Pro-Brexit and anti-Brexit protesters hold posters and flags in Whitehall

Take Five: UK May-day and U.S. curveballs - World markets themes for the week ahead

Protesters wearing yellow vests gather at Trocadero place

markets

European shares join Wall Street rally on dovish Fed comments

Iran's Rouhani says OPEC decision to cut output was defeat for U.S. meddling

U.S. says March 1 'hard deadline' for trade deal with China

China says U.S. should withdraw arrest warrant for Huawei executive

Egypt says approves BP acquisition of 25 percent stake in Eni's Nour concession

German rail union calls strike for Monday in pay row

Volkswagen denies allegations chairman knew early about emissions cheating...

Rheinmetall eyes majority in defence group KNDS - report

Nissan seeks to block Ghosn's access to apartment in Rio

Libya's NOC says workers have refused to shut down El Sharara oilfield

Libyan state oil firm scrambles to keep El Sharara oilfield open amid "occupation"

Gold output on hold at Randgold's Loulo mine over pay dispute - union

Exclusive: Odebrecht Peru agrees plea deal with Peruvian authorities over...

UK outsourcer Interserve considering new capital, non-core sales

China calls on Canada to free Huawei CFO or face consequences

IMF approves $3.7 billion credit facility for Angola

Red-hot U.S. jobs market drives some to seek cooler options

BMW names Vukotich as new head of autonomous driving development

Continental to turn to software takeovers after Powertrain IPO - report

Global Japan

Tea & tatami mats: two key elements of Japanese culture

This edition of Global Japan goes in search of tranquility in the tea house,...

Global Japan

Traditional and avant-garde combine in Japan's architecture and design

Stunning innovation from Japanese designers and architects combining traditional...

Global Japan

SME energy driving Japan's economic powerhouse

Small and medium businesses are the beating heart of Japanese manufacturing,...

Global Japan

Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA): Why the agreement between...

In this episode of Global Japan, you will discover a historic economic...

Global Japan

A Japanese initiative for West Bank's economic activity

In this new episode of Global Japan, we bring you to Jericho, in the West...

Global Japan

ABE Initiative graduates bring their skills home to Africa

Students from the ABE Initiative explain how they put their training and...

Global Japan

A Japanese lifeline to Haiti

Since the 2010 earthquake that killed 300,000 in Haiti, Japan has been...

Extreme Brexit could be worse for UK than financial crisis, says Bank of England

European shares march higher as miners rally on fresh trade war hopes

European shares would suffer more in a global trade war

Italy may cut deficit target in bid to appease EU, markets

Europe's most inspiring innovators turn up for the 2018 SME assembly

Take Five: Trade to tech wrecks - World markets themes for the week ahead

markets

European shares rebound as budget hopes lifts Italian banks

markets

Asia stocks drop, oil stymied as growth woes grip global markets

markets

FTSE hits three-week low as investors dump banks, mining stocks

markets

Nissan shares set to tank on Ghosn's arrest over financial misconduct

markets

Miners drive European stocks up on trade war hopes, Renault falls

Thyssenkrupp, Tata Steel near decision on steel JV board - sources

China's November trade surplus with U.S. widens to $35.55 billion

Airbus wins December deliveries some breathing room after busy November

Uber confidentially files for IPO - sources

Facebook to buy back additional $9 billion of shares

German finmin looking at Deutsche, Commerzbank merger scenarios - Focus

U.S. shale producers see OPEC pullback helping 2019 profits

Greek Folli founders, executives charged with fraud, money laundering - source

'Death cross' portends more near-term losses for U.S. stocks, then rebound

Exclusive: Chat-service firm Slack taps Goldman Sachs to lead IPO - sources

Markets Data

Currencies

Index

Index	Name	Value	Net change	% Change
STX	STOXX50E	3058.53	+12.59	+0.41
FTSE	FTSE100	6778.11	+74.06	+1.10
GDAXI	GDAXI	10788.09	+0.89	-0.21
CAC40	CAC40	4813.13	+32.67	+0.68
SSMI	SSMI	8741.03	+81.00	+0.94
SPX	SPX	2633.08	+0.87	+0.33
IRTS	IRTS	1157.94	+23.87	+2.10
NSQ	NSQ	6969.25	+0.01	+0.05
DOW	DJI	24388.95	+0.72	+0.24
IBEX	IBEX35	8815.50	+51.00	+0.58
N225	N225	21678.68	+177.06	+0.82
NYSE	NYA	11941.93	+0.48	+0.67

commodities

Energy	Value	Net change	% Change
BRENT Oil	61.40	+1.34	+2.23
WTI Oil	52.13	+0.64	+1.24
NYMEX	4.50	+0.17	+4.00
metals	Value	Net change	% Change
Gold	1248.56	+10.15	+0.82
Platinum	797.25	+2.74	+0.35
Silver	14.624	+0.145	+1

business planet

Europe's eco-travel boom

In this episode of Business Planet, we head to Barcelona to look at the growing business opportunities connected to sustainable and ethical tourism.

business planet

Beefing up business: How the EU can help SMEs protect their IP

business planet

OCEAN 2020 - Europe's bid to up its defence game on the high seas

business planet

Making waves in Scotland - European business assistance helps turn on the...

business planet

Booming bags: how EU Special Financing has helped a Czech company take on...

real economy

Greece charts a fresh course

Greece’s economic tragedy may be over on August 20th but how serious and sustainable are the country’s growth plans when they will be repaying their Eurozone debt till past the year 2060?

real economy

Real Stuff: Greece to sail past troubled waters

real economy

Explaining the jargon: Invest EU vs EFSI

real economy

Can Europe's new €500 billion target of investments help the sun shine on...

real economy

Real Stuff: Finland’s bonds for migrant jobs

5G, blockchain and IoT: what does the future of telecommunications look like?

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5G, blockchain and IoT: the future of telecommnications

The Capacity Europe conference in London looked at the opportunities and challenges facing world telecoms on the eve of the introduction of revolutionary new 5G technology.