Nikki Tait

Record EU fine for glass cartel

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13-Nov-2008 62 related
        

By Nikki Tait in Brussels and Peggy Hollinger in Paris Europe's largest cartel fine of €1.38bn ($1.7bn) was yesterday imposed on four leading glass manufacturers, after they illegally fixed the price of glass used in the...

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Lawyers step up fight over access to Bulgaria

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10-Nov-2008 4 related
        

International lawyers have complained to Brussels about alleged restrictions on them doing business in Bulgaria, the latest in a series of disputes about European Union member state restraints on the legal industry

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Europe sets deadline to draw up reforms

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07-Nov-2008 217 related
        

By Nikki Tait and George Parker in Brussels and Ben Hall in Paris European leaders on Friday agreed the task of preventing future financial crisis should fall to the International Monetary Fund, but failed to set out any...

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Athens raid reopens gaming dispute

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07-Nov-2008
        

By Nikki Tait in Brussels and Kerin Hope in Athens Greek authorities have raided a sports betting outlet in central Athens belonging to Britain’s Stanleybet, only a week after it began to operate in a challenge to the Greek...

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EU rules Poland's shipyard aid unlawful

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06-Nov-2008 25 related
        

By Nikki Tait in Brussels and Jan Cienski in Warsaw The long-running European Union probe into Poland’s tottering shipyards finally came to a dramatic end on Thursday with Brussels declaring that billions of euros of state aid...

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Brussels probes Commerzbank's state bail-out

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05-Nov-2008 5 related
        

By James Wilson in Frankfurt and Nikki Tait in Brussels The European Commission is investigating Germany’s €8.2bn ($10.7bn) capital injection into Commerzbank, in the first public dispute between Brussels and state authorities...

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Brussels outlines objections to BHP takeover of Rio

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05-Nov-2008 40 related
        

By Rebecca Bream in London and Nikki Tait in Brussels The European Commission yesterday issued its statement of objections to BHP Billiton's proposed $79.5bn (£49.3bn) hostile takeover of mining rival Rio Tinto, with the main...

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European cement producers raided

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04-Nov-2008 2 related
        

By Peggy Hollinger in Paris and Nikki Tait in Brussels European regulators launched a dawn raid on the offices of Europe’s biggest cement producers on Tuesday as Brussels embarked on a new inquiry into industry practices....

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EU to review public service broadcast rules

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03-Nov-2008 1 related
        

By Nikki Tait in Brussels and Ben Fenton in London Public service broadcasters in Europe could get more freedom to charge for services and build up reserves to expand their activities under proposals due to be unveiled by...

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Brussels rules hit public TV reform

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03-Nov-2008
        

By Ben Fenton and Nikki Tait New rules proposed by the European Commission could complicate UK efforts to reform the funding of public-service broadcasting. The proposals seek to clarify when government subsidy of PSB...

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