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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Business]]></title><link>http://www.eitb24.com/en</link><image><title><![CDATA[Business]]></title><url>http://www.eitb24.com/archivos/portales/eitb24/imagenes/logo_24.gif</url><link>http://www.eitb24.com/en</link><description><![CDATA[Canal Vasco de noticias e información]]></description><width>105</width><height>39</height></image><description><![CDATA[Canal Vasco de noticias e información]]></description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>10 Jan 2009 3:55:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright: (C) eitb24 Derechos reservados</copyright><docs>http://www.eitb24.com/sindicacion-rss/en/</docs><item><title><![CDATA[MEETING]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[G7 to share problems as financial crisis deepens 
]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world's economic powers tried to contain the financial crisis as panic swept through European and Asian markets. Liquidity injections and interest rate cuts seem to have failed.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113719</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113719</guid><pubDate>10 Oct 2008 11:16:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[WASTE]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[$440,000 Californian party in AIG after bailout]]></title><description><![CDATA[The insurance company will be provided with a loan of $37.8 billion by the Federal Reserve. The deal comes after a punishment for organizing a posh event just days after getting economic help. ]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113602</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113602</guid><pubDate>09 Oct 2008 10:18:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[MARKETS]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[European index futures gain in early trade
]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fact that banks cut their key interest rates by a half-percentage point did not help. Anyway, stock index futures drifted higher in early trade on Thursday.
]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113592</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113592</guid><pubDate>09 Oct 2008 11:05:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SIMULTANEOUS FALL]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Europe and US central banks cut interest rate]]></title><description><![CDATA[The surprise announcement set off volatile trade in global stock markets, which have seen trillions of dollars in wealth wiped out over the past year. But it failed to win a ringing endorsement from any one market. ]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113527</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113527</guid><pubDate>08 Oct 2008 21:17:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[STOCK EXCHANGE]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[European markets plunge despite rescue packages
]]></title><description><![CDATA[Banking stocks are among the biggest fallers across European markets, with Credit Suisse AG, BNP Paribas SA and Societe Generale some of the worst hit. ]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113507</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113507</guid><pubDate>08 Oct 2008 15:56:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[RESCUES]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Some facts on bank bailouts]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the last weeks, many governments used public funds to solve their banks' serious financial troubles. But  what are they, and who are they for?
]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113499</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113499</guid><pubDate>08 Oct 2008 12:13:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ONE MORE ]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Public rescue plan for UK banks]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 50 billion-pound package. Separately, Prime Minister Gordon Brown says Britain will take legal action against Icelandic authorities to recover money held by British savers in U.K. branches of troubled Icelandic banks.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113491</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113491</guid><pubDate>08 Oct 2008 11:02:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PUBLIC HELP]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Spain to set up a euro 30 billion fund to help financial sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zapatero said the fund could be extended to 50 billion euro if necessary but stressed the government would not be buying up bad debt like the rescue plan recently passed by the United States Congress.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113444</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113444</guid><pubDate>07 Oct 2008 20:51:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECOFIN]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[EU raises minimum bank deposit guarantee to $50,000]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a joint statement, EU finance ministers said they &ldquo;all commit to take all necessary measures to enhance the soundness and stability of our banking system and to protect the deposits of individual savers.&rdquo;]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113418</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113418</guid><pubDate>07 Oct 2008 15:26:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINANCIAL CRISIS]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Iceland takes over second largest bank]]></title><description><![CDATA[Home to just 300,000 people, Iceland used emergency powers rushed through on Monday to dismiss the board of directors of Landsbanki and put the bank in receivership.
]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113409</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113409</guid><pubDate>07 Oct 2008 14:51:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CRISIS]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Bank deposit guarantees to be increased to boost confidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pressure is building for governments throughout Europe to provide unlimited coverage of deposits after Germany pledged to do so on Sunday, prompting Austria and Denmark to follow suit. ]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113356</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113356</guid><pubDate>07 Oct 2008 08:26:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHANGES IN THE WORLD ECONOMY]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[The marks of the European crises]]></title><description><![CDATA[All over the world the effects of the European crisis have had its effects on the economy and trades. ]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113320</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113320</guid><pubDate>06 Oct 2008 18:05:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINANCIAL CRISIS]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[World stocks, oil fall as crisis fears increase]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. and euro zone government debt gained, gold futures jumped more than 5 percent and the yen soared across the board amid heavy selling of riskier positions.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113318</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113318</guid><pubDate>06 Oct 2008 19:16:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[MARKETS]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Europe shares tumble as bank crisis fear mounts
]]></title><description><![CDATA[European shares extended losses on Monday to slump more than 5 percent as concerns about the health of the financial sector mounted and several governments stepped in to rescue banks and ordinary depositors.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113259</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113259</guid><pubDate>06 Oct 2008 10:48:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINANCIAL TROUBLE]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[BNP Paribas helps Fortis, Germany rescues Hypo]]></title><description><![CDATA[The deals came after two days of closed-door talks between the Paris-based bank, Fortis and government authorities in an effort to restore confidence in the company before markets open Monday.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113236</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113236</guid><pubDate>06 Oct 2008 10:00:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CRISIS IN GERMANY TOO]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[German government officials meet to save Hypo Real Estate]]></title><description><![CDATA[HRE is fighting for its life after German banks and insurers on Saturday pulled out of a state-led 35 billion euro ($48.5 billion) rescue program agreed only days earlier. ]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113192</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113192</guid><pubDate>05 Oct 2008 13:40:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CRISIS]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[European leaders will help to fend off financial crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA["We jointly commit to ensure the soundness and stability of our banking and financial system and will take all the necessary measures to achieve this objective", the leaders said in a statement.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113166</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113166</guid><pubDate>05 Oct 2008 09:25:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CRISIS]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[European leaders try to find response to financial crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sarkozy has invited German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to the talks. All four countries are members of the G8 club of industrialized countries.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113122</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113122</guid><pubDate>04 Oct 2008 18:20:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[700-BILLION US DOLLAR BILL ]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[US presidential candidates respond to bailout bill passage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate John McCain took credit for helping push the <a  href="http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_113063/Business/FINANCIAL-HELP-US-Congress-OKs-historic-bailout-bill-/" target="_blank">bailout</a> through Congress by bringing House Republicans to the table. 
]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113119</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113119</guid><pubDate>04 Oct 2008 15:56:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINANCIAL HELP]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[US Congress OKs historic bailout bill ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congress approved an unprecedented $700 billion U.S. government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday and sent it to President George W. Bush for his certain signature.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113063</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_113063</guid><pubDate>03 Oct 2008 22:07:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINANCIAL CRISIS]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Money markets tight before Congress vote ]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Senate's approval of a $700 billion financial sector bailout package has had little impact, with the House of Representatives still to vote and financial markets smarting from its rejection of an earlier version.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112979</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112979</guid><pubDate>03 Oct 2008 08:56:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SERIOUS CRISIS]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[IMF's research says US set for sharp downturn
]]></title><description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund said the risk of a recession is higher when financial turmoil is preceded by rising house prices and rapid expansion of credit, which was the case in the United States.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112939</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112939</guid><pubDate>02 Oct 2008 22:09:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SPAIN]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Unemployment rate increased 3.7 percent in September]]></title><description><![CDATA[The increase brings Spain's total figure to 2.62 million unemployed. 608,000 people have signed up for unemployment benefits since September 2007.

]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112888</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112888</guid><pubDate>02 Oct 2008 11:55:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US/ FINANCIAL CRISIS]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Senate approves bailout package]]></title><description><![CDATA[However, stocks in Asia were lower on Thursday on recession fears, and European stocks were also forecast to open weaker. George W. Bush praised Senate passage of the package and urged the House to quickly do the same.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112864</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112864</guid><pubDate>02 Oct 2008 11:32:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUMMIT]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Poor states demand protection from global crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ministers from African, Caribbean and Pacific called on international institutions to shore up funding to the poorest peoples of the planet with the same urgency as the rich world's banks were being bailed out.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112849</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112849</guid><pubDate>01 Oct 2008 21:19:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BASQUE COUNTRY-EUSTAT DATA]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Industrial activity in the Basque Country grew by 0.4% in August ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The accumulated rate for the first eight months of 2008 showed a 0.1% increase in relation to the first eight months of 2007.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112787</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112787</guid><pubDate>01 Oct 2008 11:47:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINANCIAL CRISIS]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Second opportunity for bailout package]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Senate agrees to Wednesday note vote, after the House of Representatives <a  href="http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_112609/Business/DESPISED-PLAN-U.S.-bailout-rejected-fear-grips-markets/" target="_blank">rejected </a>the bailout package on Monday. It would increase to $250,000 from $100,000 the amount of individual deposits insured by the FDIC.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112754</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112754</guid><pubDate>01 Oct 2008 10:51:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[STABILITY]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[European Central Bank not to change interest rate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Analysts say inflation in the bloc of 320 million people that counts for more than 15 percent of the world's global domestic product is simply too high for the ECB to lower its rate from 4.25 percent.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112730</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112730</guid><pubDate>30 Sep 2008 21:24:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AFTER BAILOUT REJECTION]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[Bush says Congress must act on bank bailout
]]></title><description><![CDATA[Moreover, U.S. president assured the rejection of his plan is not the end of the legislative process. He insisted the rescue package was not dead.]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112702</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112702</guid><pubDate>30 Sep 2008 22:01:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BASQUE COUNTRY-EUSTAT DATA]]><![CDATA[: ]]><![CDATA[ICT sector generated 3.9% of Basque wealth in 2006 economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[This sector also achieved a turnover of 4,931.3 million euros and generated wealth, in added value terms, of 2,146.8 million euros in 2006, after growing around 11% as regards the previous year. ]]></description><link>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112699</link><category>/eitb24/economia</category><guid>http://www.eitb24.com/noticia/en/B24_112699</guid><pubDate>30 Sep 2008 14:55:45 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>