European markets are set to open mixed on Tuesday morning, as investors monitor a fresh batch of economic data. The FTSE 100 is expected to start 12 points higher at 7,704; while the German DAX is seen down by 17 points at 13,351 and the CAC 40 is set to open 4 points lower at […]

Half of British voters believe Prime Minister Theresa May is incapable of getting the right Brexit deal, according to an ORB poll published on Monday. “There is still much work to be done to convince the British public that the prime minister is capable of getting the right deal for the UK,” ORB said in […]

The U.K. now looks to be seriously contemplating the idea that it could leave the EU without a fully-formed trade agreement with the rest of the bloc. Reports early Monday from The Telegraph newspaper said that U.K. leader Theresa May will appoint a “cabinet minister for no deal Brexit” this week. This is seen an […]

French President Emmanuel Macron was in China on Monday for a three-day state visit designed to bolster economic and political ties between Beijing and the euro zone’s second-largest economy. Improving trade and business relations is top of the agenda, with Macron leading a delegation of around 50 top business representatives to China. Like other nations […]

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has entered talks with a rival party in a last-ditch effort to form a coalition government after months of political uncertainty and deadlock in the euro zone’s largest economy. Merkel, the head of a conservative alliance made up of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister-party the Christian Social […]

European markets are set to open higher on Monday morning after a firm lead by U.S. stocks in the previous session and as Germany looks closer to forming a new government. The FTSE 100 is expected to start higher by 9 points at 7,715; the German DAX is seen up by 78 points at 13,383 […]

The bitter cold that followed a massive East Coast snowstorm should begin to lessen as temperatures inch up and climb past freezing next week, weather forecasters said. Patrick Burke, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said temperatures Sunday morning could hit record lows from South Carolina to […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she was optimistic her conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) could agree to join forces as they embarked on five days of talks about reviving the ‘grand coalition’ that has governed Germany since 2013. Persuading the SPD to team up with her is Merkel’s best bet of forming a […]

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday the country’s people and security forces had defeated unrest fomented by foreign enemies, as parliament and key security officials met to discuss the boldest challenge to the clerical establishment since 2009. “Iran’s revolutionary people along with tens of thousands of Basij forces, police and the Intelligence Ministry have broken […]

Oil traders should expect prices to pullback by at least 15 percent over the coming months, according to a senior analyst at Commerzbank. Oil prices rose to their highest levels since mid-2015 on Wednesday amid political unrest in Iran, despite analysts saying there was little risk of supply disruption from OPEC’s third largest producer. And […]