Search Results for: Ireland
How many hours do Europeans work per week?
January 29th, 2018
On average, a full-time employee in the EU works 40.3 hours per week in a usual working week. Men have a longer working week than women, working on average 41.0 hours compared with 39.3 hours for women. Those in ...
The truth about trade
January 23rd, 2018
The one subject, which became a headline issue last year, and even divides experts is trade. It will become increasingly important in 2018 as the US develops her trade policy, particularly with respect to China, and as the ...
Euronext Acquires InsiderLog
January 18th, 2018
Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone with nearly 1,300 listed issuers, announces the acquisition of 80% of the capital of InsiderLog, a Stockholm-based leading player in the field of insider list management, for a cash consideration of ...
Taxation highs and low identified in EU report on policy
January 16th, 2018
The report shows that Ireland is not a high tax country with total tax receipts as a percentage of GDP the lowest in the EU and the Effective Marginal Tax Rates lowest 1/3 in the EU Even with a ...
Europe, Brexit and the credit cycle
December 18th, 2017
Europe’s financial and systemic troubles have retreated from the headlines. This is partly due to the financial media’s attention switching to President Trump and the US budget negotiations, partly due to Brexit and the preoccupation with Britain’s problems, ...
1 in 6 EU businesses sold on the web in 2016
December 15th, 2017
Last year, 16% of enterprises located in the European Union (EU) and employing at least 10 persons had received orders via a website or via apps. Web sales include both sales to individual consumers and to other enterprises.The share ...
BDO’s Global Revenues Pass US$8 Billion
December 14th, 2017
BDO announced its global financial results for the year ended 30 September 2017, a total combined fee income* of US$ 8.1 billion / € 7.4 billion, representing a year on year growth of 8%, at constant exchange rates. BDO’s ...
Volume of retail trade down by 1.1% in euro area
December 7th, 2017
In October 2017 compared with September 2017, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade decreased by 1.1% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.5% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European ...
EU commission wants ‘credible’ tax haven blacklist
November 8th, 2017
The European Commission is demanding that member states reach an agreement on an EU tax haven blacklist, in the wake of media revelations of widespread tax avoidance schemes by the wealthy elite known as the Paradise Papers. Pierre Moscovici, ...
Industrial producer prices up by 0.6% in both euro area and EU28
November 7th, 2017
In September 2017, compared with August 2017, industrial producer prices rose by 0.6% in both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2017, prices increased ...
