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European Commission opens Google antitrust proceedings
April 15th, 2015
The Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Google on its comparison shopping service and has opened a separate formal investigation into Android. The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Google alleging the company has ...
Europe to Pull Trigger on Google Antitrust Charges
April 15th, 2015
Case would be EU’s biggest competition battle since pursuit of Microsoft a decade ago Europe’s antitrust regulator plans to file formal charges against Google Inc.for violating antitrust laws, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday, stepping up a five-year investigation ...
Putin Meets With Alexis Tsipras of Greece, Raising Eyebrows in Europe
April 9th, 2015
With Russia and Greece at odds with Europe, this week’s visit from the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, “could not have come at a better time,” President Vladimir V. Putin said Wednesday. Mr. Tsipras, who is in tough negotiations with other European leaders over international financial ...
Europe’s Plunging Borrowing Costs Mark Two New Milestones
April 8th, 2015
Switzerland is first with 10-year bond at negative yield as Mexico lines up 100-year euro bond Europe’s plunging borrowing costs marked two new milestones on Wednesday, with Switzerland becoming the first country ever to issue 10-year debt that gives ...
Islamic Banking Lands In The Heart Of Europe
April 8th, 2015
Germany’s first Sharia-compliant bank wants to revolutionize the finance sector of the European economic juggernaut. Investment in businesses related to alcohol and gambling are prohibited, as is the practice of charging interest, and Muslim and non-Muslim customers are welcome. ...
Euronext announces monthly trading volumes for March 2015
April 8th, 2015
Euronext, the leading exchange in the Eurozone, today announced trading volumes for March 2015. The March 2015 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at €9,119 million (+31% compared with March 2014). Overall the first ...
Greek finance minister wants initial deal with lenders at April 24 Eurogroup meeting – paper
April 6th, 2015
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis wants the negotiations with the country’s official lenders to reach a preliminary deal at an April 24 meeting of eurozone finance ministers, he told Greek daily Naftemporiki on Monday. “At the Eurogroup (meeting) of April 24 ...
Results of the Poll Vote: How will Euro / Dollar rate be by the end of 2015? (Poll Closed April 06)
April 6th, 2015
On April 06 closed the poll on www.onestopbrokers.com where you have shared your opinion about how the Currency pair EUR/USD will move by the end of 2015. Please find below the results: Poll: How will Euro / Dollar rate ...
Antitrust and Other Inquiries in Europe Target U.S. Tech Giants
April 3rd, 2015
It is not a good week to be a giant American tech company in Europe. The European antitrust investigation into Google appears to be heating up. More European countries are looking into Facebook’s privacy settings. And Apple, which already is ...
ECB: Euro area bank interest rate statistics – February 2015
April 2nd, 2015
The composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to corporations1 decreased by 8 basis points from the previous month to 2.34% in February 2015. The composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to households1 for house purchase remained broadly unchanged at ...
