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Currently, there is a narrow understanding of marketing among the economists. However, in today’s economic environment the task of management is not only in a consumer demand but the balance of needs of all market participants from a position of general, economic and social interests, becomes the main one. continue reading…

The Australian government has reached a deal with mining companies over controversial tax plans.

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had announced plans for a 40% tax on miners’ profits.

But a compromise agreement negotiated by his successor, Julia Gillard, has now reduced the rate to 30% for coal and iron ore miners.

But petroleum and gas operations will still pay a pre-existing 40% tax rate, the government said.

However that will now cover onshore oil and gas projects as well as the offshore operations previously subject to it.

Smaller iron ore and coal companies, with annual profits below A$50m (£28m; $42m), will not be required to pay the new tax.

The plans are still expected to raise billions of dollars for the government, however. continue reading…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have renewed calls for a global bank levy and a financial transaction tax.

The two leaders said they would call for the measures in a joint letter to the president of the G20 ahead of a summit later this month.

G20 finance ministers had distanced themselves from bank taxes at a meeting earlier this month.

A bank tax would protect taxpayers from having to bail-out banks in the future.

Proceeds from the taxes would go into a fund that could be accessed during any future financial crises.

A number of countries have been calling for taxes on banks since governments spent billions of dollars bailing out banks across the world following the financial crisis that began in 2008.

However, so far there has been no agreement. continue reading…

Shares in Europe and Asia fell on Wednesday after a surprise move by Germany to ban some types of short-selling of financial products.

Analysts said Berlin’s move had led to uncertainty and had added to fears for Europe’s banks.

Key share indexes in London, Paris, Frankfurt lost between 1.5% and 1.8%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed 0.5% lower.

The euro hit another a four-year low against the dollar. It fell to below $1.215 before recovering to $1.222.

Analysts said comments by German chancellor Angela Merkel that the “current crisis” facing the euro was “the biggest test Europe has faced in decades” were doing nothing to help stop the euro’s falls.

Meanwhile oil fell to $68 a barrel, as concern over tighter financial regulation sparked a move away from riskier assets.

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The German financial regulator has banned traders in the country from “naked” short-selling of euro-denominated government bonds and of shares in the country’s 10 most important financial institutions.

Short-sellers usually borrow shares, sell them, then buy them back when the stock falls and return them to the lender, keeping the difference in price. continue reading…

Belgian parliament voted for a ban on women wearing veils in public places. If the upper house approved the bill, Belgium becomes the first country in Europe, have adopted laws against wearing Muslim clothing, a fully veiled woman”s face.

As the channel “EuroNews” , the organization Amnesty International condemned the decision. “This bill is grossly violate the human right to freedom of speech and religious freedom. The decision creates a very dangerous precedent for other European countries”, – said the head of the Brussels branch of David Nichols.

Despite to split the acute political crisis in Belgium, the vote in Parliament was almost unanimous – with only two abstentions. continue reading…

Family Kurmanbek Bakiyev busted Kyrgyzstan at least $ 44 million damage the country, according to the local prosecutor general”s office, was deposited by a corruption schemes, money laundering, illegal privatization of enterprises and the raider captures the approximate ex- President of the country.

writes “The View” , the total number of criminal cases filed against supporters of Bakiev, has already exceeded 20, but at the republic”s authorities do not intend to stop, and threatened prosecution of all who has illegally stored weapons.

In particular, we are talking about the realized environment ex-president of corruption schemes, money laundering, illegal privatization and enterprise raider attacks. continue reading…

airspace of Iceland again closed to flights. Do not operate the principal airports of the country. Concentration in the atmosphere of volcanic ash last night again reached dangerous levels. And, yet, on Monday the weather conditions were normal, and the major terminals functioned normally.

As the “News” , volcano behaves unpredictably, and scientists still do not see signs that the eruption will stop. True, they say, natural disaster at the moment has a local character, and European air transportation is not threatened. The European Commission, meanwhile, continue to count the impact of traffic jams. During the crisis have been lifted more than 100 thousand flights. Financial losses exceeded 2.5 billion euros. continue reading…

Statements of the Georgian leadership of the Russian involvement in the smuggling of uranium in the Caucasus are groundless and are a provocation. , Said Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko.

According to the BBC , Nesterenko said that official Tbilisi has not provided any evidence of Russian involvement or any other state to intercepted a consignment of nuclear material. ”

“This suggests that in this case probably is not the real facts, but about bad its normal provocation. There is – another attempt to stir up anti-Russian political scandal,” – says Statement A. continue reading…

the agenda of the PACE spring session, which opened April 26 in Strasbourg, to discuss the report on the famine of the 1930″s in the former Soviet republics, as well as currenea5t debate on the Russian-Georgian dossier. Will also be discussed to combat piracy and extremism, as well as the impact of the global economic crisis.

As the channel “Vesti” , the rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Russian -Georgia dossier will Matias Eorsi (Hungary) and David Wilshire (United Kingdom). continue reading…

Provisional Government of Kyrgyzstan announced the establishment of a commission on law and order and security in the country.

As reported by Radio Liberty “, the task of the new structure Investigation is responsible for the deaths of people during the recent riots, preventing looting and incidents of incitement to ethnic hatred.

also reported on the preparation of large-scale operations in order to prevent “destructive” activities of supporters of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev .

work of the commission headed by first deputy chairman of the current government Almazbek Atanbaev. continue reading…