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Pharmaceutical Industry of the United States is prepared to spend 80 billion dollars over 10 years for the reform of American health care, which is being developed by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama.
Democrat Senator Max Bokus has managed to negotiate with pharmaceutical associations on the bill on the reform to transfer part of program costs on the shoulders of businesses, passes Associated Press.

The possibility of the bankruptcy of the German automaker Opel is still there. This statement was made by the Minister of Economy of Germany Gutenberg. “All of this can still happen” – he said. Previously, Karl-Theodor zu Gutenberg has repeatedly stated that the acquisition of the German automaker Opel by Magna International Inc. carries many risks, and bankruptcy may still be the best solution for this auto concern. On 30 May 2009, the German government reached an agreement with the American auto concern General Motors and the Canadian company Magna International, serving in partnership with the Sberbank of Russia on the salvation of the German automaker Opel.

On June 8, the mood of players in the market of European government bonds was changing during the day, which ultimately led to the formation of a mixed price movements for most of the trading session. The mood of investors was formed mainly under the influence of macroeconomic statistics in Europe.

Statistics of the euro zone, published on Monday, showed growth of investors’ optimism. According to the German research group Sentix, optimistic sentiment of European investors reached the maximum in June of this year. Instead of the expected growth to minus 31.0 points, the rate soared from minus 34.3 points to minus 27.0 points in May.

According to experts Sentix, the main factor in the growth of optimism in business circles in Europe has been the improvement of macroeconomic statistics, released recently in the countries of the euro zone. Against the backdrop of slowing economic downturn, confidence in the region is growing that the worst times of recession are behind us and the beginning of the restoration of economic growth is not far off.

According to the press release of Ministry of Economy of Germany the German Federal Government has predicted a reduction of real GDP by an average of 6%, in its spring forecasts for the current year and expects its growth by 0.5% in 2010.

“The economic recession, which is expected in the current year, for the most part, is a consequence of massive disruption in the global economy and the consequent drastic reduction in our exports,” – quotes a leading paper from the speech of Minister of Economics and Technology of Germany Karl-Theodor zu Gutenberg at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers.

According to him, the two existing government programs to improve conditions allow Germany in a national scale “to survive better” compared with other countries. In this regard, zu Gutenberg sees no benefit in taking the third market program, as called for by some politicians and experts.