Tag: Europe

June 13, 2018

European stocks edged higher Wednesday, making headway after swinging in and out of the red, as investors looked ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy decision. How markets are performing The broader Stoxx Europe 600 Index SXXP, +0.35% […]

June 4, 2018

Global gross domestic product (GDP) growth could take a hit to the order of around one percent if tariff threats escalate into a trade war, S&P Global’s chief economist forecast Monday. It may not be a global recession, but “one […]

May 31, 2018

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminum imports after failing to win concessions from the European Union, a move that could provoke retaliatory tariffs and inflame trans-Atlantic trade tensions. The tariffs […]

February 6, 2018

The global equity rout extended in U.S. exchanges after Asian and European markets tumbled, sending a gauge of world stocks toward the biggest three-day slide since 2015. Treasuries steadied and the dollar rose. The S&P 500 Index dropped at the […]

July 18, 2016

European banks will need to inject as much as €40 billion (£29 billion) of capital into their UK operations in order to keep doing business in the country after Brexit, according to a report from Boston Consulting Group. Under EU […]

January 7, 2016

Twitter is a minefield of spam, strange bots, the mad ramblings of people obsessed with Jeremy Corbyn, and the SNP — as well as lots and lots of cats. But cut through the crazy people, and it can be an […]

December 14, 2015

European shares opened higher on Monday as a sell-off triggered by China concerns and tumbling oil prices ran out of steam, with wind turbine makers Vestas Wind and Nordex among the leading gainers following a landmark climate deal. The pan-European […]

December 3, 2015

It’s a whopper of a day for European economic data. First, we got some miserable but widely expected news from France — unemployment has reached its highest level in nearly two decades, and it’s now above the European average. Secondly, […]

November 23, 2015

European stocks fell Monday, with energy shares dragged down as oil prices slid and as investors await an update on manufacturing activity in the eurozone. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -0.51% dropped 0.6% to 379.55, led by a pullback in […]

November 16, 2015

European stocks joined a global sell off Monday as investors reacted to terror attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 people and wounded 352 more. France’s benchmark CAC 40 opened 1.1% lower, mirroring losses elsewhere in Europe, before recovering […]

November 13, 2015

The Harvard Business Review recently launched its yearly ranking of the world’s best-performing CEOs. The ranking is created by looking at three key financial variables: the change in market capitalisation a CEO has overseen, the country-adjusted total shareholder return, and […]

November 11, 2015

Chief executives at European banks are getting a rough deal compared to their American counterparts, according to new research published in the Financial Times. The research, by PriceWaterhouseCooper and commissioned by the FT, shows that on average, chief executives in […]

November 6, 2015

Source photo German industrial production figures were unexpectedly poor on Friday. Production fell 1.1% month-on-month in September, against analysts expectations of a 0.5% rise. The figures measure the output of German factories and mines. Here’s the chart for industrial production […]

November 3, 2015

Source photo European stock markets fell on Tuesday, pegged back by a drop in the shares of British bank Standard Chartered and carmaker Volkswagen. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index and the euro zone’s blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index both declined […]

November 2, 2015

Reaction Engines, one of the brightest prospects in European space plane technology, has big news this morning. BAE Systems, the globetrotting defence and aeronautics giant, just bought 20% of the firm, and it’s making a major investment in Reaction Engines’ […]

October 26, 2015

European shares edged lower at the open on Monday, with China’s rate-cut effect fading slightly in Europe after markets rallied to two-month highs last week on signs of more central bank support. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was down 0.6 […]

October 23, 2015

European stocks climbed Friday, on track for a third straight weekly gain, as the market rides the prospect of more stimulus from the European Central Bank. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, +0.95% gained 1% to 373.81, hovering at a two-month […]

October 22, 2015

There’s no reason for U.S. moms to panic about the latest headlines saying that Lego will run out of bricks before Christmas. The Danish toy maker will only struggle to meet demand in some European markets, while the U.S. is […]

October 22, 2015

Europe is in the middle of the worst refugee crisis since World War II. Around 700,000 refugees from Syria and other Middle Eastern and African nations are estimated to be arriving in Europe this year and the United Nations forecasted […]

October 20, 2015

The dollar was unchanged against the yen and the euro in range-bound Asian trade Tuesday, as investors remained reluctant to make major bets given the lack of fresh trading cues. The greenback USDJPY, +0.12% was at ¥119.49, unchanged from late […]