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Down with the bankers, loan sharks who swim on the land
Europeans have rightfully blamed greedy American bankers whose blood lust for money caused the worldwide recession that put scores of millions out of work, on the streets watching their foreclosed homes seized because they couldn’t
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Who is really money thirsty in the West?
US President Barack Obama last week unveiled the 2011 American federal budget with an unheard of deficit of $1.56 trillion, or 10.2% of the US Gross Domestic Product. At the same time, he employed the
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Too Big to Live
NEW YORK – A global controversy is raging: what new regulations are required to restore confidence in the financial system and ensure that a new crisis does not erupt a few years down the line.
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Are we all hostages to the bankers ?
The credit crunch and the real economy recession which brought western countries to their knees during the past two year are now followed by other uncertainties. The new economic environment that emerged is however very
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Threatening the banks with blank cartridges
Jean Claude-Trichet, the governor of the European Central Bank said last week that the major commercial and investment banks of the Eurozone must understand  that their duty is to serve the economy, and not vice
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About money parities and interest rates
Convincing signs appeared last week in the international monetary arena, heralding new scenery in western money markets. American central bank officials, for the first time after the credit crisis broke out in 2008, started talking
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EU central banks keep rates on hold
EUROPE’S leading central banks held interest rates at historic lows on 8 October as they await evidence that the region’s recovery from its steepest economic downturn in a generation is taking hold. While the Frankfurt-based
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Banks forever blowing bubbles
Almost all stock exchanges in the developed and developing world have risen 30 per cent after  this year. The stock rally was of course spearheaded by New York’s Wall Street, which are explained by the
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The dollar will continue to devalue
All the respected economists and financiers reassure us that the worst is over on all fronts, that is the financial crisis and the recession in the real economy. And this is not because the stock
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Reforming financial markets
The world economy has been hit by a severe financial crisis, resulting in the worst global economic downturn for over 60 years. Triggered by difficulties in the US housing market that exposed the way that
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Can Europe alone control the banks?
While the European Union is presently seriously engaged in an effort to introduce new and binding rules and controls in the financial and the banking sectors, with the European Commission ready to ask the forthcoming
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Who is afraid of inflation?
The governor of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, recently painted in much darker colours than before, the short-term prospects of the Eurozone economy. After the meeting of the governing council of the bank, at
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Things aren’t looking up, so ECB freezes rate at 1%
The perhaps premature optimism that the end of the worldwide recession is looming seems unfounded at the European Central Bank which kept its main policy rate unchanged at a historic low of one percent as
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The recession’s winning, so EU Central Bank cuts rate yet again
Down for the count, the European Central Bank (ECB) cut borrowing costs by one-quarter percent to an historic low of one percent and adopted new monetary tools while leaving the door open to more rate
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ECB rates fall to historic low as the EU keeps reeling
The European Central Bank, which last year was so reluctant to cut interest rates, has delivered yet another one, to an historic low of 1.25 percent in a bid to spur growth and fight falling
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A rockslide for Northern Rock as losses mount
The nationalised United Kingdom bank Northern Rock, whose failure started the near-collapse of the countrys banks, has reported pre-tax losses of GBP 1.36 billion (1.53 billion Euro) and held a total of 3,620 repossessed homes
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Brussels details plan to bring dead banks back to life
The European Union efforts to revive “zombie banks” poisoned by toxic assets and to jointly supervise the bloc’s troubled financial sector has gained momentum after analysts in Brussels issued a series of recommendations to member
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Gripping recession forces a record-low interest rate
The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut interest rates for the fifth time in six months, lowering borrowing costs to an historic low and signaled further reductions were likely in the coming months amid a
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The recession’s red ink drowns the EU and the jobless
From Germany’s Deutsche Bank, which reported record losses but declared it a good start to the year, to Switzerland, where the country’s famed banks have been brought to their knees but where the good news
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ECB keeps interest rate level, but maybe not for long
In the face of wilting economic news in the European Union, the European Central Bank (ECB) has kept interest rates on hold at two percent but left open the door for a reduction in borrowing
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Kassandra
David Cameron and the Rumble in the Jungle
It is said that a week is a long time in politics and this week has been as long as
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Suffer Little Children
The Commission are sometimes accused of making propaganda, especially when engaging with children, but their
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Farage to Belgium: I'm sorry; but he's not apologizing to Van Rompuy
Speaking to New Europe ahead of his meeting with European Parliament President, Jerzy Buzek, the
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Most popular stories
A GMO hot potato
Near-bankrukpt Greece a culture of corruption, $1 billion a year in bribes
Mr. Papandreou goes to Washington
There more barriers in Ukraine than in Europe
Farage to Belgium: I'm sorry; but he's not apologizing to Van Rompuy
The EU looks east: hot on the trail of Asian money, business
Nazi Gold starts a German-Greek war of words
Architecture in Europe
Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline deal close
EU humanitarian aid strips for you
Banking
Banks can create and destroy -...
Banks can create money. This time-cherished truth opened the way to the last credit crisis, which still threatens the world
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Down with the bankers, loan sharks...
Europeans have rightfully blamed greedy American bankers whose blood lust for money caused the worldwide recession that put scores of
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EU says ok to Greek deficit...
After the European Union once again delayed any decision on whether to bail out Greece as the country struggles to
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EU Council/Presidency
Farage To Belgium: "I'm Sorry"...
Speaking to New Europe ahead of his meeting with Parliament President, Jerzy Buzek, the unrepentant EFD Leader spoke about being
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Spanish Presidency plan for electric...
 Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, has pledged to present a
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World unites in Haiti aid effort:...
With the whole world watching, as Haiti tries to recover from the 7-richter earthquake that has reportedly killed 50,000, a
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USA
Despite defeat, US could still access EU citizen’s bank data
Although the European Parliament dealt a surprise defeat to an EU-US deal that would have allowed American investigators to look
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Obama gives $8 billion loan guarantee to boost nuclear power
US President Barack Obama on 16 February announced $8 billion worth of loan guarantees to
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Hillary flies to London for Afghanistan Conference
In what is gearing up to be the event of the Defense calendar 2010, UK
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The grades are in for Obama’s first year in office – and they’re not so good
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit
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Russia
Baltics question need for sale of French warship to Russia
The Baltic states of Latvia and Lithuania said on 24 February that they remained to be convinced that the sale
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Russia may consider new Iran sanctions
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said his country is ready to consider new sanctions against Iran
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Khodorkovsky condemns Russia’s legal system
Russia’s justice system is still mired in violence and arbitrariness, despite reforms promised by Kremlin
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Two years into Medvedev’s first term as president
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev marked the halfway point of his four-year term in office on
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CHINA
Will China re-define great power politics?
Will China redefine great power politics?   China is presenting its ascent not as a power shift, but as a paradigm shift.
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EU firms bullish on China, intellectual property debated
The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets,
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China miffed over German snubs at Frankfurt book fair
Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas
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NE Online Edition

Interviews
Selma Harrington
Architecture in Europe
Selma Harrington
Syed Kamall MEP
Post- Lisbon Parliament "Ready For A Fight" Says Highly Regarded Conservative MEP
Syed Kamall MEP
Sauat Mynbayev
First oil from Kashagan not far off, says Kazakh energy minister
Sauat Mynbayev

Bylines
Joseph E. Stiglitz
The Dangers of Deficit Reduction
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Alec Mally
Mr. Papandreou goes to Washington
Alec Mally
Professor Irnerio Seminatore
Kazakhstan Presidency of OSCE a ‘Helsinki Plus’?
 Professor Irnerio Seminatore
Robbert Simmons
OSCE Chairmanship and beyond
Robbert Simmons
Struan Stevenson MEP
Putting the sparkle back into the OSCE
Struan Stevenson MEP
Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
The destiny and potential of the OSCE
Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan



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