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    EC shoots down stock-exchange merger amid monopoly concerns
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    The European Commission claimed yesterday that it had saved the economy from the "perverse effects" of a multi-billion-euro merger that would have forged the world's largest stock exchange.EU competition chief Joaquin Almunia said Brussels had shot down

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    Banco Santander and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria were among 15 Spain-based financial firms downgraded by Standard & Poor's after the credit-ratings agency reduced the nation's grade last month. Santander, Spain's biggest bank, was lowered to A+ from A

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    EU probes Samsung on patents issue
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    SAMSUNG is being probed by European Union anti-trust regulators over the licensing of patents to other mobile-phone manufacturers.The European Commission has said it will investigate whether Samsung broke a 1998 commitment to license any standard essenti

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    Eurozone at risk of losing a member to default, warns Sutherland
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    THE eurozone remains at risk of collapse or of losing one of its members to a default, a prominent Irish banker and former EU commissioner has warned.Peter Sutherland, chairman of Goldman Sachs International and outgoing head of the European Policy Centr

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    Deadline for merger of Deutsche Boerse with NYSE put back
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    Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext have extended the deadline for completion of their planned merger to March 31 next year as they seek to convince European regulators to back the $9bn (€6.9bn) deal.The exchanges, which agreed the merger on February 14, t

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    Government aiming to open up banking sector for new entrants
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    THE Government has promised to implement fresh measures to open the banking sector up to new entrants, including getting bailed-out banks to offer "certain services" to newcomers, as a trade-off for the massive state aid they have gotten.Details of the n

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    EU to extend bailout rules until 'the end of next year'
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    THE EU has said it will extend emergency rules for bank bailouts and guarantees as the sovereign debt crisis continues to eat away at lenders' solvency.The bloc's competition chief Joaquin Almunia said yesterday that the rules would apply at least until

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