EU

The European Union is a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. Its members have a combined area of 4,475,757 km² and an estimated total population of about 513 million.

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NRF Partners To Implement New EU Data Regulation
NRF Partners To Implement New EU Data Regulation
October 10, 2017  |  Regulation

The National Retail Federation (NRF) and EuroCommerce have announced they are working together to develop a unified approach on implementing new EU data protection regulations....

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EU Investigates Anti-Competitive Bank Practices
EU Investigates Anti-Competitive Bank Practices
October 09, 2017  |  ANTITRUST

The European Commission announced it had conducted inspections into banks’ alleged anti-competitive practices in some EU states. According to a Reuters news report, the EU...

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Bank Of England Sees Brexit As Threat To Lending
Bank Of England Sees Brexit As Threat To Lending
October 04, 2017  |  Brexit

As Brexit looms ever closer, Reuters reports, the departure of Britain from the European Union (EU) means that British companies may find it tough to...

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Clarity On EU Citizen IDs — And Bigger Brexit Bills Ahead?
Clarity On EU Citizen IDs — And Bigger Brexit Bills Ahead?
September 26, 2017  |  Brexit

In the Brexit world, news the past several days has centered, among other things, around how citizens of the European Union (EU) will be documented...

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European Commission Proposal Consolidates Power Over Financial Industry
European Commission Proposal Consolidates Power Over Financial Industry
September 21, 2017  |  Regulation

In an effort to extend the European Union’s (EU) control over the financial industry following Brexit, the European Commission released a proposal on Wednesday (Sept. 20)...

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Google Offered To Display Rival Comparison Shopping Sites To Appease EU
Google Offered To Display Rival Comparison Shopping Sites To Appease EU
September 19, 2017  |  Regulation

Google, aiming to prevent more fines from the European Union (EU), is offering to display competing comparison shopping websites through an auction, reported Reuters. Citing...

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EU To Centralize Market Supervision At Banks’ Expense
EU To Centralize Market Supervision At Banks’ Expense
September 15, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

The European Union wants market supervision to integrate more fully than has been the case, with the price tag borne by the very banks being...

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EU Wants US Tech Giants To Pay Revenue Tax
EU Wants US Tech Giants To Pay Revenue Tax
September 12, 2017  |  Europe

Germany, France, Italy and Spain’s finance ministers have announced plans to tax tech multinationals, such as Amazon and Alphabet Inc./Google, based on their local revenue...

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EU Looks To Up Spending To Counter Cybercrime
EU Looks To Up Spending To Counter Cybercrime
September 07, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The European Commission is hoping to better bolster its cybersecurity operation with better consumer safeguards and a greater ability to deter attacks from abroad. The specific...

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