A woman takes a selfie photo, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, at Surcouf street in Paris, on July 23, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Mauro Pimentel | Afp | Getty Images Euro zone inflation dropped to a three-year low of 2.2% in August, flash figures from statistics agency Eurostat showed … Read more
Mike Lynch, former chief executive officer at Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Autonomy unit, speaking at a conference on Thursday, April 25, 2013. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The body of British technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch, 59, has been retrieved from the wreckage of a yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily, a source … Read more
Cars are parked at a Tesla dealership. The car manufacturer Tesla presents its business figures for the past quarter after a decline in deliveries. Sebastian Gollnow | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The European Union on Tuesday said a planned tariff on Tesla vehicles being imported from China would be cut to 9% from 20.8%. … Read more
Mike Lynch, former chief executive officer at Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Autonomy unit, speaking at a conference on Thursday, April 25, 2013. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch is missing after the sinking of a superyacht off the coast of Sicily, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC. The sources, … Read more
General view of the UBS building in Manhattan, New York City, on June 5, 2023. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Swiss banking giant UBS on Wednesday smashed net profit expectations for the second quarter, amid cost-cutting steps and swelling revenue at the lender’s global wealth management and investment … Read more
Shoppers walk along the high street in Rochester, UK, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.K. inflation rose to 2.2% in July, coming in slightly below expectations, data from the Office of National Statistics showed Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had been expecting headline CPI to come in at … Read more
Novo Nordisk Wegovy manufactured by Novo Nordisk packaging is seen in this illustration photo taken in a pharmacy in Krakow, Poland on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Novo Nordisk on Wednesday posted weaker-than-expected net profit in the second quarter and trimmed its operating … Read more
Global stock markets are in the grip of a deepening rout, prompting investors to turn to one of the most historically accurate indicators to determine whether the U.S. economy is in recession. The so-called “Sahm rule” has observed without fail that the initial phase of a recession has started when the three-month moving average of … Read more
A stock exchange in Germany. Torsten Silz | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks fell sharply at the start of Monday’s session, as global volatility continues amid concerns of a looming U.S. recession. The regional Stoxx 600 index was 2.2% lower by 9:24 a.m. London time, with all sectors and major regional bourses … Read more
The lights of Frankfurt am Main’s banking skyline glow in the last light of day. Boris Roessler | Picture Alliance | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks extended losses on Friday amid a global downturn, as weak U.S. economic data sparked fears of a recession. The regional Stoxx 600 index shed as much as 2.3% … Read more
