http://www.mail.com/people/27068-michel-barnier.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/27068-michel-barnier.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760584-eu-backs-banking-supervisor-greece-bailout.html BRUSSELS (AP) — In one whirlwind morning, the European Union nations agreed Thursday to two key measures vital to the financial security of the region. As well as laying the groundwork for a full-fledged banking union, Greece's euro partners approved billions in bailout loans that will prevent the country from going bankrupt. The measures, approved by Eur... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760584-eu-backs-banking-supervisor-greece-bailout.html 2012-12-13T16:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1758364-eu-approves-common-patent-rules.html BRUSSELS (AP) — BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union approved a new common patent system on Tuesday designed to cut red tape and streamline patent procedures across much of Europe. The European Parliament concluded the drawn-out decision-making process, backing a cluster of packages by a wide majority to end nearly four decades of fighting and negotiating o... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1758364-eu-approves-common-patent-rules.html 2012-12-11T15:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1696668-eu-talks-banking-union-to-expose-divisions.html BRUSSELS (AP) — European finance ministers inched toward strengthening their banking sectors and the management of their economies at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, but put off decisions on comprehensive solutions to the region's financial crisis. Weakness in the banking sector and inadequate monitoring of national budgets were among the prime causes o... Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1696668-eu-talks-banking-union-to-expose-divisions.html 2012-11-13T16:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1601760-report-wants-eu-banks-to-ring-fence-risky-business.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe's fragile banking system should be protected by building a firewall between a lender's retail operations and its more risky trading activities and forcing executives to take losses when their banks fail, according to an expert report. The recommendations are one part of the European Union's efforts to figure out how to right trouble... Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1601760-report-wants-eu-banks-to-ring-fence-risky-business.html 2012-10-02T11:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1564614-europe-loggerheads-banking-reform.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Europe faces weeks of tough negotiations to agree on a new region-wide banking supervisor after divisions emerged over the new body's powers at a meeting of the region's finance ministers Saturday. The design of the new supervisory framework is widely considered to be a key part of Europe's attempts to strengthen its financial syste... Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1564614-europe-loggerheads-banking-reform.html 2012-09-15T12:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1538248-official-ecb-oversee-biggest-banks.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A top European Central Bank officials says the ECB should be responsible for supervising the biggest financial institutions under plans to make it Europe's central banking supervisor. Joerg Asmussen said in a speech text it was "reasonable at least at first to limit European oversight to institutions that are systemically relevan... Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1538248-official-ecb-oversee-biggest-banks.html 2012-09-04T11:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1536454-german-minister-bank-supervisor-will-take-time.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's finance minister hit hopes that Europe's stressed banks could soon tap the region's rescue funds directly when he said Monday that a new Europe-wide banking supervisor is unlikely to be up and running in the new year. Meanwhile, Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Germans to show "solidarity" with those members of the 17-country blo... Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1536454-german-minister-bank-supervisor-will-take-time.html 2012-09-03T11:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1531822-germany-eu-supervisor-focus-big-banks.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's finance minister wants the new European banking supervisor to limit its focus on major banks whose stability is vital to Europe's financial security, rather than spread itself too thinly and monitor all of the region's 6,000 lenders. Wolfgang Schaeuble's comments in an article for the Financial Times Friday could lead to a conflict... Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1531822-germany-eu-supervisor-focus-big-banks.html 2012-08-31T13:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1452422-eu-proposes-criminalizing-rate-rigging.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union proposed Wednesday to make manipulating key global interest rates a criminal offence. European Commission vice president Viviane Reding said public confidence in the financial sector had nose-dived after the latest revelations about manipulations by banks of key lending rates, such as the London interbank offered rate, o... Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1452422-eu-proposes-criminalizing-rate-rigging.html 2012-07-25T11:39:00Z