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The Netherlands and some Nordic countries jail less in Europe
March 21st, 2017
Europe’s prison population falls, but there is no progress in tackling overcrowding, says annual Council of Europe survey The number of people held in European prisons decreased by 6.8% from 2014 to 2015, although prison overcrowding remained a problem ...
Europe Member States: How the salaries per hour changed; in Romania the highest annual increases
March 20th, 2017
Hourly labour costs rose by 1.6% in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.7% in the EU28 in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared with the same quarter of the previous year. In the third quarter of 2016, hourly ...
Morgan Stanley: 5 Reasons why Pound Sterling Will Soon Rally against the Euro and Dollar
March 20th, 2017
Pound to Euro exchange rate: 1.1521 Pound to Dollar exchange rate: 1.241 The British Pound remains near multi-year lows against the Dollar, Euro and a host of other major currencies. Indeed, performance charts show that the past year has ...
This shows how unequal is the income among population in European countries
March 16th, 2017
The top 20 % of the population in European countries, those with the highest equivalised disposable income, received 5.2 times as much income as the bottom 20 %. Data extracted in February 2017. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, ...
Supervisory Authorities around the world warn for unathorised financial services providers
March 16th, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Ireland (Central Bank of Ireland), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – CNMV), Luxembourg (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier – CSSF), Hong Kong (Securities and ...
The biggest fashion group in the world announced net sales rose 12% to €23.3bn in FY16
March 15th, 2017
Same-store sales growth was 10%. The Group generated over 9,596 new jobs, one in four of which were in Spain. At year-end, its headcount stood at 162,450. In April, 84,000 Inditex employees will receive their second payment under the ...
The housing cost in Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Germany and other EU members; an excessive burden
March 9th, 2017
Housing costs – an excessive burden for 11 % of Europeans Costs relating to housing are the main items of expenditure for many European households. In the European context, these expenses include rental or mortgage interest payments but also ...
How digital is your country? The performance of the European countries
March 6th, 2017
The 2017 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) shows that the EU is making progress but the gap between top digital players and lower-performing countries is still too wide. More efforts and investments are needed to make the most ...
JPMorgan deploys software to reduce legal contract work
March 3rd, 2017
The bank has created software which reviews deals in seconds – a task that took lawyers some 360,000 hours every year. JPMorgan Chase introduced the software, COIN, for Contract Intelligence, to interpret commercial loan agreements that, until the project ...
Barclaycard to embed contactless payment in watches and jewellery
March 3rd, 2017
Barclaycard names new bPay partnerships to embed Contactless Payment in Watches and Jewellery Partnering DCK, with its range of ‘Tutch’ jewellery, and HK-based Tappy Technologies, a payment pioneer who embeds technology into traditional timepieces, instantly transforming them into wearable ...
