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BUSINESS BRIEFINGS • Carmakers  • Airlines  • Telecoms

(CNN) -- Europe's key business sectors -- telecoms, airlines and carmakers -- are in the midst of a period of upheaval:

• Falling revenues and mounting debts are besieging telecom operators and manufacturers.

• Upstart airlines are threatening the survival of the continent's flag-carriers.

• And though European companies are among the world's top carmakers, the biggest two -- both American -- continue to dominate the continental market while buying up its luxury brands.

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