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EUROPE AUTOMOTIVE
2015-2016 European Automobile Industry Pocket Guide launched
The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association's (ACEA) new Pocket Guide highlights the impact the automotive industry has on the European economy. "This year's Pocket Guide highlights the continuing importance of the auto ...   Read on...
Autos: Western European Demand Flat in May on Lower Selling Days
Western European (EU15 + EFTA) registrations were flat in May, due to lower selling days versus last year. Demand has risen 4% quarter-to-date, above our estimate for 2% growth in Q2. While yoy comps can be choppy, we continue to see ...    Read on...
7,000 workers abandon unions in Turkey auto strike
As a protest against working conditions intensifies, 7,000 Turkish automobile production workers have left the labor unions with which they were registered ...     Read on...
Additional Europe automotive articles

- Autos: European Production Tracking Towards Consensus Estimates in Q2
- Trucks: Europe Demand Solid Through May
- UK automotive announces record £69.5 billion turnover as sector accelerates to historic high
- Strong start for the West European Trailer Market in 2015 

 

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HUMAN CAPITAL
German Labor Costs Rise Sharply 
Labor costs in Germany rose sharply in the first quarter of the year in an accelerating trend that is starting to hurt companies' profit margins and may eventually trim their competitive edge in global markets, according to Nasdaq ...   Read on...
France: Management Packages
Legal background: Certain employee benefit plans are specially regulated and subject to adapted tax and social regime. Scheme in place: Certain groups propose to their managers certain non regulated employee benefit plans, such as ...     Read on...
Only 15% of Employees in Germany Are Engaged
Gallup has been continuously measuring and reporting German workplace engagement since 2001. One of our key findings is that, in any given year, fewer than one-fifth of employees in Germany are engaged in their jobs. Right now ...     Read on...
Additional human capital articles
- France: How to Determine the Number of Days of Paid Vacation
- UK: Collective Redundancies: European Court of Justice Rules on the Meaning of "Establishment"     
   

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TAX AND FINANCE
Eastern European Lending Seen Growing After Clean-Ups

Banks in central and eastern Europe can expect lending to accelerate over the next four years, while mounting bad debts and a sharp slowdown in credit growth will squeeze profits in Russia, Raiffeisen Research said ...  Read on... 

Guide to Taxes on Real Estate in CEE and CIS 2015

Investors preferred the Office and Retail segments of property markets in CEE in 2014, according to international property advisors, who say overall investment volumes in the region (including Russia) reached EUR 7.7 billion in ...     Read on... 

Additional tax and finance articles

- EU-China Summit - Li to pledge billions in investment
- EC Stands Behind IASB Accounting Rules
- European Union: Action plan released, along with list of tax havens
- Italy's "Internationalization Decree": Impact on foreign investors
- European Union funds for the years 2014-2020
- Goldman Sachs' Favorite European Country Indices Amid Greece Drama
- Belgium: New tax treaty signed with Russia  

 

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MANUFACTURING & ECONOMY
CEE manufacturing strengthens despite Greek debt woes

Manufacturing in Central Europe gained traction in June, signalling the region with deep trade ties to the euro zone has so far remained immune to the fallout from Greece's debt woes.Supported by a sharp rise in domestic ...    Read on...

Additional European manufacturing and economy articles

- European manufacturing is holding steady
- Eurozone economy stuck, inflation figures show  

 

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EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: EXPANDING SALES
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ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

 

- EU Seeks to Balance Emissions Controls and Global Competitiveness
- M&A under Russian law - to be or not to be?
- Russia considers imposing criminal liability on legal entities
- Asia-Europe sea freight rates tumble in first quarter    

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