<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>European-business News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=65&amp;catid=224</link><description>News Feed for - European-business</description><item><title>Daimler may buy 15 percent more of Kamaz from Troika: paper</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96373279&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:19:00</pubDate><description>MOSCOW (Reuters) - German carmaker Daimler (DAIGn. DE) may buy an additional 15 percent stake in Kamaz (KMAZ.MM) from Troika Dialog to get a blocking stake in the loss-making Russian truckmaker, Vedomosti </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>South African Markets - Factors to watch on Nov 24</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96260209&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:01:00</pubDate><description>JOHANNESBURG, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect South African markets on Tuesday.</description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>RPT-German stocks - Factors to watch on November 24</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96371410&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T06:54:00</pubDate><description>FRANKFURT, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Tuesday: MAN (MANG.DE) The truckmaker's Swedish chief executive Hakan Samuelsson is leaving the company </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>The Volvo Group is Launching an Online Service for Green Commuting</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96375870&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:42:00</pubDate><description>BusinessWire - Regulatory News: The Volvo Group (STO:VOLVA) (STO:VOLVB) is launching Commute Greener, a new online service which helps commuters become more environmentally aware. The service is accessed </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Lloyds launches record share sale</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96374160&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:27:00</pubDate><description>The shares are priced at a discount of nearly 40% Lloyds Banking Group has announced it will sell shares at 37p in the UK's biggest rights issue. A rights issue is when a company issues news shares and </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>Lloyds announces share sale price</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96373291&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:19:00</pubDate><description>The shares are priced at a discount of nearly 40% Lloyds Banking Group has announced it will sell shares at 37p in the UK's biggest rights issue. A rights issue is when a company issues news shares and </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>Lightning Round: AT&amp;T, Verizon, Novartis and More1...</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96363776&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T02:55:00</pubDate><description>loading...      [VIP  Loading...      ()   ]: ??Too risky,? Cramer said. Go with AT&amp;amp;T loading...      [T  Loading...      ()   ] or Verizon Communications loading...      [VZ  </description><source>CNBC</source></item><item><title>ABB Entangled In Corruption Case</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96354016&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T00:34:00</pubDate><description>The Swiss electrical engineering company ABB has been implicated in a conspiracy to pay bribes to Mexican government officials to secure $81 million of contracts from the Mexican state electricity monopoly, </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Repsol takes measures for possible Peru strike</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96351316&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T00:26:00</pubDate><description>LIMA (Reuters) - Spanish oil and gas company Repsol said Monday it has taken precautions so that production at its La Pampilla oil refinery in Peru would not be 'significantly affected' by a potential </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Appeals Court Denies Microsoft's Alcatel Petition</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96357954&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:42:00</pubDate><description>A federal appeals court on Monday rejected Microsoft Corp's request that it reconsider the way patents are upheld in court cases, as the software maker continues its long legal battle with French telecoms </description><source>CNBC</source></item><item><title>European Markets Seen Opening Lower</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96270485&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T06:58:00</pubDate><description>US Economic News European Economic News Asian Economic News All Economic News FX Top Stories Currency Alerts Mkt Sensitive News Politics European Mkt Updates Asian Mkt Updates Treasury Mkt Updates Pop </description><source>RTTNews.com</source></item><item><title>BMW pulls back into Hollywood</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96368719&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T04:06:00</pubDate><description>BMW stunned Hollywood six years ago when it left the entertainment biz in its rearview mirror. But BMW now wants to make a comeback, hiring Propaganda GEM as its global entertainment marketing agency </description><source>Variety</source></item><item><title>EURO BONDS-Vivendi, NIBC Bank</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96379012&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:06:00</pubDate><description>LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - News, details on corporate bond issues in the European markets on Tuesday: VIVENDI (VIV.PA) Issue: plans a euro benchmark bond to follow a global investor call on Tuesday morning, </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Swiss consumption index ticks higher in Oct-UBS</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96379011&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:06:00</pubDate><description>* Index moves up to 0.87 from 0.67, below long-term average * Rising unemployment to dampen consumption * UBS economists see consumer spending recovery in H2, 2010 ZURICH, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Swiss consumption </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>BSkyB renews assault on Project Canvas</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96378719&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:23:00</pubDate><description>BSkyB in fresh attack on BBC over Project Canvas BBC management accused of paying lip service to letting other broadcasters join Project Canvas on-demand venture BSkyB has accused the BBC of paying no </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>After success in Korea and Japan, Ericsson withdraws its complain...</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96377713&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:12:00</pubDate><description>After success in Korea and Japan, Ericsson withdraws its complaint with the European Commission STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Nov 24, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Companies: QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM), Telefonaktiebolaget </description><source>Zibb</source></item><item><title>ECB's Paramo urges more transparent ABS sector</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96377198&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:04:00</pubDate><description>PARIS, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The asset-backed securities sector needs to become more transparent and simpler to restore long-term confidence, European Central Bank Governing Council member Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Lloyds reveals cash call details</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96376079&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:59:00</pubDate><description>Lloyds Banking Group has set out details of its £13.5 billion UK record cash call to the bank's army of 2.8 million private shareholders. The group, which is 43% owned by the taxpayer, is offering shareholders </description><source>Press Association</source></item><item><title>Lloyds sets price for shares issue</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96376021&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:50:00</pubDate><description>Lloyds Banking Group has priced its record 13.5 billion rights issue at 37p per share, a discount of almost 60% to Monday's closing price. The cash call from Lloyds, the world's largest to date, is part </description><source>RTE Online</source></item><item><title>EURO BONDS-Vivendi plans euro benchmark</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96375720&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:59:00</pubDate><description>LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - News, details on corporate bond issues in the European markets on Tuesday: Issue: plans a euro benchmark bond to follow a global investor call on Tuesday morning, as reported </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>Lloyds launches Britain's biggest right issue at near-40pc discount</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96375442&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:43:00</pubDate><description>Lloyds Banking Group has launched a record-breaking 13.5bn rights issue at a near-40pc discount as part of a massive fund raising to strengthen its balance sheet. Comments 3 | Comment on this article </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Lloyds Prices Record Shares Issue at Deep Discount</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96375392&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:42:00</pubDate><description>Lloyds Banking Group has priced its record 13.5 billion pound ($22.3 billion) rights issue at 37p per share, on the basis of 1.34 new shares for every existing share, a 59.5 percent discount to Monday's </description><source>CNBC</source></item><item><title>Swiss UBS Consumption Indicator Rises In October</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96374285&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:29:00</pubDate><description>(RTTNews) - The UBS consumption indicator for Switzerland rose to 0.87 in October from a revised 0.67 recorded in September, the UBS bank said Tuesday. It remained below its long-term average of 1.5, </description><source>RTTNews.com</source></item><item><title>UPDATE 1-Ericsson withdraws EU complaint vs Qualcomm</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96374257&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:58:00</pubDate><description>STOCKHOLM, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Ericsson (ERICb. ST: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's biggest mobile networks maker, said on Tuesday it had withdrawn a complaint to European authorities over chip </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>UK cost body again rejects Roche bowel cancer drug</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96351937&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=224</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T00:26:00</pubDate><description>* Avastin deemed not cost-effective by NICE * Agency criticises 'complex' Roche subsidy scheme LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Britain's healthcare cost-effectiveness watchdog has again rejected Roche's (ROG.VX) </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item></channel></rss>