1.   Both the economics ministry and German industry also expressed their satisfaction with the proposal, which took several months to complete.

2.   But on Saturday, the economics ministry recommended ending work on the project.

3.   In fact, as former French economics ministry official Jean Michel Borry noted, both fears were almost wholly groundless.

4.   Responsibility for telecommunications and postal services, previously handled by the economics ministry, will fall to the transport ministry.

5.   Taiwan imports about two-thirds of its oil from the Middle East, economics ministry P.K. Chiang told the newspaper.

6.   The German economics ministry said Thursday that it was prepared to provide credit guarantees to soccer teams to keep them afloat.

7.   The trade groups and the economics ministry warned against evaluating all east Asian countries equally.

8.   Those are the finance ministry, the treasury ministry, the economics ministry and the internal affairs and administration ministry.

9.   Prime Minister Guntars Krasts, who announced the firing of Economics Minister Atis Sausnitis, said he was dissatisfied with how the economics ministry was handling privatization efforts.

10.   Prime Minister Guntars Krasts, who announced the firing, said he was dissatisfied with how the economics ministry was handling privatization efforts.