JUHA JARVINEN, an unemployed young father in a village near Jurva, western Finland, brims with ideas for earning a living. “I’m an artist and entrepreneur. Sometimes I’m too active, I don’t have time to stop,” he says. He just agreed to paint the roofs of two neighbours’ houses. His old business, making decorative window frames, […]
Read moreHere’s what Trump has said about bringing back coal jobs The rapidly falling cost of solar energy is going to make it difficult for President Trump to deliver on his promise to put coal miners back to work. Trump has taken steps to ease the burden on coal country by ripping up environmental rules and […]
Read moreFresh stock market records could be creating a false sense of security in the market. Gluskin Sheff’s David Rosenberg, one of the first Wall Street strategists to turn bullish following the 2008 financial crisis, says investors could be taking on a lot more risk than they think by pouring money into U.S. equities. It comes […]
Read moreBritish supermarket chain Tesco Plc said on Tuesday a computer glitch had resulted in the cancellation of many home deliveries and disrupted services nationwide. “We experienced an unforeseen technical fault which resulted in the forced cancellation of many orders due to a complete system failure” Tesco said on Twitter after customers complained via social media […]
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Europe must avoid fragmentation of financial markets post-Brexit, urges UK’s Hammond
Britain’s finance minister Philip Hammond has urged for continued collaboration between the U.K. and European financial services businesses as Brexit talks enter into their second day. In his annual Mansion House address, Hammond sought to reassure City of London leaders that U.K. businesses could continue to operate with the EU while it establishes its new […]
Read moreThe good news on IPOs for the first half of 2017: There are a lot more of them than last year. The bad news: It’s still not great. Halfway through the year, 66 companies have gone public so far, according to Renaissance Capital. The good news is that 11 more companies are going to try […]
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Europe achieves nothing but a new arms race with further sanctions against Russia, says VTB Bank CEO
The European Union has achieved nothing with sanctions against Russia and any extension to such measures from the bloc’s foreign ministers could lead to a new arms race, according to the chief executive of Russia’s VTB Bank. “Did the west achieve anything with (previous) sanctions? Whether the world became a better place to live, whether […]
Read moreClick chart for more in-depth data. 1. Barclays fraud charges: British prosecutors filed criminal charges against Barclays (BCLYF) and four of its former executives Tuesday over investments from Qatar that helped save the bank during the financial crisis. The executives charged include former CEO John Varley. The bank’s stock was 0.4% lower in London. Source: […]
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Global demand for airline service lifts airplane forecast to new high
The world wants to fly, or at least a growing number of people around the world do and that’s lifting forecasts for new planes, especially narrow-body models, to an all-time high. “The market is especially hungry for single-aisle airplanes as more people start traveling by air,” said Randy Tinseth, vice president of Marketing at Boeing […]
Read moreIndia’s home-grown instant messaging service Hike on Tuesday announced wide-ranging updates to its app, including a new mobile wallet that lets users send and receive money instantly. The Hike Wallet has several features, including a linkage to the government-backed unified payments interface that allows free and instant bank-to-bank money transfer, even if the recipient does […]
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