Gaming firms urge EU to demand compensation
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European online gaming companies which  have been shut out of U.S. markets urged the European Union on  Wednesday to demand as much as $100 billion in compensation in  the hope that Washington might yet be pressed into reversing  its ban.
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US is looking after its own The European Union's internal market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy yesterday accused the US government of protectionism in the way it is dealing with online gambling.â¦
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John Reid says 'do as we say' Franco Frattini, the reactionary EU commissioner leading a campaign against violent and "perverse" video games, is expected to push for the UK's ratings laws to be applied across Europe.â¦
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The European Commission dealt a blow to European online gaming companies on Monday when Brussels accepted a U.S. offer of openings in other sectors as compensation for closing its gambling market to foreign firms.
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European Union regulators have asked France to provide details of a tax deal with entertainment and telecommunications giant Vivendi Universal to ensure it complies with EU rules on state aids, the EU said Friday.
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A French industry group plans to file a  complaint with prosecutors seeking damages from eBay Inc.   and other Internet auction sites for the sale of  counterfeit products on their Web pages, the group's chairman  said.
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The European Commission dealt a blow to European online gaming companies on Monday when it accepted a U.S. offer of openings in other sectors as compensation for closing U.S. gambling market to foreign firms.
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The European Parliament urged the European Commission Tuesday to propose a law that would force the dismantlement of the current method of distributing online copyright fees to songwriters and musicians in Europe.
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Online gambling firms faced their biggest-ever crisis on Monday after U.S. Congress passed legislation to end Internet gaming there, threatening jobs and wiping 3.5 billion pounds ($6.5 billion) off company values.
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Brussels on Wednesday tightened the screws on European Union governments that have broken the bloc&#39;s common rules, in a drive to prise open national markets for companies in the gambling, telecommunications and financial services sectors, and the legal profession.
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Online gambling firms faced their  biggest-ever crisis on Monday after U.S. Congress passed  legislation to end Internet gaming there, threatening jobs and  wiping 3.5 billion pounds ($6.5 billion) off company values.
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Mission of Mandy The US now has until 14 December to come up with a trade compensation scheme for the blow its curbs on internet gambling have dealt EU firms.â¦
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The European Central Bank's president called on banks Wednesday to disclose how much they could lose in the wake of a financial crisis that has tightened credit conditions.
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Eta armed separatists urge firms in Spain's Basque region to pay donations towards Basque "liberation".
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BRUSSELS, Oct 20 (IPS) - African and European civil society groups are  urging European citizens to put pressure on their governments to  halt regional trade agreements between the European Union and  developing countries.
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The European Commission is told to compensate a firm whose takeover it was found to have wrongly blocked.
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BRUSSELS, May 17 (IPS) - Corporate lobbyists in Brussels are resisting calls  by European Union legislators to disclose  how much they receive  from firms determined to water down EU rules on the environment   and public health.