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... by home turf rival Credit Suisse, and European rivals such as Germany's Deutsche Bank and the UK'...But UBS remained wary in its immediate outlook following the first-quarter net loss, as it braces...
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Given the sharp rise in crude oil prices and growing awareness of climate change, the potential of biofuels, particularly of bioethanol, has become an ubiquitous topic of public debate and has induced ambitious policy initiatives. The latter are mostly paired with protectionist measures as the examples of the European Union and the United States show, where domestic producers of energy crops are put at an advantage thanks to subsidisation, direct payments and/or favourable tax schemes. Moreover, the EU is working out a mandatory certification scheme for ethanol imports, imposing social and environmental standards which constitute another hurdle for more efficiently produced ethanol originating in the Southern hemisphere. A similar path is taken by Switzerland's revised mineral oil tax l...
... of the public debate also neglects basic economic reasoning - otherwise it would not come as a surpr... Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2006 (IEA 2006), global production of biofuels amo...
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.... Other major European currencies have their own structural problems (EUR...
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... riduzione delle disparità economiche e sociali nell'Unione europea . allargata (FF 200...(European Free Trade Association). BERS Banca europea per la..., in particolare il «Global Development Outlook» che analizza le conseguenze dello spostamento dell...
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... of last year also saw many debt-riddled European nations teetering on the brink of ruin. . New glob... to the new reality, the economic outlook and defining policies for inclusive growth, suppor...
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... many CMBS conduits that are active on a European level. Despite some tendencies to expand securitis... all economic risks linked to the portfolio have been transferre... Outlook. Although there are certain obstacles under curr...
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Since its inception, Aid for Trade has spurred debate among stakeholders in a way few other developments could. Developed nations have pledged unprecedented sums, but with the economic downturn and stalemate in the Doha Development Agenda, the outlook for a full-scale implementation of Aid for Trade commitments is grim. It's a "chicken and egg" situation that can only be resolved by establishing new, mutually beneficial mechanisms. Focusing on categories of Aid for Trade needs, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has conceived a regional fund with two components: the COMESA Adjustment Facility, which supports member states in implementing regional policies at national level; and the COMESA Infrastructure Fund, which will provide resources for grants and facilitate...
...Accordingly, the European Union strategy on Aid for Trade highlights the imp...
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In view of today's economic outlook, defence equipment manufacturers are creat... to the international marketplace--with European customer focus at the top of the list. . Innovatio...
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... weather the downturn" than some of their European peers. . And indeed, although the outlook for some...
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In an effort to jumpstart economic activity, the Swiss National Bank joined forces wi... energy and commodity prices--and an outlook for slower economic growth. A lower interest rate ...The SNB acted in coordination with the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, the Bank of Can...