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EU Crackdown on Misleading Airline Ticket Websites
added: 15-11-2007

EU Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva announced the results of an EU wide investigation - involving 15 EU national authorities as well as Norway – against misleading advertising and unfair practices on airline ticket selling websites. The clampdown covers Europe's leading airlines, low cost carriers as well as other websites selling airline tickets. The results of the inquiry show that over 50% of all websites showed irregularities, in particular relating to price indications, contract terms and clarity of proposed conditions.
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Sales Volume of Video MP3 Players in China Reached 5.0061 Million Yuan
added: 15-11-2007

Research from the Research Report on China's Video MP3 Market in the 3rd Quarter of 2007 shows that, in the 3rd quarter of 2007, video MP3 sales entered a slack season and the sales volume dropped by 12.06 percent as compared with the same period of the previous year.
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EU Employment Increase of 3 million in One Year, despite Moderate Slowdown in Economic Growth
added: 14-11-2007

An analysis of recent Eurostat figures shows ongoing positive developments in the European labour market. The continuing strong employment growth in Spain and the recent labour market recovery in Germany and Poland have been the main drivers behind the good overall EU performance.
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Euro Area GDP Up by 0.7% and EU27 Up by 0.8% in Third Quarter of 2007
added: 14-11-2007

GDP grew by 0.7% in the euro area (EA13) and by 0.8% in the EU27 during the third quarter of 2007, compared with the previous quarter, according to flash estimates published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In the second quarter of 2007, growth rates were +0.3% in the euro area and +0.5% in the EU27.
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Euro Area International Investment Position and its Geographical Breakdown
added: 14-11-2007

The international investment position of the euro area vis-à-vis the rest of the world recorded net liabilities of EUR 1.0 trillion (representing 12% of euro area GDP) at the end of 2006. Compared with the end of 2005, the net liability position increased by EUR 187 billion. This higher net liability position was mainly the result of revaluation effects due to movements in exchange rates (EUR 152 billion) and net financial transactions (EUR 118 billion).
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EP: MEPs Vote to Curb Airline Emissions by Including them in European Trading Scheme
added: 14-11-2007

In adopting a first-reading report, MEPs backed the Commission's plan to include the aviation sector in the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS). While the Commission had proposed capping ETS allowances for CO2 emissions at 100 percent of aircraft operators' average annual emissions during 2004-2006, the EP went even further, reducing the number of ETS-authorised emissions for aviation to 90 percent. The House also voted to exclude all military flights from the scope of the directive.
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Telecoms: The 'Pros and Cons' of the New Commission Proposals
added: 14-11-2007

The European Commission presented its 3rd telecom package reviewing 5 telecom directives, the decision on the radio spectrum and the recommendation defining markets subject to ex-ante monitoring from the national telecom regulators.
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Rapidly Rising Prices and Demand for Oil will Fuel the Drive Toward Better Vehicle Fuel Efficiency and Alternative Fuels
added: 14-11-2007

Skyrocketing oil prices spurred by rapidly rising energy demand in developing countries are pushing automakers to step up advances in fuel efficiency, according to an analysis by automotive market forecasting firm CSM Worldwide.
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Over 40 Million U.S. Consumers Will Use Mobile Banking by 2012
added: 14-11-2007

BAI Retail Delivery Conference - Long stalled by lack of adoption and a range of technical issues, new research from TowerGroup finds that mobile banking is finally coming into its own. Banking over the mobile channel, especially when considered in the context of an evolution toward mobile payments, is now fast becoming a market mandate - and is no less important than the dawn of Internet banking in the late 1990s.
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OPEC Pumps 31.11 mb/d in October, up 350,000 b/d
added: 14-11-2007

The 12 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped an average 31.11 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil in October, or a 350,000 b/d increase from September, largely on higher volumes from Saudi Arabia and Iraq, a Platts survey showed November 13.
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