Verheugen backs tax competition in EU BRUSSELS  ...
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Incoming European Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said on Thursday that tax competition in the European Union was useful, and the idea that lower taxes in eastern Europe created a form of âsocial dumpingâ was a myth.
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Electronics manufacturers railed   against a European tax on recordable discs and music players   like iPods on Friday, even as a Dutch industry group was   getting ready to impose new local levies on recordable media.
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The European Union's top competition regulator Neelie Kroes stepped up her anti-cartel campaign by hitting five companies in the rubber market with the EU's second-highest fine against a cartel.
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Facing hearings on her nomination as European Union Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes is virtually certain to be asked whether the honorary degree she awarded to Microsoft&#39;s Bill Gates in 1996 could influence her handling of the ongoing EU antitrust
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The European Commission and Switzerland argue over tax breaks offered to Swiss-based firms.
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Business & money: Â· Brussels sets benchmark for competition cases Â· Commissioner sounds warning to other big firms
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Moves to harmonise corporate tax systems across the European Union are to be resuscitated, despite the objections of Britain and Ireland.
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Europeâs biggest cross-border financial services deal in recent years was given a significant boost over the weekend when Mario Monti, European Union competition chief, in effect confirmed that EU regulators would approve the Â£8.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 23 (IPS) - Turkey took a step closer to the European Union  Thursday after EU enlargement commissioner Guenter Verheugen said  he was âsatisfiedâ that a row over Turkey's penal code had  been resolved.
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Brussels says Deutsche Telekom should open its advanced high-speed internet network to competitors.
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Turkey Thursday gained in Paris the support of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for its bid for the European Union (EU).
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Political leaders at the European Parliament declared victory today and said they would give their backing to the new executive under Jose Manuel Barroso after the incoming EC chief presented his reshuffled team.
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On November 5th, 2004, during the press conference in Brussels, Verheugen the EU commissioner for enlargement, made a series of memorable statements having alongside him the head of Romanian government, Adrian ...
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The European Union will not rush to reimpose sanctions on the United States in a trade dispute over U.S. tax breaks for exporters if the World Trade Organization again finds in Europe's favor, a top EU official said on Thursday.
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A top European legal adviser gives qualified backing to trade unions acting to protect jobs and wages in the EU.
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The European Union (EU) is to back former EU trade commissioner Pascal Lamy to become the next head of the World Trade Organisation, EU officials said.
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European Union (EU) Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen said during a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier today in Brussels that &quot;no outstanding obstacles&quot; remain that would bar Turkey from obtaining a membership