Belgium

  • May 22, 2006
  • 1 min read

EUROPE/US: Euronext bid suggests need for US reform

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced today an 8 billion euro (10.2 billion dollars) share...

United States
  • May 9, 2006
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INTERNATIONAL: Only gradual IMF quota reform is likely

The IMF's main shareholders are now realising that failure to address the fair representation...

International
  • May 1, 2006
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SOUTH KOREA: Seoul wants to revise its tax treaties

Seoul wants to revise tax treaties it has with foreign countries, the government said today.

South Korea
  • Apr 3, 2006
  • 7 min read

EUROPE: Stock exchange mergers set to continue

Nasdaq last week withdrew its bid to take over the London Stock Exchange. Recent developments on...

  • Nov 24, 2005
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UZBEKISTAN: Tashkent deprives NATO of base access

President Islam Karimov's government has told European members of NATO that they will no longer...

Uzbekistan
  • Oct 18, 2005
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Population ageing requires broad reform

A high-level forum dedicated to ageing and employment will take place in Brussels today to...

International
  • Sep 16, 2005
  • 2 min read

KYRGYZSTAN/UZBEKISTAN: UN evacuates Uzbek refugees

The UN flew eleven Uzbek refugees, who had fled to the neighbouring Kyrgyzstan in the wake of the...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Sep 12, 2005
  • 2 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Consumers shielded from oil price rise

Oil production companies Total and BP have cut prices for petrol and diesel by 0.03 and 0.02...