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Olli Rehn, the European Union's top economic policy maker and scourge of debt-fueled budget deficits, is fed up with austerity.
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*EU Commission will first seek agreement with China. BRUSSELS, May 15- The European Commission warned China on Wednesday it was ready to launch an investigation into anti-competitive behaviour by producers of mobile telecommunications equipment, opening a new front in a trade offensive against a key partner.
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LONDON, May 15- Benchmark raw sugar futures on ICE broke below 17 cents a lb on Wednesday for the first time in nearly three years weighed by the rapid pace of production in top grower Brazil and the strength of the dollar.
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*Germany returns to anaemic growth; France shrinks. BRUSSELS/ BERLIN, May 15- Germany's economy crept back into growth at the start of the year but not by enough to stop the euro zone from contracting for a sixth straight quarter, and France slid into recession.
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*France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Finland all shrink.
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PARIS, May 15- European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday France needed to present a credible programme of structural economic reforms if the EU is to grant it two more years to bring its budget deficit down as promised.
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LONDON, May 15- Benchmark raw sugar futures on ICE broke below 17 cents a lb on Wednesday for the first time in nearly three years weighed by the strong pace of production in top grower Brazil with the market already struggling to absorb excess supplies.
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BRUSSELS, May 14- The European Commission plans to send a formal warning to China that it is ready to levy trade duties against telecoms equipment makers Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp over what it says are illegal subsidies, people close to the matter said.
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*Move comes after Austria, Luxembourg drop objections. BRUSSELS, May 14- European Union finance ministers gave the green light on Tuesday to start talks with Switzerland and Liechtenstein about surrendering bank data, as Europe stepped up its fight against tax evasion.
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BRUSSELS, May 14- Depositors keeping less than 100,000 euros in a bank that is being closed down will get all their money back, European Union finance ministers agreed on Tuesday, and most supported the idea that bigger depositors would get privileged status.
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BRUSSELS, May 14- The European Commission plans to send a formal warning to China that it is ready to levy sanctions against telecoms equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp over illegal subsidies, people close to the matter said.
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*Move comes after Austria, Luxembourg drop objections. BRUSSELS, May 14- European Union finance ministers gave the green light on Tuesday to start talks with Switzerland, Liechtenstein and three other countries on new rules for swapping bank account information, officials said.
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BRUSSELS, May 14- European Union finance ministers approved a 7.3 billion euro increase in the bloc's spending for 2013 on Tuesday, as part of a deal to unblock talks on the EU's next long-term budget. "With a view to securing the multi-annual budget, we agreed the spending increase for 2013," said Michael Noonan, Ireland's finance minister who chaired the talks.
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BRUSSELS, May 14- Visa Europe, the European licensee of Visa Inc., has offered to cap its inter-bank credit card fees at the same level as rival MasterCard to end a European Union antitrust investigation and stave off a possible fine.
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BRUSSELS, May 14- European Union finance ministers gave the green light on Tuesday to start talks with Switzerland, Liechtenstein and three other countries on new rules for swapping bank account information, officials said.
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BRUSSELS/ PARIS, May 14- France has secured backing from other EU member states for the exclusion of the movie and television industries from a proposed free-trade pact between Europe and the United States that it fears could threaten European culture.
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LONDON, May 14- Platinum jewellery demand has grown in Europe as marketing efforts start to pay off, a leading UK jewellery producer said on Tuesday, in contrast to gold which has suffered high prices and weak consumer sentiment.
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*Germany says can go only so far on banking union under current EU treaty. BRUSSELS, May 14- The European Central Bank clashed with Germany on Tuesday over how quickly the euro zone should complete a system to deal with failing banks.
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Visa Europe, the European licensee of Visa Inc., has offered to cap its inter-bank credit card fees at 0.3 percent of transaction value for four years, the same level as the rival MasterCard network, to end a European Union competition investigation and stave off a possible fine.
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ATHENS, Greece-- Greece has raised 1.3 billion euros in a treasury bill auction held after the country's bailout lenders approved the payment of a new batch of rescue loans. Eurozone finance ministers in Brussels late Monday approved the next batch of 7.5 billion euros in loans to Greece, citing progress in the country's deficit cutting program.
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BRUSSELS, May 14- Visa Europe, the European licensee of Visa Inc., has offered to cap its inter-bank credit card fees at 0.3 percent of transaction value for four years, the same level as the rival MasterCard network, to end a European Union competition investigation and stave off a possible fine.