EU takeover code increases rights of minority shareholders (European Union)
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The European Union has increased the rights of minority stockholders during acquisitions negotiations and prevent management from blocking merger deals.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2001
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EU parliament rejects corporate takeover law
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The European Parliament has rejected a proposed corporate takeover law. The law would have set common regulations for European corporate takeovers.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2001
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Europeans still resist the common currency
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More than half of the European Union's residents are wary of the organization's switch to its common currency, the euro, fearing they will somehow be harmed financially by the new form of money.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2001
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