Posted on 09. Aug, 2011 in: News

Danske Bank CEO not satisfied with profit levels

Despite presiding over half-yearly pre-tax profits of DKK3.6bn, Danske Bank CEO Peter Straarup said today he still isn’t satisfied and concern about a possible ‘double dip’ and falling share prices continues to cause…

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Denmark keeps ambassador in Syria

Denmark will maintain its embassy in Syria despite the regime’s violent crackdown on demonstrators. Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen said yesterday that Denmark won’t be following Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait who…

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DPP demands ban on Ramadan party

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) will once again this year attempt to stop Muslims celebrating the end of Ramadan with a traditional dinner at Christiansborg, the home of Denmark’s parliament, on August 22nd….

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LA will slash red-tape on businesses

The Liberal Alliance are pushing for a new law to cut the red-tape for companies. At the party’s summer get together today, the small right-leaning party will propose a ‘regulations pause’ that will…

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Rivals take stock after Pandora’s nosedive

Pandora’s stock-market meltdown has sent shock waves throughout the Danish stock market, where many major companies are struggling with the same problems as the jewellery upstart that became an ‘overnight’ global phenomenon –…

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Iran nuclear hack attack originated in Denmark

A Danish internet server played a key role in a virus attack on Iran’s nuclear programme. According to German news magazine, Der Spiegel, the dangerous Stuxnet worm, that targets industrial software and has…

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11th negative day for C20

The Danish C20 index of most-traded shares broke its own record again, Monday, by falling for the eleventh consecutive day, the worst showing for 22 years. The index closed 3.15 percentage points down…

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Kiss of death for €

The common EU currency, the euro, is living on borrowed time according to Professor Jesper Jensen of Roskilde University who predicted yesterday that German taxpayers won’t keep footing the bill for the EU’s…

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Election date: Løkke waits, and waits, and….

Constantly falling share prices could cause Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen even more sleepless nights as he speculates about a possible election date. According to political commentator Peter Goll there are three opportune…

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Posted on 08. Aug, 2011 in: News

No election before November

Political commentator Hans Engell has joined the growing group of experts who believe Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will wait as long as possible before calling an election – probably November, when the…

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