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Is Europe Headed For A Political And Financial Crisis In 2017?
January 23rd, 2017
Is Europe Headed For A Political And Financial Crisis In 2017? While most eyes are on the dramatic shifts possible for U.S. economic policy as Donald Trump is sworn in as president on January 20, similarly deep political currents ...
House prices up by 3.4% in the euro area
January 21st, 2017
House prices, as measured by the House Price Index, rose by 3.4% in the euro area and by 4.3% in the EU in the third quarter of 2016 compared with the same quarter of the previous year. These figures ...
Mastercard `Preying on Millions’ Sparked $17 Billion Fee Lawsuit
January 18th, 2017
Consumers seek permission to bring U.K.’s largest class action Mastercard says damages would be impossible to calculate Mastercard Inc. preyed on more than 46 million unknowing consumers by unfairly charging card fees over a 16-year period, lawyers seeking to ...
Sterling jumps as May promises parliament vote on Brexit
January 17th, 2017
Sterling jumped today by the most since June’s Brexit referendum as UK Prime Minister Teresa May promised a parliamentary vote on Britain’s deal to leave the European Union. The Prime Minister also stressed that the UK would seek to ...
Gold and Yen Extend Rallies on EU, Trump Concerns: Markets Wrap
January 17th, 2017
May said ready to announce U.K. will leave EU single market IMF lifts its growth forecast for China to 6.5% in 2017 Lingering concern over Donald Trump’s policies and the U.K.’s position in the European Union accelerated a move ...
Pound Drops on EU Concern, Asian Shares Decline: Markets Wrap
January 16th, 2017
U.K. PM to signal plans to quit EU single market: Sunday Times Asian equities retreat with U.S. stock-index futures The pound tumbled on a report that U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will signal plans to quit the European Union’s ...
FTSE 100 continues record run, rising for 14th day in a row
January 13th, 2017
U.K. stocks gained for a 14th straight day on Friday, extending their record winning run as the weaker pound spurred investors to buy into British multinationals. The FTSE 100 index UKX, +0.30% rose 0.5% to 7,327.85, on track for ...
A multibillion-dollar natural gas boom may reunify Cyprus
January 12th, 2017
A potential energy boom in Cyprus could spur a deal to reunify the ethnically-divided island after more than 40 years. A breakthrough may come at a United Nations-brokered multilateral summit in Geneva this week. The island nation has discovered ...
The highest and lowest unemployment rates in EU countries
January 12th, 2017
The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 9.8% in November 2016, stable compared to October 2016 and down from 10.5% in November 2015. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since July 2009. The EU28 ...
Malta accused of being tax haven as it takes EU presidency
January 11th, 2017
Country helped multinationals avoid paying more than £12bn in taxes from 2012 to 2015, says report from Green MEPs Malta has been accused of being a tax haven, just as it takes the helm of the European Union in ...
