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EU steps up fight against tax evasion

The European Union’s leaders has taken a major step in tackling tax-dodgers by pushing...

Qatar pushes for Xstrata merger DOHA - Agence France-Presse Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund said on Thursday that it will vote in favour of commodities giant Glencore’s... Comment(s) 11/17/2012	Turkey to reveal local tank ahead of deadline SAKARYA Turkey’s debut home-developed battle tank will be produced up to two years before the set deadline 9 Comment(s) 11/16/2012
Barça flies to Qatar Airways from Turkish Airlines ISTANBUL Turkish Airlines has decided not to continue its FC Barcelona traveling sponsorship after June 2013, when its contract with the Catalan team ends. Comment(s) 11/17/2012	Lagarde cuts visit short for Greek debt meeting MANILA - Reuters The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has decided to cut short a visit to... Comment(s) 11/16/2012
Fitch upgrades Doğan ISTANBUL International rating agency Fitch has changed its outlook on the Doğan Media Group... 1 Comment(s) 11/17/2012	Global gold demand drops by 11 percent MUMBAI - Agence France-Presse Global demand for gold fell 11 percent in the third quarter on an annual basis, as buying in key... Comment(s) 11/16/2012
French officials slam The Economist cover story PARIS - Reuters French officials angrily rejected a charge by Britain's The Economist weekly that France was the "time-bomb at the heart of Europe"... 3 Comment(s) 11/16/2012	Eurozone slides into official recession for first time since ’09 BRUSSELS/BERLIN Modest German and French growth could not save the eurozone from seeing its second... Comment(s) 11/16/2012
FDI falls sharply in 2012 ANKARA - Anatolia News Agency Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Turkey reached $494 million in September with a 34.4 percent drop from the same month last year. Comment(s) 11/17/2012	German economy nears halt, French economy contracts BERLIN/PARIS – Agence France-Presse The eurozone debt crisis is taking its toll on Germany, Europe's largest economy, which ground to a near halt in the third quarter of the year, official figures showed yesterday. 2 Comment(s) 11/15/2012
Greece to clear five-billion-euro debt hurdle: debt agency ATHENS - Agence France-Presse Greece on Friday was in the process of repaying a five-billion-euro treasury bill with money raised from another debt issue this week, thus avoiding a payment default 5 Comment(s) 11/16/2012	Eurozone, IMF clash over target times for Greek debt BRUSSELS - Reuters The IMF insists on not providing two more years for Greek debt reduction despite the pressure from the eurozone. The crucial decision is postponed. 1 Comment(s) 11/14/2012