Europe struggles to avoid effects of a U.S. downturn

International Herald Tribune January 11, 2008 Can Europe’s economy stay on track even if the United States goes off the rails? This old question is being asked with new urgency across the Continent, after a startling divergence this week in how the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve are reading the economic tea leaves. […]

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US: Time is Now to Resolve Kosovo Status

Voice of America News January 11, 2008 The United States has reaffirmed support for early action giving Kosovo what is called supervised independence under the plan of U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari. The U.N.-administered Serbian province is expected to declare independence in a matter of weeks. more

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Airbus pitches its plan to make jets in the U.S.

Seattle Times January 12, 2008 Airbus will play a last-ditch trump card Monday in its bid to beat Boeing for an Air Force refueling tanker contract worth tens of billions of dollars. Chief Executive Tom Enders plans to announce that if Airbus wins the tanker competition, it also will assemble commercial airplanes in the U.S. […]

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