Austria backs away from privatization
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VIENNA Austria backed away from a full privatization of its top telecommunications company after merger talks with Swisscom failed.
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Austrians vote Sunday in national elections that could swing the alpine nation back to the political center after more than six years of influence by the extreme right.Comment
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This firm separates oil and gas, but not ownership and management.
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Most major corporations avoided Slovakia even after the end of communism, wary of its authoritarian ruler and economic cronyism.
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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett rebuffs suggestions he sold PetroChina shares because of its links to Sudan.
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The European Commission rejects reports that it has lost World Trade Organization backing for its policy of protecting regional food names such as Champagne and Parma.
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Australian nickel and copper miner WMC Resources has turned down an offer from Swiss-based Xstrata that valued the company at Aust.
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Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel has reiterated his opposition to full Turkish membership in the European Union, pointing to adhesion costs estimated at between 25 billion and 30 billion euros a year.
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European Union environment ministers rejected an appeal Monday to force Austria to lift a ban on two biotech crop products, which the European Commission says violates international trade rules.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Swisscom AG, Switzerland&#39;s former phone monopoly, ended talks to buy a stake in Telekom Austria AG, after failing to resolve ``different interests.&#39;&#39; ...
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The privatization of Poland's energy sector privatization is likely to face further delays, with the sales of its two biggest power producers, PKE and BOT, not coming until 2006, as the government works to ...
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As Macedonian and Austrian Prime Ministers, Hari Kostov and Wolfgang Schuessel concluded at Wednesday's meeting in Vienna, Macedonia can rely on Austrian support on the road to EU and NATO, there are no open ...
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E.ON, the biggest German power supplier, said Wednesday it would scale back its ambitions for a planned takeover of Endesa following a new setback in its long-running battle to acquire the Spanish electricity generator.
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Poland appears unwilling to accept a German-led deal to revive the EU's stalled constitution and may prefer to wait until after Germany's presidency of the bloc to decide the charter's future, Austria's chancellor said.
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Poland appears unwilling to accept a  German-led deal to revive the EU&#39;s stalled constitution and may  prefer to wait until after Germany&#39;s presidency of the bloc to  decide the charter&#39;s future, Austria&#39;s chancellor said.
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The chief executive of WMC Resources has denied the company&#39;s share buyback and the sale of part of its business is designed to undermine a takeover offer from Swiss-based Xstrata.
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BUDAPEST, Mar 8 (IPS) - The Czech Republic is once more under Austrian   pressure over its controversial Temelin  nuclear plant, which  many want decommissioned.