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A Face-Lift for Macedonia

May 18, 2011

While the economic downturn has slowed new development in many European capitals, in Skopje, the capital of the Balkan Republic of Macedonia, a new grand design is unfolding.

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ProLogis Bidders Aim Low

May 3, 2011

In the takeover battle for ProLogis European Properties, the offers submitted so far don’t reflect the possibility of a recovery in Europe’s industrial market pushing the value of the company higher.

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Group Puts Bulls-Eye on Prologis European

April 13, 2011

Australian property investor Goodman Group and APG Algemene Pensioen Groep, a Dutch pension-fund asset manager, said they were considering making an unsolicited all-cash offer for ProLogis European Properties.

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Insurers Step Into Real-Estate Loans

March 15, 2011

Allianz Real Estate, the property-management unit of the German insurer, is preparing to get into the commercial real-estate loan business in a move that is set to blur the line separating European insurers and banks.

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Commercial Property Shows Signs of Life

March 7, 2011

The European property market is finally emerging from its recessionary deep-freeze, but there are still plenty of icy patches where investors can slip.

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Investors Look to Expand Retail Portfolios

March 1, 2011

The amount of money invested in retail property has increased as a share of total European commercial-property investments.

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Gewaltig Sees ECB Rate Hike First Half of 2011: Audio

February 16, 2011

Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) — Natascha Gewaltig, chief European economist at Action Economics, says the European Central Bank is likely to raise interest rates in the first half of this year.

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Gewaltig Sees ECB Rate Hike First Half of 2011: Audio

February 16, 2011

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Gewaltig Sees ECB Rate Hike First Half of 2011: Audio

February 16, 2011

Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) — Natascha Gewaltig, chief European economist at Action Economics, says the European Central Bank is likely to raise interest rates in the first half of this year.

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Greek Pension `Time Bomb’ May Be Difficult to Defuse for Unwed Daughters

February 16, 2011

By Maria Petrakis June 18 (Bloomberg) — Sophia Constantinidou works as a teacher in a private school in Athens. She also has a more lucrative job: remaining unmarried

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Trading Floor TVs, Atrium Stadiums Help Firms Avoid Soccer Sick-Note Surge

February 16, 2011

By Paul Jarvis and Armorel Kenna June 18 (Bloomberg) — Kellogg Co.

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Dubai Stocks Gain Most in 10 Weeks as Mideast Shares Rally on Europe, Oil

February 16, 2011

By Zahra Hankir June 20 (Bloomberg) — Dubai’s benchmark stock index rose the most in 10 weeks and Egyptian shares gained, leading a rally in Middle East markets on growing confidence that Europe will contain its debt crisis.

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Home Sales in U.S. Probably Waned After Tax Credit as Manufacturing Grew

February 16, 2011

By Shobhana Chandra June 20 (Bloomberg) — The housing market began to retrench in May after a government incentive ended, leaving manufacturing at the head of the U.S. recovery, economists said reports this week will show

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China’s Hu Buys Time on Yuan Valuation by Announcement Before G-20 Summit

February 16, 2011

By Bloomberg News June 21 (Bloomberg) — Chinese President Hu Jintao may have succeeded in removing the yuan’s valuation from debate at this week’s Group of 20 leaders’ summit, economists and political analysts say. How much time he’s bought depends on how flexible the currency will become.

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