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The meanings of Polish vodka
At the end of last week, international press agencies accounted on the vote cast by the Polish Parliament on Friday, which decided to call off the right of a French company to market abroad...
Basescu loses the first battle against PDSR
Traian Basescu, the general mayor of Bucharest, yesterday lost a battle with PDSR (Party of Social Democracy) members within the municipal council, who succeeded in imposing a decision the P...
Nissan chief warns sterling's strength may hit UK project
Nissan has joined a chorus of criticism from the world's leading carmakers about the strength of sterling, shaking Britain's reputation as the location of choice in Europe. Echoing complaint...
UDMR wants to govern, but with whom?
Over the next couple of months, UDMR (Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania) must choose the political party or coalition and the presidential candidate it will support in the autumn...
NTT DoCoMo, KPN to buy 35% of Hutchison unit
NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Dutch partner KPN Mobile NV plan to invest as much as $2 billion in a unit of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. to access the U.K. market for cellular phones offering high-speed Int...
Siemens to sell up to EU2.5nn in bonds
Siemens AG is selling as much as 2.5 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in 5-year bonds exchangeable into Infineon AG stock, cutting its stake in the chipmaker and betting a planned German tax ref...
FBI probes alleged oil payment scheme in Kazakhstan
The FBI is investigating whether a U.S. businessman illegally funnelled $35 million from three oil companies to high-ranking Kazakhstan officials, including President Nursultan Nazarbayev, N...
Early setback for Deutsche Telekom's Sprint talks
Preliminary merger talks between Deutsche Telekom and Sprint have been put in the shade yesterday by US senators who have voiced strong opposition to the takeover of US groups holding Federa...
Romanian Inelligence had known and warned about FNI
Romanian Intelligence (SRI) was acquainted with the FNI affair, which caused 300,000 deponents to lose their savings over night. SRI monitored the affair and transmitted as early as last yea...