William Kennard

EU-US anti-terror data-sharing deal finally approved

A controversial deal enabling the longterm transfer of EU air passenger data to US authorities as part of the global fight against terror was finally approved Thursday in the European Parliament.
 

Obama wants European debt action after EU summit

President Barack Obama told top European officials they must act now, with decisive force, to fix the debt crisis threatening to consume the eurozone and damage the fragile US recovery.
 

Obama tells EU to take decisive action on debt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed European Union officials on Monday to act quickly and decisively to resolve their sovereign debt crisis, which the White House said was weighing on the U.S. economy.
 

Franco-German rift widens over ECB role in debt crisis

Europe's power brokers France and Germany were miles apart Tuesday over allowing the European Central Bank to rescue the eurozone from a debt crisis threatening to engulf major economies.
 

US weighs in on ECB debate in euro crisis

The US ambassador to the European Union weighed in Tuesday on a raging debate over the role of the European Central Bank, saying the ECB has the potential to contain the eurozone debt crisis.
 

EU leaders to brief Obama on debt crisis at summit

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will offer what guidance he can on how to resolve the European debt crisis when he meets the EU's top officials at a summit in Washington next week, the U.S. ambassador to the EU said on Tuesday.
 

Europe and U.S. converging on Internet privacy

BRUSSELS (Reuters Life!) - Few topics are more sensitive for Web users, or more likely to raise concerns in the corridors of Facebook or Google, than how to regulate privacy.
 

US eyes action on climate, terrorism, trade at EU summit

"We're hopeful there'll be a number of concrete goals that come out of this," US ambassador to the European Union, William Kennard, said ahead of a November 20 US-EU summit being held in Lisbon, Portugal.
 

Time approaching to boost sanctions against Iran: US envoy

Iran must expect more sanctions to be imposed on it unless it makes satisfactory moves to address the problem of its controversial nuclear programme, the US ambassador to the EU warned Wednesday.
 

Bill Kennard leaves NY Times for EU ambassadorship

William Kennard leaves NY Times board to be ambassador to the European Union. William Kennard, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has resigned from the board of the New York Times Co. to become the U.S. ambassador to the European Union.
 

Obama taps Kennard as EU ambassador

US President Barack Obama has nominated former top communications watchdog William Kennard to become the US representative to the European Union.
 

Former Paxson exec denies meeting McCain

Ex-Paxson President Says He Never Met With McCain About FCC Delay, and Doubts CEO Did, Either. A former Paxson Communications president said Saturday he never met with John McCain about the Arizona senator writing letters to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the regulatory delay of a Pittsburgh TV station sale.