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Ambassador Cantini: Egypt great opportunity for Italian businesses, November 17, 2017

The Ambassador reaffirmed "Italy's interest in bringing relations with Egypt back on their course". During the meeting, Qabil and Cantini spoke of "the future of economic relations between the two countries and ways to strengthen the peculiar cooperation on investment and trade in the framework of the strategic partnership between Egypt and Italy". Cantini recalled that "the Italian government contributes to the development of a whole series of industrial projects in Egypt," citing the possibility of organizing a mission of Italian entrepreneurs in Egypt early next year to illustrate investment opportunities in the sectors energy, recycling, skins, furnishings, clothing, the food...

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Banking and Financial, AIM Italia reaches 90 companies: Equita Group debuts today, November 23, 2017

Equita Group, an independent company, active in brokerage, investment banking and alternative asset management, is today part of AIM Italia. This is the 21st year of the year on the market dedicated to small and medium-sized companies, rising to 90 listed companies. At the time of the placement, the company raised 45.2 million euros, with a float at the time of admission of 42.5%. Mediobanca is Nomad, Global Coordinator and Operations Specialist. From tomorrow Equita Group will also be included in the basket of the FTSE AIM Italia index. Source Borsa Italiana...

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Pmi at the most since 2000

According to the preliminary reading of November, the Eurozone's Pmi manufacturing index stood at 60 points, up from 58.5 points in October and beyond analysts' expectations for 58.2 points. For the indicator it is the best result of the last 211 months, only exceeded once in April 2000 since the survey was conducted (June 1997). The fastest growth in manufacturing has been accompanied by a greater expansion of the service sector, which has risen to record since May, recording one of the highest expansion values ​​in the last six and a half years. The Pmi Services Index stood at 56.2...

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Recovery Italian industry, Industrial Scenarios Report: Today’s China and US industry remains at the top of industrialized countries with unchanged world-wide added value at 29.5% and 19.0% respectively. The 7th position of Italy was also stable with a constant 2.3% share

China and the United States remain at the top of the industrialized countries' ranking with unchanged world value added shares at 29.5% and 19.0%, respectively. The 7th position of Italy is also stable with a constant 2.3%, the second highest European position behind Germany, to 5th place. This is what emerges from the Industrial Scenario Report of the Confindustria Studies Center, presented in Rome at a seminar attended by the President of Confindustria Vincenzo Boccia and the Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda. After a biennium of weakness, world trade has risen to good rhythms at the end of 2016: this...

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Competition, Agreements, Yen interest rate derivatives sector, Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement, Judgment of the general Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) 10 November 2017

(Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Yen interest rate derivatives sector — Decision finding six infringements of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Manipulation of the JPY LIBOR and Euroyen TIBOR interbank reference rates — Restriction of competition by object — Participation of a broker in the infringements — ‘Hybrid’ settlement procedure — Principle of the presumption of innocence — Principle of sound administration — Fines — Basic amount — Exceptional adjustment — Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Obligation to state reasons) In Case T 180/15, omitted applicants, v European Commission, represented by ….., acting as Agents, defendant, ACTION brought under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2015) 432 final of 4 February 2015 relating to proceedings...

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Markets in financial instruments, Definition of ‘regulated market’, Directive 2004/39/EC, Judgment of the Court of Justice EU (Fourth Chamber) 16 November 2017

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2004/39/EC — Markets in financial instruments — Article 4(1)(14) — Definition of ‘regulated market’ — Scope — System in which the participants are brokers representing investors and ‘open end’ investment fund agents required to execute orders relating to their funds) In Case C 658/15, REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven (Administrative Court of Appeal for Trade and Industry, Netherlands), made by decision of 2 December 2015, received at the Court on 7 December 2015, in the proceedings omitted v omitted, THE COURT (Fourth Chamber),     having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 1 February 2017, after considering the...

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Company law, Takeover bids, Directive 2004/25/EC, Judgment Court of Justice EU, (Third Chamber) 20 July 2017

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Company law — Directive 2004/25/EC — Takeover bids — Second subparagraph of Article 5(4) — Possibility of changing the price of the offer in specific circumstances and according to clearly determined circumstances and criteria — National law providing an option for the supervisory authority to increase the price of a takeover bid in the event of collusion between the offeror or the persons acting in concert with it and one or more sellers) In Case C 206/16, REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Consiglio di Stato (Council of State, Italy), made by decision of 10 November 2015, received at the Court...

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Public service contract, Partnership ‘Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability’, Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (Fifth Chamber 19 October 2017 

(Appeal — Non-contractual liability of the European Union — Public service contract — Operational technical assistance to set up and manage a network facility for the implementation of the European Innovation Partnership ‘Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability’ — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Abnormally low bid — Adversarial procedure) In Case C 198/16 P, APPEAL under Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, brought on 8 April 2016, omitted, established in Brussels (Belgium), represented by appellant, the other party to the proceedings being: European Commission, represented by...

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EU trade mark, Civil actions on the basis of EU trade marks and national trade marks, One action based on a national trade mark followed by another based on an EU trade mark, Judgment of the Court of Justice EU (Second Chamber) 19 October 2017

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — EU trade mark — Article 109(1) — Civil actions on the basis of EU trade marks and national trade marks — Lis pendens — Meaning of ‘same cause of action’ — Use of the name ‘...

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