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Plan to ban refunds on faulty goods

British shoppers could lose their right to a refund on faulty goods if plans by the European Union get the go-ahead. Consumers can now choose to reject faulty goods, or goods that are not the same as they agreed to buy, and get a refund. But the European Commission wants to water down these rights to...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-15-2008
Transatlantic fresh start

Hans-Gert Pöttering: A new US president can relaunch the relationship with Europe and repair the strains of the Iraq war

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-03-2008
VW revs up for another record year

Volkswagen , Europe's biggest carmaker, today defied recessionary gloom by reasserting it would beat last year's record for sales and profits in 2008. In a remarkably upbeat view, VW announced a 15% jump in operating earnings in the first nine months of this year to €4.9bn (£3.87bn). Net earnings...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-30-2008
Airline industry: Lufthansa takes control of Britain's BMI

German airline buys chairman Sir Michael Bishop's 50% stake

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by guardian.co.uk on 10-29-2008
Peugeot Citroën to slash car production as demand slumps

French cars group Peugeot Citroën today said it would impose immediate and "massive" production cuts after issuing a dire sales and profits warning. Europe's second-largest automotive group shredded its ambitious targets after posting a 5.2% drop in sales to €13.3bn (£10.62bn) in the third...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by guardian.co.uk on 10-24-2008
EU takes a €2 trillion financial gamble

Goverments embark on boldest financial rescue scheme ever seen, putting Washington in the shade

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by guardian.co.uk on 10-13-2008
Simon Tilford and Philip Whyte: This is no time to listen to the siren call of the euro

Simon Tilford and Philip Whyte: The credit crunch will prove whether the single currency zone can survive without a complete political union

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by guardian.co.uk on 10-13-2008
Brown calls for EU-wide banking system bail-out

PM holds key talks with European officials desperate to prevent continent-wide meltdown in banking sector

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by guardian.co.uk on 10-12-2008
How the world's economies are coping: only Iraq thrives in world slump

European governments scramble for rescue plans but anti-capitalist states also plagued by problems

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by guardian.co.uk on 10-10-2008
Belgian workers protest over Fortis sell-off

Belgium woke up today to a national strike in protest at falling living standards – and the French takeover of its biggest bank.

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by guardian.co.uk on 10-06-2008

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