International Business News - euro http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The operator of Paris' Euro Disney theme park said its sales growth slowed sharply in the third quarter, mostly because of this year's early Easter holiday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/euro-disney-3q-sales-growth-slows.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:36:30 EDT The euro was lower against the U.S. dollar Wednesday after a Federal Reserve official said U.S. interest rates would probably have to be raised soon, regardless of economic difficulties. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/euro-lower-against-dollar-at-1-5755.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:01:26 EDT The dollar gained against the euro on Tuesday after a Federal Reserve official said U.S. interest rates would probably have to be raised soon, regardless of economic difficulties. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/euro-up-on-dollar-to-us-1-5923.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:43:34 EDT The euro was slightly higher against the U.S. dollar Monday after the European Central Bank said last week that euro zone inflation will edge back to around 2 percent within a year-and-a-half, and economic growth is likely to pick up. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/euro-up-slightly-on-dollar.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:27:22 EDT The euro traded under US$1.60 on Wednesday following a sharp fall in oil prices, but remained within sight of an all-time high against the dollar reached the previous day. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/euro-under-1-60-after-oil-falls.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:31:27 EDT The strong euro is a result of ongoing instability on financial markets, France's finance minister said Tuesday. The euro hit an all-time high of $1.6038 in European trading Tuesday, before settling back at $1.5983. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/lagarde-euro-victim-of-instability.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:25:00 EDT The euro has surged to a new record against the dollar hitting US$1.6038 in European trading. The 15-nation currency's new all-time high against the dollar on Tuesday beats its previous high of US$1.6018 set April 22. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/euro-up-against-dollar.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:02:55 EDT Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman will travel to Brussels this fall to address European Union officials whom he says are reconsidering the union's ban on importing beef treated with growth hormones. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/nebraska-governor-says-eu-reconsidering-beef-ban.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:28:44 EDT The euro fell somewhat against the dollar Monday after the U.S. government unveiled plans to shore up mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The 15-nation euro bought US$1.5874 in morning European trading, down from its level of US$1.5901 late Friday in New York. The British pound declined to US$1.9851 from US$1.9928. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/euro-lower-against-dollar-at-1-5874.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:47:08 EDT Spain's 1-0 victory over Germany in the European Championship final got a 3.1 overnight rating on ABC. Sunday's match was the first Euro final televised on U.S. network television. The overnight was based on 56 markets; national ratings will be available later in the week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/euro-soccer-final-gets-3-1-overnight-rating-on-abc.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:04:01 EDT The dollar fell on Friday, as U.S. equities markets slumped, signaling difficulties for the U.S economy, weakening demand for the American currency. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/dollar-euro-yen-currencies.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:37:29 EDT The Russians are coming--in their private jets. Well-heeled football fans flying into Vienna for Thursday's European Championship semifinal gave the Austrian capital's airport its busiest ever day of traffic for business jets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/rich-russians-jet-to-vienna-for-euro-soccer-semis.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:15:12 EDT European Championship organizers apologized Thursday for the 18-minute coverage blackout of the Germany-Turkey semifinal that left TV companies unhappy and mulling possible action. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/euro-soccer-officials-confident-no-more-tv-outages.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:02:45 EDT The end of Germany's 3-2 win over Turkey in the European Championship semifinal was a thriller that few outside the stadium saw. A violent thunderstorm swept across Austria to knock out telecommunications for most of the second half of the gripping match. Television pictures reappeared briefly, but then vanished altogether for most of the last 15 minutes, when three goals were scored to give Germany a place in Sunday's final. Internet coverage of the game also was interrupted. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/storm-knocks-out-tv-during-euro-semifinal.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:10:46 EDT The euro fell slightly Wednesday against the U.S. dollar as traders looked ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates. The 15-nation currency bought US$1.5547 in morning European trading, down from US$1.5579 in New York late Tuesday. The British pound fell to US$1.9665 from US$1.9697 in New York, while the dollar slipped to purchase 107.88 Japanese yen from 107.90 yen the night before. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/euro-down-against-us-dollar.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:21:06 EDT Daimler AG, Porsche AG and other major German manufacturers are planning to shorten shifts to allow workers to watch Germany play Turkey in the Wednesday semifinals of the European soccer championships, according to a report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/german-workers-get-shorter-workday-to-watch-soccer.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:36:43 EDT Hundreds of fans have been left without tickets at the European Championship after paying premium prices to one of Europe's biggest agencies. Norwegian agency Euroteam said it fell victim to a sting by a company in Germany that failed to supply the 1,200 tickets it promised. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/fans-lose-out-on-euro-2008-tickets-after-sting.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:30:02 EDT EU leaders have approved Slovakia's bid to become the 16th member of the euro currency zone. Slovakia will swap its koruna for the euro starting Jan. 1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/european-union-approves-slovakia-for-euro.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:41:04 EDT The 15-nation euro fell slightly Wednesday against the U.S. dollar, giving back some gains that came after Washington reported more poor economic data. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/euro-falls-slightly-against-us-dollar.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:53:13 EDT Germany's 2-0 win over Poland topped the first three days of ratings for the European Championship, drawing about 683,000 viewers on ESPN2. The opening day's games Saturday were on ESPN Classic, with 169,000 viewers tuning in for the Czech Republic's 1-0 victory over co-host Switzerland, and 291,000 for Portugal's 2-0 win over Turkey. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/germany-poland-tops-early-euro-tv-ratings-for-espn.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:39:50 EDT