR 30-X digitizers with DRYSTAR 5300 imagers • Tender is part of project to modernize diagnostic equipment in Uzbekistan. • Agfa HealthCare’s bid best met the tender’s requirements. Mortsel, Belgium, 11-12-2012 — … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Healthcare, Technology

Eurosystem and Latin American central banks hold sixth high-level seminar

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11-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Governors and high-level representatives of the Eurosystem and Latin American central banks and other regional financial organisations met in Santiago de Chile for the sixth high-level seminar to discuss macroeconomic policies, global liquidity and sovereign risk. The … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government

Digital Agenda – European Commission raises serious doubts over contradictory Polish proposal on broadband market

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Brussels, 11-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has expressed serious doubts over plans by the Polish telecoms regulator UKE to deregulate part of the Polish wholesale broadband access market. UKE’s proposal is based on an out-dated market assessment from March 2011. … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Government, Law, Poland, Technology, Telecom

Succesvolle prijszetting van KBC’s eerste benchmarkuitgifte van obligaties, gedekt door Belgische hypotheekleningen

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Vandaag lanceerde KBC met veel succes een benchmarkuitgifte van door hypotheekleningen gedekte obligaties, voor KBC de eerste emissie van zulke gedekte obligaties. 11-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — De emissie van gedekte obligaties voor een bedrag van 1,25 miljard euro komt op 11 … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, Investment, Real Estate

EIB and Banco BPI: EUR 300m for SMEs and midcaps in Portugal

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11-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Building upon a long-standing and fruitful cooperation between the two institutions, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 300 million loan to Banco BPI to finance small and medium-sized projects throughout Portugal mainly undertaken by … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Investment, Portugal, Small Business

OLAF strengthens cooperation with Bangladeshi Export Promotion Bureau

Posted on 10, December 2012 by

Brussels, 10-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Enhanced operational cooperation is at the centre of a new “Memorandum of understanding on administrative cooperation between OLAF and EPB” signed on 7 December in Brussels between the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Export Promotion Bureau … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Government, International Trade, Law

BMW Group sales climb 23.0% in November

Posted on 10, December 2012 by

Best ever November with 170,932 BMW Group vehicles delivered BMW brand sales volume up 26.4% Robertson: Record sales year well within reach Munich, 10-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The BMW Group experienced growth on all continents in November and achieved another record month … Read the full press release →

Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Germany, Technology

Ministers adopt Commission’s reform to cut red tape in cross-border court cases

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Brussels, 10-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Businesses and consumers will be able to resolve cross-border legal disputes more easily, thanks to a reform adopted by European justice ministers today. Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner, welcomed the adoption by the Council … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Government, Law, Politics, Society

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Commission starts preparing steel action plan

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Brussels, 10-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Commissioner Antonio Tajani met today with representatives from the Steel Industry and the Social Partners in the second meeting of the High-level Roundtable on the future of the European Steel Industry. Stakeholders were invited to present and discuss specific policy recommendations … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Government, Metals and Minerals, Politics

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VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP: extends Managing Board appointments

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10-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The Supervisory Board of Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe has renewed the Managing Board contracts of Peter Hagen, Franz Kosyna, Martin Simhandl, Franz Fuchs and Peter Höfinger for a further five years. Their terms of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Austria, Business, Financial, Insurance, Management

Nigel Annett to stand down as MD of Dŵr Cymru in March 2014

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10-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Nigel Annett, Managing Director of Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and one of the founders of Glas Cymru – the not-for-profit company that acquired Dŵr Cymru in 2001 – today told a meeting of company members that he … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, United Kingdom

Reformen in der Eurozone 2012/2013

Posted on 10, December 2012 by

Rede von Jörg Asmussen, Mitglied des Direktoriums der EZB, Rede anlässlich des 27. Internationalen Zinsforums Frankfurt, 10-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, zum Jahresende befassen sich Redner häufig damit, was im laufenden Jahr passiert ist und was im nächsten Jahr … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Germany, Government, Law, Politics, Society

Neue Generation Thomsit DX hilft, bis zu 15 Prozent Bodenbelagsklebstoff zu sparen

Posted on 10, December 2012 by
Der neue Thomsit DX Bodenausgleich.

Ultra-glatt und geeignet für Parkett 10-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Thomsit baut sein Programm an ultra-glatten Spachtelmassen weiter aus. Jüngstes Mitglied im Team ist der Bodenausgleich Thomsit DX – jetzt auch mit Parketteignung. Die neue Generation wird Anfang Dezember in den Markt … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Science