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<title>Falling pound spells trouble for Malta&#39;s tourism industry</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207143725</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 18:07 GMT</pubDate>
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...  British holidaymakers are being exhorted to choose non-eurozone countries to spend their holidays in. As the euro gains strength against the pound, more British  ...  the Caribbean, Egypt, Cyprus, Mexico, France, and Portugal. A consumer survey commissioned by the FCO  ...
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<title>Should Britain join the euro party?</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207123166</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 15:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Its creation in 1999, replacing the individual currencies of 11 European Union countries with a  ...  dollar respectively, says Halifax research. By 2006, euro notes in circulation had surpassed the worth  ...  Economist. Unit labour costs in the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain  Ireland is  ...
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<title>TABLE-Euro zone unemployment rises to 7.8 pct in November</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207072295</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 10:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  following data on unemployment rates in the euro zone and the EU (unemployed as percentage of  ...  4.6 4.6 4.5 Netherlands 2.7 2.7 2.7 Portugal 7.8 7.8 7.8 Spain 13.4 12.8 12.1  ...  3000 Xtra users can click on: Keywords: EUROZONE ECONOMY/UNEMPLOYMENT (Brussels newsroom, tel +322 2876830, fax  ...
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<title>Industrial producer prices down by 1.9% in euro area</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207056262</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 08:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  producer prices increased by 3.3% in the euro area and by 4.1% in the EU27.  ...  of producer prices shows (in the national currency of the country concerned) changes in the  ...  the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK),  ...
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<title>ECB deems Britain unworthy of euro</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207046195</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of 3pc of GDP, two years of currency stability, and a public debt limit of  ...  describe the eurozone&#39;s Club Med bloc of Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain, which all have  ...  not a term that&#39;s used in the euro area. They use it in other countries,  ...
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<title>Europe catching up quickly with U.S. recession</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207001048</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  among the 16 nations that use the euro as their currency. Job creation had been a source of  ...  have chilled business activity from Finland to Portugal. By contrast, the U.S. recession began in  ...
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<title>Plus: Euro has yet to win over Europe</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=206888008</link>
<pubDate>7 Jan 2009 14:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  never adopt the euro. As Europe&#39;s single currency prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary in  ...  Europe&#39;s economic leaders to be proud. The euro is a stronger and more important currency  ...  the fiscally weaker countries -- Italy, Spain, Portugal -- point to the possibility that a  ...
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<title>Market overview - European shares up 1.9 per cent on telecoms, energy</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=206817826</link>
<pubDate>7 Jan 2009 05:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  cent, Vodafone up 4.4 per cent and Portugal Telecom rising 4.6 per cent. The market  ...  second fiscal stimulus deal worth up to &amp;euro;50 billion ($69.63 billion) on top of last  ...  14-month low, putting pressure on the European Central Bank to keep cutting interest rates. A Reuters  ...
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<title>Debt prices plummet as dollar gains</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=206548217</link>
<pubDate>5 Jan 2009 19:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  with Morgan Stanley in New York. The euro hit three-week lows versus the dollar, with  ...  4.6 percent, Vodafone up 4.3 percent and Portugal Telecom rising 4.6 percent. Sharp losses for  ...  rose against a basket of major trading-partner currencies, with the U.S. Dollar Index up 1.74  ...
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<title>European shares up 1.9 percent on telecoms and energy</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=206542280</link>
<pubDate>5 Jan 2009 19:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  4.6 percent, Vodafone up 4.4 percent and Portugal Telecom rising 4.6 percent. The market drew  ...  on top of last year&#39;s 31 billion euro package. But analysts remained cautious and said  ...  14-month low, putting pressure on the European Central Bank to keep cutting interest rates. A Reuters  ...
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<title>European shares up 1.9% on telecoms, energy</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=206540052</link>
<pubDate>5 Jan 2009 18:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  cent, Vodafone up 4.4 per cent and Portugal Telecom rising 4.6 per cent. The market  ...  added. Data showed investor sentiment in the euro zone improved in January, Spanish inflation in  ...  14-month low, putting pressure on the European Central Bank to keep cutting interest rates. A Reuters  ...
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<title>WRAPUP 3-Spanish, Italian inflation fall, up pressure on ECB</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=206534214</link>
<pubDate>5 Jan 2009 18:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in December, upping pressure on the European Central Bank to keep cutting interest rates to ensure  ...  sharp falls in inflation in Germany, the euro zone&#39;s biggest economy, and Slovenia. They bolstered  ...  in further rate moves, but Bank of Portugal Governor Vitor Constancio said the ECB would  ...
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<title>European shares up 1.9 pct on telecoms, energy</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=206530341</link>
<pubDate>5 Jan 2009 18:11 GMT</pubDate>
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...  4.6 percent, Vodafone up 4.4 percent and Portugal Telecom rising 4.6 percent. The market drew  ...  on top of last year&#39;s 31 billion euro package. But analysts remained cautious and said  ...  Reuters News at a Glance: Equities............... Main currency Keywords: MARKETS EUROPE STOCKS/ =2 (atul.prakash@reuters.com; +44  ...
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<title>Slovakia is 16th nation to join EU&#39;s euro currency</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=206524297</link>
<pubDate>5 Jan 2009 17:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... Slovakia is 16th nation to join EU&#39;s euro currency On New Year&#39;s Day, Slovakia becomes the  ...  France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland. Jan. 1, 1999: The euro  ...
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<title>Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Shares stay higher despite weaker Wall St</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=206504970</link>
<pubDate>5 Jan 2009 15:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  5.2 percent, Vodafone rising 4.2 percent and Portugal Telecom gaining 3.4 percent. Banks also gain.  ...  but it&#39;s a big move for the currency today, and people are concentrating on that.  ...  A380, without citing sources. On Monday, the euro fell 1.5 percent versus the dollar, to  ...
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