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Europe Stocks Rise for 2nd Day as Credit Suisse Leads Bank Gains
May 10th, 2016
Carmakers climb as China auto sales increased in April Pandora jumps on better-than-forecast profit, raised outlook European shares rebounded further as investors speculated a selloff that spurred their worst week since February was overdone, and Credit Suisse Group AG ...
Seamless granted authorization to issue electronic money in Europe
May 10th, 2016
Nasdaq Stockholm-listed Seamless (OMX: SEAM) has been granted authorization by Sweden’s financial supervisory authority, Finansinspektionen, to issue electronic money. This means that SEQR users can send and receive money, worldwide, in real time. Under the terms of the authorization, ...
Nearly half of Europeans are in favor of voting on their EU membership
May 9th, 2016
Almost 50 percent of voters in eight big EU countries are in favor of voting on their membership, a survey has found. The results come just weeks before the UK heads to the polls for their EU referendum. According ...
Central European economies not performing up to potential, IMF warns
May 6th, 2016
Falling productivity, low investment, and high migration are withholding central, eastern and southern European economies from returning to their pre-crisis potential, the International Monetary Fund has warned. In its economic outlook for the region, the fund said that the ...
A Currency War Battle That Europe and Japan Can’t Afford To Lose
May 5th, 2016
The dollar is tanking lately. From a high of around 100 in December, the dollar index — which measures USD against a basket of foreign currencies — is down about 8%, and the decline is steepening. In counterintuitive currency ...
Convergex Expands European Presence
May 5th, 2016
Convergex has issued an announcement to inform that it has further expanded its European-based electronic sales team with the recent hiring of Leila Mayet and Jeanine Cerligione. Both Leila and Jeanine join Convergex as Vice-Presidents and will focus on ...
Why Europe Just Dropped the €500 Bill
May 5th, 2016
High-denomination currencies are falling out of favor. The European Central Bank announced on Wednesday it will phase out €500 notes. Depending on who you ask, the controversial move will either make life harder for money launderers and other criminals ...
European Stocks Decline Fourth Day as Earnings Fail to Encourage
May 5th, 2016
BHP Billiton leads commodity producers lower on Brazil lawsuit Societe Generale advances as earnings beat estimates European stocks posted their longest losing streak in more than a month as the latest batch of earnings failed to lift investor sentiment. ...
European stocks dragged lower
May 4th, 2016
European stocks capped their worst three-day decline since February as miners plunged and lenders fell on earnings reports. By the close in Dublin, the ISEQ Overall Index was down 1.94pc, or 119.25 points, to end the trading day at ...
TICKING TIME-BOMB: Greece set to run out of cash by MAY pushing Europe into ANOTHER crisis
April 28th, 2016
DEBT-ridden Greece is dangerously close to running out of cash and plunging the eurozone into a fresh crisis. Athens desperately needs £4 BILLION worth of aid from creditors but is refusing to make any further cutbacks to government spending. ...
