Archive for January 12th, 2008



Belgium's second-largest airport, Charleroi, inaugurated a new terminal Saturday, which officials hope will eventually double the number of largely budget passengers flying through.
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Spain posted a budget surplus for a third consecutive year, topping 2.0 percent of gross domestic product for 2007, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Saturday.
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Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said on Saturday Europe must tackle its economic problems together, to avoid meetings of select groups like the ones planned this month by Britain, Germany, France and Italy.
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The CEO of ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, is to visit Kazakhstan on Monday following a blast that killed at least seven people at one of his Kazakh mines, officials said.
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The Bahrain-based airline Gulf Air has ordered 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliners valued at around four billion dollars and taken options for eight more, an airline official told AFP on Saturday.
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Following is a selection of comments from European Union policymakers attending ceremonies to mark Malta's January 1 entry to the euro zone.
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Sandler to lead N.Rock if nationalised

Posted by UK Economy News
In UK financial news
12Jan 08

The government could take a decision to nationalise ailing mortgage bank Northern Rock within days and has lined up respected executive Ron Sandler to run the bank if the state takes control, the BBC said on Saturday.
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Leaders warn on euro zone growth forecast

Posted by UK Economy News
In UK financial news
12Jan 08

The euro zone economy could slow more than previously forecast, a policymaker said on Saturday, as other EU leaders voiced worries about the weak U.S. economy and the strong euro currency.
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The former head of Lloyd's insurance market, Ron Sandler, said Saturday he has been appointed to lead troubled British bank Northern Rock should it be nationalised.
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European Union Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso tied Saturday the euro's current strength to that of the European economy, ahead of celebrations marking Malta's entry into the eurozone.
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