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WTO distributes ruling in Airbus subsidies case

The World Trade Organisation on Friday issued a 1,000-plus page ruling on whether subsidies the EU gave to Airbus were illegal, although the findings will not officially be made public for months.

U.S. says European subsidies have harmed Boeing

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The United States confirmed on Friday it has received a confidential World Trade Organization ruling in its multibillion-dollar complaint against European government support for Airbus .

Not so sunny: trade war looms in solar space

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German solar firms Conergy and Solarworld have voiced strong concern about the pricing practices of Chinese panel makers -- who undercut their German peers' products by around 20 percent. Chinese modules sell in Europe at about 1.70 euros per watt, according to a UBS report.
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Roubini: U-shaped recovery is possible

Nouriel Roubini, a leading economist who predicted the scale of global financial troubles, said a U-shaped recovery is possible, with leading economies undeperforming perhaps for 3 years.
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G20 to pledge stimulus until economic recovery assured

G20 policymakers will this weekend promise to keep economic support packages in place until recovery is certain and seek to reassure financial markets they have credible plans to withdraw the stimulus when appropriate.
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Europe's big 3 say crisis not over

The global economic crisis is not over and unemployment will keep rising in the months to come, the leaders of Britain, France and Germany warned on Thursday before a meeting of G20 policymakers in London this weekend.
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Daimler, Porsche curb hours amid car slump

Carmakers Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) and Porsche (PSHG_p.DE) plan short working hours at plants in Germany later this year, abandoning hopes that a year-long sales swoon could reverse quickly.
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Global recession ending: OECD

The global recession is coming to an end faster than thought a few months ago and may already be over, but recovery will rely on massive government spending and low interest rates for some time, the OECD said on Thursday.
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Germany's Merkel lacks centre-right majority: poll

Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has dipped to a three-month low of 34 percent in a new poll, a level which leaves them short of a parliamentary majority with their preferred coalition partners.
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Global recession ending:OECD

The global recession is coming to an end faster than thought a few months ago and may already be over, but recovery will rely on massive government spending and low interest rates for some time, the OECD said on Thursday.
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ECB predicts very gradual recovery

The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at a record low of 1.0 percent on Thursday and President Jean-Claude Trichet said the euro zone economy faced a very gradual recovery from recession.
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WTO panel may rule against Airbus in subsidy case: report

In a victory for Boeing , a preliminary World Trade Organization panel is likely to rule on Friday that European governments illegally subsidized Airbus aircraft, the Wall Street Journal said, citing trade officials, lawyers and executives from both sides.
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German bright spot for electronic devices spending

While consumers in Europe are struggling with the effects of the recession, Germany is a bright spot in electronic devices spending, industry executives said on Wednesday at the opening of Europe's largest consumer electronics trade show IFA.
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Global factory output rising; clunkers boost U.S.

Manufacturers from several countries including the United States produced some upbeat news on Tuesday, indicating that a recovery from the deepest global downturn since World War Two is slowly gaining traction.
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Daily Wrap Up - September 1 Tech

Ebay, the US online auction group, agreed to unload 65 per cent of its Skype internet calling service to a group of private investors for $2bn in cash and debt.
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RHJ raises stakes in Opel poker with sweetened bid

Belgian finance investor RHJ International (RHJI.BR) raised the stakes in the ongoing bidding war with rival Magna (MGa.TO) for GM's GM.UL Opel unit, as sources said the U.S. automaker's board was due to discuss the deal.
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RHJ confirms has sweetened its bid for GM's Opel

Belgian finance investor RHJ International raised the stakes in the ongoing bidding war with rival Magna for GM's Opel, a spokesman for RHJ said on Tuesday, confirming a report in a German paper.

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