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European markets at close: 19.06.2013

19/06 18:20 CET

19/06 17:53 CET
IMF warns Spain on unemployment

The International Monetary Fund is warning that Spain risks high joblessness and sluggish growth for years unless its takes “urgent…
19/06 16:25 CET
Alcatel-Lucent refocuses to survive

Trying to reverse years of losses, Alcatel-Lucent has unveiled another survival plan. The telecom firm said it will focus on specialised…
19/06 16:25 CET
EU fines drugmakers over ‘pay-for-delay’

Nine drugmakers have been fined by EU competition regulators for…
19/06 15:08 CET
Chinese buy UK yacht maker, plan luxury London hotel

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group is betting big on the British…
19/06 14:47 CET
Fed seen keeping options open on stimulus

Economists say the Federal Reserve is almost certain to keep buying 85 billion dollars worth of bonds each month to stimulate the US economy…
18/06 19:10 CET
Anti-dumping moves overshadow world’s biggest wine fair

There is a whole lot of drinking going on this week in the French city…

30/05 18:20 CET

Hong Kong has been knocked off the top of the world competitiveness rankings. It was bumped down to third place – with Switzerland…

18/06 19:10 CET
G8 speaks out over tax evasion, little new action planned

The G8 summit in Northern Ireland saw the world’s richest…
MARKETS | 18/06 17:35 CET
European markets at close: 18.06.2013
18/06 16:10 CET
Fed’s next move anxiously anticipated

Investors worldwide are nervously waiting for the Federal Reserve to reveal its next quantitative easing move. As the Fed chairman Ben…
18/06 16:03 CET
Swiss banks’ US tax-evasion deal on hold

Switzerland’s lower house of parliament has stalled progress on a tax-evasion deal with the US government. Washington is chasing…
18/06 14:56 CET
Another grim month of European car sales

European new car sales plunged again last month, dragged down by the region’s recession and record unemployment, The industry…