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Friday, 4 July 2008

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Belgium country news

On June 27, reports surfaced of court documents in Delaware confirming that InBev intends to continue with their hostile take-over attempt of Anheuser- Busch (AB)... full story

InBev courts US rival Anheuser-Busch

Reducing inflation to Eurozone level is now a priority

A Belgian-American biotech bidding war for Innogenetics

Eni and Publigas negotiate Distrigas deal with Suez

Strike impairs Eurostar, sets back passengers and business

Solvay and Tonsmeier to build a plant in Germany

Brussels Airlines sees Star Alliance link with Lufthansa

Women networking for better, equal pay

Lawmakers demand royal family allowance be cut

Political

A legion of tractors, trucks and taxis descends on Brussels

On June 18, farmers, taxi drivers and truckers rallied in their vehicles at the Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels from to protest what they said was the government’s inaction with... full story

Growing fuel prices are fueling government’s revenues

Is the PMOI a terrorist group, or democrats?

Government adopts a five-year railroad plan

Consulate at Lubumbashi closed, but relations continue

Bemba arrested for war crimes in Central African

Terrorist plot against Brussels and the EU is foiled

Sichuan earthquake musters Belgian cooperation, help

Council of Europe hears Minister Keulen’s justification

Delizee replaces Laloux as State Secretary

more political news...

Business

Fortis shares slide, its worst fall ever, down 18.9%

The Fortis share price took the worst fall in history on June 26, losing 18.9 pct on Eurotext Brussels and ended at its lowest level... full story

Lotte Group says it has plans to acquire Guylian

Belgacom takes on Tele2 telecoms in a big sale

Agfa launches nursing solution ORBIS Care in Belgium

Sabic plans a new compounding plant

IBM Belgium partners up with BDNA

Delhaize Group joins the AMS buying alliance

Electrolux appoints new head for Major Appliances Europe

Nyrstar, Sims expand battery recycling enterprise scheme

Electrabel supplies Germany with even more electricity

Economic

Consumer confidence falls further in May 2008

Consumer confidence indicator fell even further in May than it did in April. As in April, the general economic and unemployment outlook in Belgium worsened... full story

De Gucht supports more FDI in Albania

The wealthy French like the Belgian taxes

Truck levy proposal agitates a rolling debate

Flemish labour market suffers jobs shortages

There’s trouble balancing this budget this year

Financial fraud on the rise, but it can’t hide from tax man

Trichet sounds off on wage indexation, false alarm?

OECD records slow productivity growth

Automobile association discourages diesel use

more business news...

more economic news...

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Bylines & Interviews

Blatant Benevolence
By Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University

IS THIS REALLY RIGHT?
By Clare Payne manages the Integrity Office of an Australian Investment Bank

Migrants should not be seen as criminals
By Paulo Casaca is as Member of the European Parliament from Portugal

Towards a European Public Sphere
By Georgios Papastatmkos is a Member of the European Parliament from Greece

Saving Resources to Save Growth
By Jeffrey Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

Europe’s Calamity
By Joschka Fischer, Germany’s Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor from 1998 to 2005

From Lisbon to Dublin and back again
By MEP Costas Botopoulos is a Member of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament for Greece

Kashagan development postponed until 2013
interview with Timur Kulibaev, KazEnergy Association head

Scarcity in an Age of Plenty
By Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor at Columbia University

European vision of Serbia
interview with Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, Bozidar Djelic

Green Economy, Green Jobs
interview with Nikolaus G. van der Pas. Director General

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