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Macy’s Crushed By Amazon, Italian Banks Crushed By Euro
May 12th, 2016
This is a tale of changing environments and the organisms that are, as a result, dying off. First, consider the bricks and mortar retailers. Amazon, the dominant online seller of virtually everything, reports a spectacular quarter with soaring sales ...
Bank of Israel keeps the interest rate for May 2016 unchanged at 0.1 percent
April 25th, 2016
Inflation data: The Consumer Price Index for March declined by 0.2 percent, a slightly greater decline than the average of forecasters’ predictions for a decline of 0.1 percent. There was a seasonal price decline of 3.9 percent in the fruit ...
European Stocks Little Changed as ABB, Miners Offset Energy Drop
April 20th, 2016
Crude prices retereat as Kuwait workers agree to end strike Miners advance as BHP Billiton cuts iron ore output forecast European stocks were little changed as miners advanced and investors focused on companies that posted better-than-expected earnings, offsetting a ...
European Parliament to host blockchain conference
April 18th, 2016
The European Parliament is set to host a four day conference on virtual currencies and blockchains as it seeks to educate MEPs about the fast-growing world of distributed ledgers. Taking part next week, the non-commercial exhibition will bring together ...
Italy Forms $5.7 Billion Fund to Shake Off Doubts in Banks
April 12th, 2016
Fund to help weakened banks sell shares and unload bad loans Atlante fund managed by Quaestio Capital investment firm Italian officials and bank executives agreed to create a multibillion-euro fund to help troubled lenders raise capital and offload bad ...
Presentation of the ECB Annual Report 2015 to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament
April 8th, 2016
Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB presented the ECB’s 2015 Annual Report. Below is the presentation as it was published: Mr Chairman, Honourable Members of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to ...
Catalytic Finance Initiative Brings Together Banks and Investors, Directs $8 Billion in Capital for High-Impact Sustainable Projects
April 6th, 2016
AllianceBernstein, Babson Capital Management, Bank of America, Crédit Agricole CIB, European Investment Bank, HSBC, International Finance Corporation, Mirova and the Aligned Intermediary to Fund Clean Energy Solutions A consortium of leading financial institutions and investors today announced a new partnership ...
Central Europe’s manufacturers maintain momentum despite German slowdown
April 1st, 2016
Central European manufacturing continued to grow in March as a jump in Polish factory activity managed to offset slower growth from Germany, the region’s main trade partner. The former communist countries of the European Union’s eastern wing rely on ...
Euronext completes Interbolsa migration to Pan-European securities settlement platform TARGET2-Securities
March 31st, 2016
Euronext announces that the Portuguese Central Securities Depository Interbolsa, a subsidiary of Euronext Lisbon, has successfully completed the migration to TARGET2-Securities (T2S), one of the largest infrastructure projects launched by the European Central Bank – Eurosystem so far, which ...
Helicopter Money: Global Central Banks Consider Distributing Money Directly To The People
March 24th, 2016
Should central banks create money out of thin air and give it directly to governments and average citizens? If you can believe it, this is now under serious consideration. Since 2008, global central banks have cut interest rates 637 ...
