WARSAW (AFP) – The European Union may have inched out of its sharpest recession since the global slump of the 1930s, but green shoots are not emerging uniformly across the 27-nation bloc’s eastern member states. Contrasts are sharp among the 10 ex-communist countries that have joined the EU since 2004. The situation in Poland, the only EU nation to have enjoyed sustained growth this year, compares with the stark lot of countries such as Latvia or Hungary, where the economies have been in freefall

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EU recession over, but sharp contrasts in east

FRANKFURT–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ecron Acunova, a full-service clinical research organization (CRO), with offices across Europe, in India and the US, has strengthened its Eastern European presence further by opening a new office in Moscow, Russia in October 2009. Mrs Galyna Andriyko has been named as General Manager. She will lead the development of the Russian office operations

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Ecron Acunova Launches Direct Operation in Russia (Business Wire)

TOKYO (AP) — Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion dollar offer to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its affiliation with American Airlines. AP – Delta Air Lines’ president Edward Bastian smiles as he listens to reporters’ questions during a press conference in … {”s” : “amr”,”k” : “c10,l10,p20,t10″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} Delta is “by far the strongest partner for Japan Airlines,” company president Edward Bastian told reporters in Tokyo, escalating the tug-of-war for a minority stake in Japan’s flagship carrier. The offer from Delta and the SkyTeam alliance includes a $500 million capital investment, $300 million in short-term revenue guarantees, and $200 million in asset-backed financing for the airline, known as JAL

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Delta, SkyTeam offer $1 billion to Japan Airlines (AP)