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OECD tells Slovakia to continue reforms after euro

BRATISLAVA, July 17 (Reuters) - Slovakia should use adoption of the euro currency in 2009 to deepen reforms that will boost competition and support economic growth, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation... |
| Bratislava, 17.07.2008 |
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US mayors vote to phase out bottled water consumption

The nation's mayors voted Monday against spending taxpayer money to buy bottled water, a blow to the beverage industry that has enjoyed growing profit from water sales in recent years.
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Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the ECB,

Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice-President and I are very pleased to welcome you to today’s press conference. Let me report on the outcome of our meeting, which was also attended by the President of the... |
| ECB Frankfurt, 04.07.2008 |
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Denmark enters recession

By Tasneem Brogger
Tuesday July 01 2008
Denmark slid into recession in the first quarter, the first European Union economy to contract for two consecutive quarters since the global credit crunch... |
| Copenhagen, 01.07.2008 |
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World's largest cable-stayed bridge formally opened in China

NANJING - The Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze Road Bridge, the world's largest cable-stayed bridge, was formally opened on Monday in East China's Jiangsu Province after five years of construction.
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| China, 01.07.2008 |
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PM Robert Fico did not accept the resignation of finance minister

PM Robert Fico did not accept the resignation of finance minister Jan Pociatek. The minister offered it after it turned out that he had accepted an invitation to a meeting on a private yacht of J&T Finance... |
| Bratislava, 25.06.2008 |
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Parliament backs Slovakia’s euro area membership

MEPs have approved Slovakia's bid to adopt the euro on 1 January 2009. At the same time, they stressed that Slovakia should make further efforts to keep its rate of inflation down and continue structural... |
| EP, 17.06.2008 |
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InBev May Sell Anheuser Busch Theme Parks to Fund Takeover

By Loveday Morris
June 13 (Bloomberg) -- InBev NV may gain as much as $4.4 billion from selling rival brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos.'s theme parks and a packaging business to help fund its proposed takeover,... |
| New York, 13.06.2008 |
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Irish voters reject EU treaty

By Tony Barber in Dublin
Published: June 13 2008 11:34 | Last updated: June 13 2008 22:01
The European Union was braced on Friday night for one of the most critical weeks in its 50-year history after Irish... |
| Dublin, 13.06.2008 |
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Europe's big test: why the euro will not help

By Václav Klaus
Published: June 12 2008 03:00 | Last updated: June 12 2008 03:00
Ten years have passed since the founding of the European Central Bank but it seems as if it was yesterday. This was the... |
| London, 12.06.2008 |
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