EU aims to break open bloc’s energy market (The Wall Street Journal Europe, 17 Sep 2007, Page 2)
EU aims to break open bloc’s energy marketBy Charles Forelle
The Wall Street Journal Europe
17 Sep 2007
BRUSSELS—European Union officials will propose legislation Wednesday that aims to break open the bloc’s fragmented energy market, making it more competitive and less dominated by national monopolies. The effort promises a showdown with some of the...
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Pizza on the grill: Do it fast or take time to make doughBy Cathy Thomas
Charlotte Observer
22 Aug 2007
They don’t look especially inviting. Stashed next to the cheese in Trader Joe’s refrigerated deli case, the satchels of pizza dough look like bags of putty. But pretty is as pretty does. What they lack in glamour, they make up for in convenience. For...
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EU targets safety of Chinese toysBy Jason Leow in Beijing and John W. Miller in Brussels
The Wall Street Journal Europe
24 Jul 2007
BEIJING—The European Union’s top food-and-product safety cop, on her first official trip to China, says she has an “ambitious” agenda and is prepared to send a tough message to the Chinese government that it needs to crack down on producers of...
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The European Revival
The Wall Street Journal Europe
10 Jul 2007
By George Alogoskoufis Not so long ago, Europe was the laggard of the world economy, with low growth and high unemployment. Many economists used “eurosclerosis” to describe its record of poor job creation, its lack of competitiveness and the...
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EU looks beyond charterBy Marc Champion in Brussels and Marcus Walker in Berlin
The Wall Street Journal Europe
18 Jun 2007
The European Union hopes to bury its dispute over adoption of a constitution at a summit this week and free a set of new national leaders to tackle more substantive challenges—from expansion of the bloc to forming a foreign policy toward an...
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The Continental DriftBy Gerard Baker
The Wall Street Journal Europe
05 Jun 2007
If you’ve heard the celebratory noises coming out of European capitals of late, you could be forgiven for thinking that, as with Mark Twain’s prematurely recorded demise, reports of Europe’s death may have been greatly exaggerated. For a continent in...
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EU looks to cargo trains to ease load on truckingBy John W. Miller
The Wall Street Journal Europe
05 Jun 2007
BRUSSELS—Europe is pouring billions into new train tracks, hoping to do something about a dirty secret: At a time when Brussels is leading the fight against carbon emissions, more and more European freight gets shipped by truck. The roughly $250...
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