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Aktia plc: CORRECTION to previous Stock Exchange Release Aktia updates financial objectives for 2015 and Interim Report Jan-Sep 2012

Posted on 12, November 2012 by

Helsinki, Finland, 12-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Aktia plc corrects previous stock exchange release “Aktia updates financial objectives for 2015” 8.11.2012 and the Interim report January- September 2012. Aktia corrects an error in the wording in the presented information regarding the financial objectives for 2015. … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Finland, Insurance, Real Estate

Aktia plc: Aktia updates financial objectives for 2015

Posted on 12, November 2012 by

Helsinki, Finland, 12-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Aktia implements an action program and updates its financial objectives for 2015. The update is motivated by the new business climate characterised by extremely low interest rates and new regulations. The action plan encompasses separate steps to be taken until … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Finland, Insurance, Real Estate

BMW Group increases sales by 13.2% in October

Posted on 10, November 2012 by

Best October ever with 157,618 BMW Group vehicles delivered BMW brand sales volume up 15.4% Robertson: We aim to continue the momentum Munich, 10-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The BMW Group’s sales growth was once again in the double-digit range in October. A … Read the full press release →

Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Germany

Intershop posts sales growth again in the first nine months of 2012

Posted on 10, November 2012 by

Net revenues increase by 9% to EUR 38.7 million Positive result from operating activities (EBIT) of EUR 53 thousand Strong operating cash flow of EUR 2.1 million Jena, 10-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Intershop Communications AG (ISIN: DE000A0EPUH1), supplier of integrated e-commerce solutions, … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Internet & Online, Technology

Eurosystem to introduce second series of euro banknotes – the “Europa” series

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks (NCBs) of the Eurosystem are to introduce a second series of euro banknotes. Called the “Europa” series, it will include a portrait of Europa – a figure from … Read the full press release →

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

Klaus Regling: „Die Strategie zur Euro-Krisenbekämpfung funktioniert“

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

Klaus Regling, ESM-Chef und EFSF-CEO, im „EU Sky Talk“ der RZB Fokus auf nationalen Anpassungen und besserer wirtschaftspolitischer Koordinierung Finanzmarktreformen wichtiger Schritt Auf dem Weg zu einer „echten Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion“ 9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — In der Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB) … Read the full press release →

Posted in Austria, Banks, Business, Economy, Financial

New Joint IFI Action Plan for Growth in Central and South Eastern Europe

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

Joint Statement by Werner Hoyer, President of EIB Group; Jim Yong Kim, President of World Bank Group; Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President of EBRD 9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Our institutions – the European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group), the World Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and … Read the full press release →

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

Turkey: EIB renews support for small and middle-sized entrepreneurship

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is renewing its support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies (mid-caps) with a EUR 150 million loan to Akbank T.A.S. The EIB is resuming its partnership with Akbank, continuing the … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Investment, Small Business, Turkey

ECB Monetary policy decisions

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB decided that the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.75%, … Read the full press release →

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

Zahlreiche Kunden und Geschäftspartner beim Weltspartagsempfang von RZB und RBI

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

Rund 300 Gäste im Raiffeisensaal * Raiffeisen mit über 32 Prozent Marktanteil klarer Marktführer bei Spareinlagen Rund 300 Gäste im Raiffeisensaal Raiffeisen mit über 32 Prozent Marktanteil klarer Marktführer bei Spareinlagen 9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Die Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB) … Read the full press release →

Posted in Austria, Banks, Business, Financial

The EU gives €6 million for emergency aid in the Caribbean after Hurricane Sandy

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

Brussels, 9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ —  In response to serious damages caused by Hurricane Sandy, the European has released €6 million to bring immediate relief to the most vulnerable population severely affected by the hurricane in the Caribbean. Cuba and Haiti are … Read the full press release →

Posted in European Union, Financial, Government, Non Profit, Society

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SPDC completes 8th Nigerian Oil Mining Lease sale

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), has completed the assignment of its 30% interest in Oil Mining Lease 30 (OML30) in the Niger Delta to Shoreline Natural Resources Limited … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, United Kingdom

OAO LUKOIL EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING TO CONSIDER INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The OAO LUKOIL Board of Directors approved the agenda for the Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting to take place in the form of an absentee voting meeting on 18 December 2012. Specifically, the shareholders will consider the issue On the payment … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Management, Russia

Europe’s growth challenge and innovative infrastructure financing

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

Olli Rehn – Vice-President of the European Commission and member of the Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro EU-EIB Cooperation Agreement for the pilot phase of the Project Bond Initiative /European Policy Centre Brussels, 9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — President … Read the full press release →

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

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EIB and UBA to support small businesses across Africa

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB), Europe’s long-term lending institution, and United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, a leading Pan-African financial institution with presence in 19 African countries, have agreed to strengthen small and medium businesses in Africa … Read the full press release →

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

Daimler Financial Services bietet ab sofort Finanzierung und Versicherung in Malaysia an

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

Geschäftstätigkeit erfolgreich angelaufen Investitionen im Umfang von rund 5 Millionen Euro Starker Fokus auf digitale Vertriebskanäle Kuala Lumpur, 9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Daimler Financial Services hat eine neue Tochtergesellschaft in Malaysia gegründet und das Finanzierungsgeschäft erfolgreich aufgenommen. Kunden der neuen Gesellschaft … Read the full press release →

Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Germany, Insurance, Investment

EIB backs South Africa’s first solar tower

Posted on 9, November 2012 by

9-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank, Europe’s long-term lending institution, has agreed to provide EUR 50m for the Khi Solar One Project. This is the first large concentrated solar power project in sub-Saharan Africa and one of the first … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment

EU-EIB Project Bond Initiative launched with start of pilot phase

Posted on 8, November 2012 by
EU-EIB Project Bond Initiative launched with start of pilot phase Mr Werner Hoyer, President of the EIB and European Commission Vice President Mr Olli Rehn Bruxelles 07/11/2012

Bruxelles, 8-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative, which aims to improve capital market financing of infrastructure, passed its final approval stage today. Following signature of a Cooperation Agreement between the European Commission and European Investment Bank, clarifying risk … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment

ASML Issues Shares to TSMC in Connection with Customer Co-Investment Program

Posted on 8, November 2012 by

VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, 8-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — ASML Holding NV today announces that it has issued the shares planned for TSMC, one of the three participating customers in its Customer Co-Investment Program announced on 9 July 2012, issuing a total of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Financial, Investment, Netherlands, Technology

Mario Draghi’s address at Wirtschaftstag Volksbanken Raffeisenbanken

Posted on 8, November 2012 by

Speech by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, at Wirtschaftstag 2012 “Kapitalismus in der Krise? Die Zukunft der Marktwirtschaft” der Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken organised by enossenschaftsverband e.V., Frankfurt am Main, 7 November 2012 Frankfurt am Main, 8-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Sehr geehrte Damen … Read the full press release →

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