GERMAN JOBLESSNESS HITS RECORD LOW AS FIRMS FACE BOTTLENECKS
German unemployment extended its decline in March as companies in Europe’s largest economy boosted their labor force to keep up with bulging…
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AVIATION INDUSTRY BRACES FOR BREXIT WITH CEOS DIVIDED ON FALLOUT
At an aviation summit in Brussels, Europe’s main airlines put on a display of unity over the challenges ahead. But the industry’s…
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IRISH CENTRAL BANK MOVES TO PREVENT ‘DISORDERLY FAILURE’ OF CBL INSURANCE EUROPE
An Irish court has appointed an administrator to CBL Insurance Europe (CBLIE), a wholly owned subsidiary of New Zealand’s CBL Corp Ltd,…
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EUROPEAN CAR SALES START 2018 WITH 6.8% JANUARY GAIN
Europe’s car market opened the year with a 6.8 percent sales upswing in January, building on the 10-year high reached in 2017…
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SLOVAK PREMIER URGES FASTER AID USE AS EU BUDGET DEBATE HEATS UP
Slovakia should relax its public-procurement rules to speed up the absorption of European Union aid funds to gain leverage in the intensifying…
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EUROPEAN STOCKS PROVE MORE RESILIENT IN GLOBAL ROUT, THIS TIME
European stocks, laggards in last year’s global market rally, are turning out to be less vulnerable than peers in the current rout.…
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EU OFFERS WESTERN BALKANS PATH TO MEMBERSHIP AFTER BREXIT
The European Union offered a path to membership to western Balkan nations, calling on a region divided by poverty and ethnic tensions to…
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EUROPE’S BIGGEST ASSET MANAGER SAYS IT’S TOO EARLY TO BUY STOCKS
Buy-the-dip may be the mantra for some investors in the selloff that’s gripped global stocks this month, but not so fast, says…
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APPLE-SHAZAM DEAL MAY HURT COMPETITION IN EUROPE, EU SAYS
Apple Inc.’s takeover of music-identification service Shazam may threaten competition and should be reviewed by the European Commission, the regulator said. Apple…
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FRANCE SET TO BECOME A EUROPEAN OFFSHORE WIND POWERHOUSE BY 2022
Europe’s wind-power industry expects new French offshore turbine installations to overtake the U.K. and Germany by 2022, boosting President Emmanuel Macron’s pledge…
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