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Eurogroup meeting of 26 January 2015: Remarks by Jeroen Dijsselbloem

27/01/2015(0)
Good evening and welcome to this press conference. This was our first Eurogroup of the New Year and already a lot has happened. Of course we discussed the latest ... Read More
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ECB Executive Board’s QE Proposal Calls for Roughly €50 Billion in Bond Buys Per Month

22/01/2015(0)
The European Central Bank’s executive board proposed buying roughly €50 billion ($58 billion) a month in bonds for at least a year, according to people familiar with the matter, ... Read More
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Banks Battle Speculation Denmark’s Euro Peg at Risk: Currencies

19/01/2015(0)
Banks in Scandinavia are joining the Danish government in trying to persuade offshore investors that the Nordic country isn’t about to copy Switzerland and drop its euro peg. SEB AB, the ... Read More
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MTS and B2SCAN launch initiative to enhance liquidity in credit market

07/01/2015(0)
Improves buy-side access to pre-trade information Initiative gains broad buy-side support MTS, one of Europe’s premier fixed income trading venues, has launched an initiative with B2SCAN, an aggregator and ... Read More
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Oil hits five and a half year low under $55 on supply glut

05/01/2015(0)
Oil prices dropped to fresh 5-1/2-year lows on Monday on worries about a surplus of global supplies and lackluster demand. Russia’s oil output hit a post-Soviet high last year, ... Read More
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General election top concern for UK companies in 2015

05/01/2015(0)
Political uncertainty ahead of May’s general election and the weakening eurozone economy are hitting confidence across British businesses. Two surveys on Monday show that firms began the new year ... Read More
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Europe ‘must do more to tackle tax dodging’

30/12/2014(0)
Labour MEPs are pushing the European Commission to do more to tackle tax avoidance – a subject that has plagued Commisison President Jean-Claude Juncker – and to come forward ... Read More
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HSBC sets aside head of European forex trading

11/12/2014(0)
HSBC has sacked its European currency trading chief in the wake of a huge $618m (£394m) fine for manipulating the £3.3trn a day foreign exchange market. The bank is ... Read More
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Google To Close Its Google News Service In Spain On December 16 In Response To New Law

11/12/2014(0)
Google is saying adios to Google News in Spain, after announcing it will close the service down in the country on December 16 in response to the impact of a new law. ... Read More
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Gold Extends Slide to Lowest in Week as Silver, Platinum Decline

27/11/2014(0)
Gold fell to the lowest level in a week as assets in the largest exchange-traded product backed by the metal shrank to the smallest in more than six years. ... Read More
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