Brussels (AFP) Sept 27, 2012 - With the cloud computing business still in its relatively early days, the European Union moved Thursday to secure a toehold in a potentially lucrative market it says could deliver 2.5 million new jobs.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 26, 2017 - A summit of European Union leaders in Estonia intended to chart out a digital future for the continent is set to be upstaged by less utopian issues including Brexit and the unexpected rise of the far right in Germany.
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 18, 2024 - An EU court on Wednesday largely upheld an antitrust fine against US chipmaking giant Qualcomm but reduced the penalty slightly to 238.7 million euros ($265 million).
Brussels (AFP) Sept 25, 2023 - EU member countries on Monday adopted a watered-down deal on curbing car emissions, after auto manufacturers complained stricter measures could undermine electric vehicle investments.
Montreal (AFP) Sept 30, 2016 - Negotiations for a freeze, or even a reduction, in greenhouse gas emissions from civil aviation are making progress, Europe's transport commissioner said Friday, adding she is feeling cautiously optimistic.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 24, 2009 - EU nations on Thursday agreed that manufacturers should make an array of building products, including windows and taps, more energy-efficient, broadening out a law on green design.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 11, 2024 - Overcapacity of Chinese electric vehicles is among the top concerns facing European firms in the country, the president of a business lobby warned Wednesday, decrying enormous waste in some key sectors.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 17, 2025 - European firms still face challenges in securing access to crucial rare earths from China, a business lobby warned Wednesday, despite a July deal to speed up exports.
Washington (AFP) Sept 18, 2017 - Europe's top antitrust regulator Magrethe Vestager on Monday defended her agency's investigations of Google and other US tech giants, arguing that dominant companies have a special responsibility to avoid abusing their market power.
Frankfurt (AFP) Sept 12, 2007 - European automakers demanded more time on Wednesday to meet mooted CO2 emissions targets but stressed they were on board and working hard to produce cleaner cars.
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 19, 2024 - The EU's trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis said Thursday he had held constructive talks with China's commerce minister Wang Wentao as Beijing seeks a deal with Brussels to avoid steep tariffs on imported EVs.
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Sept 17, 2024 - The European Union and China must avoid a damaging trade war over electric cars at all costs, German vice chancellor Robert Habeck said Tuesday, as tensions mount over planned EU tariffs on Chinese EVs.
Paris (AFP) Sept 3, 2019 - The European Space Agency said Tuesday it had altered the trajectory of one of its observation satellites to avoid a possible collision with a craft operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
San Jose, California (AFP) Sept 26, 2011 - Silicon Valley-based AOptix on Monday introduced new e-gates that recognize faces as well as irises of passengers before opening to let them board flights.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 15, 2010 - Zhang Li started selling e-readers in Beijing six months ago, hoping to cash in on what she believed would be an inevitable market boom. Now, she's not so sure she made the right call.
The Hague (AFP) Sept 17, 2013 - The Netherlands will buy 37 new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) from US-based Lockheed Martin in a deal worth 4.5 billion euros ($6 billion) to replace its ageing fleet of F-16s by 2019, the country's defence minister said Tuesday.
