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Theresa May, the UK’s new prime minister, explained
July 12th, 2016
Theresa May, the UK’s home secretary, will be the country’s next prime minister. Her final rival for the Conservative Party leadership, Andrea Leadsom, withdrew from the race on Monday morning, citing overwhelming support for May among Conservative MPs. Prime ...
U.K. Stocks Show Calm Before Brexit Storm as Pound Traders Fret
June 3rd, 2016
FTSE 100 volatility index at lowest vs currency counterpart U.K. shares’ dividend yield greater than global equity index Less than three weeks before Britain votes on its membership in the European Union, the country’s equity investors are much less ...
German government advisers trim economic growth forecast
March 23rd, 2016
The German government’s independent panel of economic advisers has trimmed its growth forecast for this year to 1.5 percent, pointing Wednesday to growing risks to exports. The forecast compared with the panel’s 1.6 percent forecast made in November for ...
Deutsche Bank: Germany’s financial colossus stumbles
February 11th, 2016
Deutsche Bank fuelled Germany’s rise to the status of economic powerhouse, financing its industry in the 19th century and helping the country’s economy to rise again from the rubble of the second world war. It took on the giants of ...
5 Ways The Paris Attacks Could Hit Europe’s Economy
November 16th, 2015
The consequences could be far-reaching–and not just negative. It is, of course, far too early to do anything more than speculate. But common sense says that there must be consequences for business and for the European economy from the ...
China Foreign Exchange Trade System and Deutsche Börse sign cooperation agreement
October 29th, 2015
China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) and Deutsche Börse today entered into a strategic cooperation agreement to connect the respective markets and foster product innovation. The cooperation agreement was signed by Sun Jie, Executive Vice President of CFETS, and ...
London Wants to Become the Center of Chinese Currency Trading
October 20th, 2015
PBOC official said to view London as likely renminbi hub Euronext study expects $5 trillion of Chinese investment Three years ago, Chinese officials said U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron had “seriously damaged” relations by meeting with the Dalai Lama, the ...
Greece Could Return to Bond Markets Soon, Tsipras Says
September 30th, 2015
Greek prime minister warns that Europe’s migration crisis could harm efforts to turn around fragile economy Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said his country could return to bond markets soon, if it reached a debt-restructuring deal with creditors in the coming ...
Greece: Deal to go to Parliament after creditors’ approval
August 12th, 2015
After securing an agreement with representatives of Greece’s international creditors on Tuesday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras must now consider how to push the deal through Parliament as efficiently as possible amid opposition at home and abroad. The deal ...
Bitcoin price tumbles after Greek deal announcement
July 13th, 2015
The Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel broke the news that there will be no “Grexit” after 17 hours with hard negotiations with other European leaders and Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Read More on Greek Deal Announcement According to ...
