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EU may probe Google’s non-search services
September 24th, 2014
European competition authorities may widen an examination of Google to look at non-search services following several complaints, a senior official said yesterday. European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said that broadening a probe that has already been running for four ...
New EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
September 10th, 2014
Jean-Claude JUNCKER, the President-elect of the European Commission has allocated Věra Jourová, a lawyer and politician from the Czech Republic, the Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality portfolio in the new European Commission. If approved by the European Parliament, she ...
Europe makes one step towards Russia, away from USA
September 3rd, 2014
Elections to the governing bodies of the EU finished, and it was the word of German Chancellor Angela Merkel that played the crucial role in the elections. After the discussion of the Ukrainian crisis, the leaders of 28 countries ...
ESMA welcomes the publication of the ESFS Review Report
August 8th, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has welcomed the publication of the European Commission’s (EC) Report on the operation of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS). The EC’s Report, to the ...
EU’s Juncker says countries should get incentives to reform, warns on U.S. trade pact
July 15th, 2014
Euro zone countries should get financial incentives if they make ambitious economic reforms, the designated candidate to become the president of the European Commission said on Tuesday. Speaking to lawmakers in the European Parliament who will later vote on ...
Draghi Says Banks Shouldn’t Count on Another Carry Trade
July 15th, 2014
Banks shouldn’t count on a fresh round of European Central Bank cash to trade sovereign debt and reap big profits, Mario Draghi said. “The convenience to use the ECB cheap money to buy government bonds is much less” than ...
EUR and GBP Are Committed To CFTC Reports
July 14th, 2014
The world has been spoiled by the beautiful game for the past four weeks, and yesterday’s final, although not a classic, the most consistent team was crowned champion. Football was the winner along with sportsmanship. Can the markets now ...
Asian shares nudge higher, oil nurses losses
July 14th, 2014
Asian shares rose on Monday as euro zone banking jitters faded, but investors remained cautious ahead of corporate earnings and a raft of global economic events, including testimony from the head of the Federal Reserve. MSCI’s broadest index of ...
Juncker faces dilemma over EU tax probe into Grand Duchy
July 9th, 2014
Foot-dragging by Luxembourg over an EU probe into questionable tax deals for multinational corporations has created a potential conflict of interest for the Grand Duchy’s former premier who is set to head the EU’s executive branch. Jean-Claude Juncker, whose ...
Temporary restriction in short selling
July 1st, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) notifies that it temporarily prohibits short selling in the following instruments under Articles 23 (1) and 26 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March ...
