FTSE 100 climbs, boosted by gold prices (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:37:49 GMT London shares rose in early trading, with miners boosted by a record high for gold prices, and after a mixed showing across Asia and fresh 2009 highs for Wall Street overnight.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

Pomp meets politics as British govt unveils agenda (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:05:35 GMT Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks up as she delivers her speech, which officially opens the new session of Parliament, in the House of Lords within the Palace of Westminster, London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 . The Queen's Speech sets out her governments legislative plans for the coming parliamentary year. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

EU, GM to meet on Opel: spokesman (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:06:30 GMT The Opel plant pictured in the western German city of Kaiserslautern in July. European Union Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen will meet next Monday with EU economy ministers and representatives from General Motors to discuss the future of GM unit Opel, a German newspaper reported.(AFP/DDP/File/Thomas Wieck)

France: GDP stays, happiness too hard to pin down (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:23:24 GMT AP - Gross domestic product — that traditional way of measuring economic growth — has won out over a new happiness index in France.

EU, GM to meet on Opel: report (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:02:17 GMT The Opel plant pictured in the western German city of Kaiserslautern in July. European Union Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen will meet next Monday with EU economy ministers and representatives from General Motors to discuss the future of GM unit Opel, a German newspaper reported.(AFP/DDP/File/Thomas Wieck)

EU regulators urge U.S. to implement G20 measures (Reuters) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:38:15 GMT Reuters - European regulators on Tuesday urged the United States and Europe to push through measures agreed by the G20 nations aimed at avoiding future financial crises, saying transatlantic relations were at risk if the effort flagged.

FTSE slips on profit taking (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:42:53 GMT The FTSE 100 dipped in morning trade as investors took profits from a strong performance the previous day which saw the index hit a 2009 peak on a wave of investor optimism.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)

EU, Russia hope for new start despite differences (Reuters) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:33:05 GMT Reuters - The European Union and Russia hope to lay the foundations of a new economic and political partnership at a summit on Wednesday despite differences over energy, trade, human rights and climate change.

Hungary says it will forego IMF loan (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:56:14 GMT Hungary will forego the next installment of an IMF loan and will postpone assistance offered by the European Union, Finance Minister Peter Oszko said Monday.(AFP/File/Gergely Botar)

FTSE adds 0.43%, buoyed by miners (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:45:48 GMT A Lonmin hossy shaft. London's FTSE advanced at the start of trading, adding 0.43 percent at 5,319.08 points.(AFP/HO/File)