Europe News Seeking significant growth, Euronext hails EU merger softening The pan-European stock exchange hopes antitrust officials will cut it some slack as it chases global ambitions. 08/10/2024
The Big Question The Big Question: Will a Trump win make equity markets great again? CEO of Euronext, Stéphane Boujnah, discusses building financial security, liquidity in Europe and the potential impact of a Trump win. 30/09/2024
Money FTX collapse: Caroline Ellison handed 2-year prison sentence for fraud The former FTX crypto executive was shown leniency by the judge in New York, acknowledging her "very, very substantial" cooperation with prosecutors. 25/09/2024
Markets Weekly markets recap: European stocks rise as Dax hits a fresh high The European stock markets maintained their upward trajectory as cooling inflation bolstered hopes for more significant rate cuts by the European Central Bank. The DAX reached a fresh high following Germany’s unexpected drop in consumer prices for August. 30/08/2024
Business Burberry set for relegation from FTSE100 along with EasyJet Burberry has been facing challenges such as changes in strategy and recently suspended its dividend. EasyJet has been dealing with the fallout of price wars because of last-minute bookings by passengers. 28/08/2024
Business L’Occitane delists from Hong Kong exchange as luxury goods shine dulls L'Occitane's attempts to revitalise growth have led to high operational costs, leading to further erosion of its share price and investor confidence. 25/07/2024
Business Strong summer travel demand gives easyJet profit a boost EasyJet has updated investors on its profit and full year 2024 outlook with the airline announcing an improvement on earnings as it moves towards its medium term targets. 24/07/2024
Markets European stocks extend losing streak as IT outage disrupts key sectors European stocks extended their losses on Friday as a global tech outage disrupted banks, airlines, and sectors globally, marking the longest losing streak since October 2023. 19/07/2024
Business Carlsberg taps into Gen-Z's sweet tooth with Britvic buy The Danish brewer's offer to build a UK beverage powerhouse has finally been accepted after two failed bids. 09/07/2024
Markets Weekly Recap: European markets stabilise as French election approaches European benchmarks pared some losses after a sharp selloff last week as investors navigated the political landscape ahead of the French parliamentary election. 21/06/2024
Business French political instability is undermining Europe's AI momentum The EU may further lose its artificial intelligence (AI) competitiveness to the US and China amid French political instability caused by the far-right’s stance on immigration controls and foreign investment restrictions. 20/06/2024
Business British tech company Raspberry Pi eyes London float in boost for City Raspberry Pi’s listing could bring a much needed boost for the UK stock market, which has seen an exodus of companies in the last few months. 16/05/2024
Markets 'Meme Rally' sparks 70% share price leap for GameStop on single X post US video game shop GameStop's share price more than doubled as the result of a a 'meme rally'. But what is it and how can it move millions of dollars? 14/05/2024
Business Shein steps up IPO plans amid claims of 75-hour week for suppliers The retail giant, which has reportedly chosen London for listing, is facing fresh claims of poor working conditions in its supply chain in China. 13/05/2024
Money FTX's collapse: A timeline of how the crypto giant imploded FTX has announced it will be paid back most of its customers two years after it collapsed. Here's how we got to that point. 09/05/2024
Money FTX to return money to most customers nearly 2 years after collapse Collapsed crypto exchange FTX said it will return money to most customers less than two years after its catastrophic implosion. 08/05/2024
Markets Weekly markets recap: Mixed trends as investors digest company results Global markets this week have shown a mixed trend as investors delved into a diverse array of macroeconomic developments and company quarterly earnings. 03/05/2024
Business Flutter takes a punt on move from London to New York listing Flutter Entertainment is the latest of several UK and European companies planning to gamble on a brighter future on Wall Street. 02/05/2024
Business French government will 'fight' against TotalEnergies’ New York listing A move to Wall Street is not in the best interest of the French people, says Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. 02/05/2024
Markets Riding the AI Wave: Amazon’s growth accelerates in the first quarter Amazon delivered strong first-quarter earnings owing to robust growth in its cloud business, AWS. 01/05/2024