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ECB to keep monetary policy loose for as long as needed
ReutersORLEANS, France (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will keep its loose and growth-supportive monetary policy stance in place for "quite a long time", ECB executive board members said on Friday. With the euro zone economy stuck in recession, the ECB...Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, Economy, Business and Finance, European Central Bank, Market and Exchange, France
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ECB's Asmussen: Germany must reform or be 'sick man' again
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - German ECB board member Joerg Asmussen German expects growth in his country to pick up in the second quarter but warned on Friday that Europe's largest economy risked becoming the "sick man of Europe" again if it did not carry out...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, European Central Bank, Angela Merkel, Germany, Finance
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Brussels, Berlin lukewarm on Hollande's euro zone vision
Reuters* French president calls for euro zone "economic government" * Wants stand-alone euro zone budget, ability to issue debt * EU officials and Berlin see little new, but open to ideas By Luke Baker BRUSSELS, May 17 (Reuters) - European officials gave a...Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, Francois Hollande, Angela Merkel, Germany, France
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Path clear for Croatia's EU entry after Germany ratifies treaty
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - The German lower house of parliament approved Croatia's entry to the European Union on Thursday, clearing the last formal hurdle for the former Yugoslav republic to enter the bloc. Croatia is scheduled to join the EU on July 1....Tags: Parliament, Croatia, Germany, Treaties, International Organizations
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France's Hollande urges euro zone government
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande called on Thursday for an economic government for the euro zone with its own budget, the right to borrow, a harmonized tax system and a full-time president. At a 150-minute news conference marking...Tags: Government, Mariano Rajoy, Germany, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Pension and Welfare
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Barbie gets fiery reception at opening of pink theme house in Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — It probably wasn't the reception Barbie was hoping for at the start of her European tour. Feminist protesters burned a doll on a cross and left-wing demonstrators shouted "pink stinks" at the Berlin opening of a life-sized Barbie...Tags: Mattel Inc., Barbie (fictional character)
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Berlin, Paris not 'bosom' buddies but get on fine, Merkel says
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel may not have a "bosom friendship" with her French counterpart, she said on Thursday, but her working relationship with Francois Hollande was strong and crucial for Europe. With her foreign minister...Tags: Francois Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, Jean-Claude Juncker, Angela Merkel, Government
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Germany narrowly avoids first-quarter recession with 0.1 percent growth
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany just skirted a recession in the first quarter thanks to a rise in private consumption, leading some economists to cut full-year growth forecasts and underscoring how Europe's largest economy cannot be relied on to drive a...Tags: Weather, ING Group, Angela Merkel, Germany, Weather Reports
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Donald Ray Dickey, 78, of Somerset
Donald Ray Dickey, 78, of Somerset, died May 14, 2013, at his home. Born Oct. 21, 1934, in Black Twp., son of Francis Russell and Mary Ellen (Youler) Dickey. Preceded in death by parents, son-in-law Gunter Stehr; brothers Harry D. Dickey, Robert E. Dickey...Tags: Milford (Easton, Pennsylvania), Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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Merkel says has no secrets about her communist past
ReutersBy Alexandra Hudson BERLIN, May 13 (Reuters) - Angela Merkel has dismissed claims in a new book that she was more actively committed to East Germany's communist regime than she has acknowledged, saying she has never kept anything secret about her past....Tags: Research, Angela Merkel, Germany, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989), Science and Technology
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Germany pushing for faster reform in euro zone: magazine
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany wants further reforms and savings in crisis-hit euro zone states, according to a report obtained by German magazine Spiegel in which Berlin evaluates progress made under strengthened EU budget rules. The rules have managed to...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Angela Merkel, Labor Legislation, Germany, Finance
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Feminists oppose Berlin's Barbie Dreamhouse
The opening this month of the first life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse in Europe may be the fantasy of many a little girl, but Berlin feminists are mobilising against what they call a sexist icon. With her ironed-straight blond tresses, doe-like baby blue...Tags: Services and Shopping, Occupy Wall Street, Marketing, Feminism, Mattel Inc.
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May 14, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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