Bloomberg.com Region - Europe News http://www.bloomberg.com Bloomberg LP en-us Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc was the biggest underwriter of loans to Dubai World, the state company seeking to reschedule debt, while HSBC Holdings Plc has the most at risk in the United Arab Emirates, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=abFTDi7T0.VE&refer=europe http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=abFTDi7T0.VE Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:14:36 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks advanced, rebounding from the biggest drop in seven months for the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index, as concern over Dubai’s attempt to delay its debt payments abated. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=ad9Gn4o30PgA&refer=europe http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=ad9Gn4o30PgA Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:49:58 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy won his bid to install an ally as the European Commission’s next financial-services regulator, fueling British concern that traders and hedge funds will face stricter rules. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aY9JNCJEHHBg&refer=europe http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aY9JNCJEHHBg Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:37:03 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- British banks are Europe’s biggest lenders to the United Arab Emirates, constituting $49.5 billion of the continent’s $87.3 billion loans outstanding to the Gulf state, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aao0Hm5CgWC0&refer=europe http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aao0Hm5CgWC0 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:01:11 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- European confidence in the economic outlook improved in November to the highest since the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., suggesting the recovery in the 16-nation euro region is gathering strength. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=am6RvI5pnoLE&refer=europe http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=am6RvI5pnoLE Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:31:27 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- De Beers, the world’s largest diamond company, discussed with shareholders the possibility of selling a stake ahead of a March deadline to refinance a $1.5 billion facility, said two people familiar with the proposal. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aMoRMvmHOcCA&refer=europe http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aMoRMvmHOcCA Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:14:37 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Cadbury Plc investors should sell their shares in the U.K. candy maker because Kraft Foods Inc. is unlikely to raise its cash-and-stock offer above the current share price, Consumer Equity Research said today. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=a3.CDlNJ57r4&refer=europe http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a3.CDlNJ57r4 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:41:22 EST Financial News Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Siemens AG’s hearing aid business, valued at as much as 3 billion euros ($4.5 billion), is drawing interest from private-equity firms including KKR & Co. L.P. and BC Partners Ltd., two people familiar with the matter said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aQWzWEurDtEc&refer=europe http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aQWzWEurDtEc Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:01:00 EST Financial News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- OAO Gazprom is seeking to reach a $3 billion agreement with Japan to supply almost one-fifth of steel pipes for a gas link in Russia’s Far East, partially replacing domestic producers, a person familiar with the plans said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=ag4s4CjHIS4w&refer=europe http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=ag4s4CjHIS4w Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:13 EST General News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Connie Hedegaard, named as the next European Union climate commissioner, will oversee a possible EU decision to force energy and manufacturing companies in the world’s biggest greenhouse-gas market to deepen emission cuts. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=a57v_RLjDfxE&refer=europe http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a57v_RLjDfxE Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:49:57 EST General News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- German investigators trying to track down Nazi criminals before they die may have had their “best break” in years after discovering a trove of Brazilian immigration files more than half a century old. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=a3FUYfvletNQ&refer=europe http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a3FUYfvletNQ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:19:57 EST General News Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Susanne Klatten, Germany’s wealthiest woman and member of automaker BMW’s controlling family, won a 9.5 million euro ($14.2 million) judgment against the man who blackmailed her over sex tapes. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=a8e.gTunnZUI&refer=europe http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a8e.gTunnZUI Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:43:25 EST