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Dollar rally fizzles on euro bounce; German inflation in focus
June 29th, 2018
The dollar turned lower on Thursday, giving up early gains as rising inflation in some German regions prompted some traders to buy the euro, though rebalancing flows for the half year checked sharp losses. With concerns about trade dominating ...
European Commission finds Luxembourg gave illegal tax benefits
June 28th, 2018
The European Commission has found that Luxembourg allowed two Engie group companies to avoid paying taxes on almost all their profits for about a decade. This is illegal under EU State aid rules because it gives Engie an undue ...
Update: European shares fall; Pan-European STOXX 600 and Germany’s trade-sensitive DAX were down
June 28th, 2018
Trade tensions and political concerns again weighed on European shares on Thursday as investors positioned for a potentially divisive European Union summit. Having clawed back some ground on Wednesday, the pan-European STOXX 600 and Germany’s trade-sensitive DAX were down ...
Europe’s banks and industrial stocks sink as trade dispute deepens
June 26th, 2018
The latest episode in a trade dispute between the United States and other major economies sent European shares further into a funk on Monday with benchmarks down 0.8 to 1.2 percent and autos, basic resources and tech stocks the ...
Deutsche Bank spends $17 billion in a decade on legal costs
June 25th, 2018
Despite spending $17 billion, the bank still has five of its biggest cases outstanding and has set aside $2.9 billion for litigation provision in the first quarter. German’s Deutsche Bank has spent more than $17 billion over the past ...
Working from home in the EU
June 22nd, 2018
The percentage of employed persons aged 15 to 64 in the European Union (EU) who usually work from home stood at 5.0% in 2017. This figure was highest in the Netherlands (13.7%), followed by Luxembourg (12.7%) and Finland (12.3%), ...
Key Brexit vote likely to prompt volatility in GBP/EUR
June 21st, 2018
MP’s are set to debate the government’s Brexit withdrawal bill for the second time today, after the House of Lords voted to amend the bill and send it back to the lower house on Monday. The key point ...
New EU copyright filtering law threatens the internet as we knew it
June 20th, 2018
On June 20th, a committee of the European Parliament will vote on whether to proceed on a copyright proposal that some say will destroy the internet as we know it. That may sound fairly hyperbolic, but over 70 experts ...
EU leaders to urge progress on digital tax despite concerns, draft says
June 20th, 2018
European Union leaders are expected to call for progress on new rules to tax companies’ digital revenues at a summit next week in Brussels, according to draft conclusions of the meeting. The text, which is still subject to change, ...
Employment is up in Europe; Check how the employment rate changed in your country
June 15th, 2018
The number of persons employed increased by 0.4% in both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28 in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the previous quarter, according to national accounts estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office ...
