By Erin Conroy, The Associated Press NEW YORK – Citigroup Inc. upgraded its 2010 economic growth forecasts for several countries on Monday, and said it expects a sustained but uneven global recovery next year. The annual report, released by Citi’s global research unit, said almost all major economies exited recession in the second and third fiscal quarters.

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Citi upgrades 2010 economic growth forecast, expects an uneven global recovery

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.

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Ecron Acunova Launches Direct Operation in Russia (Business Wire)

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)

SHANGHAI, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. ( “Solarfun” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SOLF – News ), a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules in China, today reported its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.

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Solarfun Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results (PR Newswire)