Category: Europe

* Asian stock markets : https://tmsnrt.rs/2zpUAr4 * MSCI ex-Japan reverse early losses, Chinese shares turn positive * U.S. dollar stays firm, euro slips * Gold near $ 1,900, oil weak By Swati Pandey SYDNEY, May 27 (Reuters) – Asian shares reversed early losses on Thursday and hovered near two-week highs while the dollar held at […]

Thursday, 27th May 2021 GfK German Consumer Climate (Jun) Friday, 28th May 2021 French Consumer Spending (MoM) (Apr) French GDP (QoQ) (Q1) Final French CPI m/m (May) Prelim French HICP m/m (May) Prelim The Majors It was another mixed day for the European majors on Wednesday. The the DAX30 slipped by 0.09%, while the CAC40 […]

Bloomberg Pipelines Balked When ‘Blinking Red’ Hack Alert Went Off in 2012 (Bloomberg) — A decade ago, after hackers were caught infiltrating natural gas pipeline operations and an al-Qaeda video emerged calling for an “electronic jihad” on U.S. infrastructure, then-Senator Joseph Lieberman tried to sound the alarm.The system is “blinking red,” Lieberman warned his Senate […]

Silence can be an important tool in helping you get what you want. Photo: Getty Asking your employer for a pay rise can be nerve-wracking, so much so that many people will avoid requesting a salary change altogether. As the old adage states, though: If you don’t ask, you don’t get. There are certain approaches […]

Bloomberg Slowly But Surely, Central Banks Are Signaling Policy Shifts (Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast.New Zealand followed in the footsteps of Canada to flag a potential interest-rate increase next year as central banks begin to tip toe away from their emergency monetary […]

Vectura works on inhaler technology. Photo: Smith Collection/Gado/Sipa USA/PA European stock markets were largely flat on Wednesday as one analyst said investors were stuck in a “holding pattern”. The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) closed flat in London while the CAC 40 (^FCHI) in Paris and Germany’s DAX (^GDAXI) were both left where they started the day. […]

M&S said it has a ‘clear path to a transformed business in the medium term.’ Photo: Getty Images M&S (MKS.L) posted a loss of £201.2m ($ 282m), with its clothing and home unit hit the hardest due to lockdown restrictions. It is also planning on ramping up store closures. The company, however, said it has […]

Bloomberg Pipelines Balked When ‘Blinking Red’ Hack Alert Went Off in 2012 (Bloomberg) — A decade ago, after hackers were caught infiltrating natural gas pipeline operations and an al-Qaeda video emerged calling for an “electronic jihad” on U.S. infrastructure, then-Senator Joseph Lieberman tried to sound the alarm.The system is “blinking red,” Lieberman warned his Senate […]

An ad campaign in London has been banned for misleading the public about bitcoin. Photo: Barry Lewis/In Pictures via Getty Images) A UK ad campaign by crypto platform Luno, appearing around the London underground and on buses, encouraging the public to buy bitcoin was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on Wednesday. The ad […]

* S&P futures up 0.29%, European stocks steady * Fed’s Clarida downplays concerns over inflation * Dollar near January lows * German bond yields fall on dovish ECB commentary By Carolyn Cohn LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) – Futures were indicating a stronger Wall Street open on Wednesday and European stocks were steady near recent record […]

* Germany’s DAX up 0.2%, FTSE up 0.17% * Fed’s Clarida downplays concerns over inflation * Dollar near January lows By Carolyn Cohn and Andrew Galbraith LONDON/SHANGHAI, May 26 (Reuters) – European stocks approached record highs on Wednesday after U.S. Federal Reserve officials soothed investors’ inflation worries, though the New Zealand dollar rose as the […]

TipRanks Billionaire Israel Englander Bets on These 2 Penny Stocks Let’s talk about risk, reward, and pennies. The three are related, of course. There’s no reward in the stock market without taking on some risk – and penny stocks offer investors an optimum combination of both. The ‘pennies’ are the lowest cost stocks on the […]

London’s FTSE 100 ends lower after a volatile session dragged down by commodity firms and miners. The FTSE 100 ended down 21 points at 7,030 while the FTSE 250 lost 45 points to 22,438. Meanwhile, the Wall Street stocks closed lower as well, giving up an early edge. Gains by several Big Tech companies helped limit the loss in […]

Trade took a hit from both new border checks and paperwork due to Brexit, and coronavirus shutdowns. Photo: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images Exports to Ireland saw the biggest proportionate fall out of the UK’s top exporting parters following the end of the Brexit transition period in January.  Exports of goods to Ireland fell by […]

Thursday, 27th May 2021 GfK German Consumer Climate (Jun) Friday, 28th May 2021 French Consumer Spending (MoM) (Apr) French GDP (QoQ) (Q1) Final French CPI m/m (May) Prelim French HICP m/m (May) Prelim The Majors It was mixed day for the European majors on Tuesday. The CAC40 fell by 0.28%, while the DAX30 and EuroStoxx600 […]

Thursday, 27th May 2021 GfK German Consumer Climate (Jun) Friday, 28th May 2021 French Consumer Spending (MoM) (Apr) French GDP (QoQ) (Q1) Final French CPI m/m (May) Prelim French HICP m/m (May) Prelim The Majors It was mixed day for the European majors on Tuesday. The CAC40 fell by 0.28%, while the DAX30 and EuroStoxx600 […]

Tech training from Google will be available for 9,500 people. Photo: Chesnot/Getty Images Google (GOOGL) has launched a UK-wide programme with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) aimed at upskilling workers in tech and automation.  The tech giant announced that four training courses will be available on Coursera.org from Wednesday. Technology and automation were […]

The Daily Beast Andrew Yang Rips NYC Tabloid for ‘Racist’ Cartoon Calling Him a ‘Tourist’ Brendan McDermid/ReutersWith less than a month to go before New York’s primary election, presidential also-ran turned mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is in a war with one of the city’s major newspapers.On Monday, the New York Daily News posted a cartoon […]

Bloomberg Obese Pigs in China Are Fueling Relentless Slump in Pork Prices (Bloomberg) — Obese pigs in China are being blamed for worsening a sudden rout in the country’s pork prices.Farmers have been fattening hogs since late last year to almost double their normal weight — roughly the size of a pygmy hippo or a […]

(Bloomberg) — Royal Mail Plc is to return to the U.K.’s FTSE 100 Index as the 500-year-old company cements its position as a crucial component of Europe’s pandemic-driven e-commerce boom. Following a three-fold price rally over the past 12 months, the stock will join the benchmark from May 28 as RSA Insurance Group Plc is […]