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Groups from EU member states to sue Volkswagen
September 14th, 2017
Consumer organisations from four European countries are working together to demand compensation for people whose diesel cars, made by Volkswagen Group (VW), are equipped with an emissions cheating code in the software. The groups – from EU member states ...
The fiscal benefits of free trade
August 18th, 2017
The fiscal benefits of free trade Western governments have an overriding problem, and that is they have reached or exceeded the bounds of taxation, at a time when legally mandated welfare costs are accelerating. Treasury departments in all ...
Number of EU nationals working in Britain hits record high despite Brexit
August 17th, 2017
The number of EU nationals working in the U.K. has hit a record high despite concerns of a post-Brexit exodus. Number of EU citizens working in Britain hits record high of 2.37 million. The figure marks a rise of ...
Italy formally takes control of Monte dei Paschi
July 5th, 2017
The Italian government took control of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena on Tuesday, injecting EUR5.4 billion ($6.1 billion) into the troubled lender as part of a broad plan to bring one of Europe’s weakest banks back to health. ...
Where the majority of EU population live? flats or houses
April 13th, 2017
House or flat: where do you live? In 2015, 42% of the EU population lived in flats and 57% in houses. The share of persons living in flats was highest in Spain (66%), Latvia (65%) and Estonia (63%), and ...
Which are the fastest-growing companies in Europe?
April 11th, 2017
Growth drives investor interest in start-ups everywhere, but the same is true of established companies. So which ones are growing the fastest? Big business deals in the billions. For example, in its Q1 earnings guidance, Samsung is predicting an ...
VISA is inviting startups to participate in the first Visa Everywhere Initiative in Europe
April 11th, 2017
VISA is inviting startups from European countries to to participate in the first Visa Everywhere Initiative in Europe. The competition winners will have the chance to receive up to €50,000 to support a development program with Visa. Eligible participants ...
People can pay for things using anything they wear via the CCP
March 27th, 2017
Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced the launch of the “Contactless Companion Platform (CCP)” together with its ecosystem partners, Smartlink and Ingenico, built with its industry leading dual interface smart card chip for multiple ...
Spain to take measures for protection of retail investors in Forex and CFDs trading
March 22nd, 2017
The Comision Nacional Del Mercado De Valores (CNMV), the Spanish financial regulator, has issued a press release to publish several measures to enhance the protection of retail investors in Spain when investing in CFDs, forex products or binary options. ...
What FBI do to combat Binary Options fraud
March 16th, 2017
Stock options. It’s a pretty common investment term meaning, in general, that one party sells or offers to another party the opportunity to invest by buying a particular stock at an agreed upon price within a certain period of ...
