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Stock markets calm after Macron rally
Europe’s stock markets came back down to earth on Tuesday with moderate gains as investors shifted their focus away from politics and back to business fundamentals. A win for centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the...
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Could Twitter be enjoying a Trump fuelled turnaround?
Twitter – the social media platform beloved by US president Donald Trump – saw its shares surge on Wednesday after we learned it added a lot more users that had been expected in the first three months of this year. The number of monthly...
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ECB says eurozone recovery ‘increasingly solid’
European Central Bank policymakers have acknowledged the economic recovery in the eurozone is becoming stronger. At the same time they kept stimulus programmes and interest rates unchanged at the regular ECB Governing Council meeting....
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'Couch potato' investing
Ben Felix, associate portfolio manager with PWL Capital, on why passive investing will always beat active management in the long run
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Fixing housing
Jacqueline Hansen looks at the measures introduced to cool Vancouver's housing market - and whether they would work in Toronto
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Sterling battles back as Brexit is born
The markets reacted with a certain sagacity as Article 50 came into being. European markets moved lower and the pound was hit in early trading, it lost against all major currencies. However, sterling mounted a comeback and made up all...
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US Syrian airstrikes hurt market, sparks rush to safe havens
Stock markets initially fell on news of the US missile strikes in Syria, but recovered quickly once US officials indicated there would be no escalation. Oil prices remain near one-month highs and the dollar recovered lost ground, but...
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Business opportunities with the Dual-use trend
This episode of Business Planet comes from Sicily and looks at the Dual-use trend and the tremendous opportunities it can present. Dual-use: a new avenue to explore for SMEs Dual-use technologies address both civil and defence needs....
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Here's Why You Won't Get to Use the Nokia 3310 in the U.S.
The Nokia 3310 has ignited the "dumbphone" craze. But here's why Endgaget's Nate Ingraham says it might not work in the U.S.
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Inditex see profits rise on bigger sales to emerging markets and online growth
Inditex, the world’s biggest clothing retailer which is best known for fashion chain Zara, just reported a 10 percent jump in annual net profit. Same-store sales were also up 10 percent in the year to the end of January. The Spanish firm...
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Audi plants searched by German police in Dieselgate probe
German prosecutors have searched the two biggest plants of carmaker Audi and several of its other sites over the emissions test cheating scandal by parent company Volkswagen. Prosecutors in Munich have said their investigation is focused...
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G20 finance chiefs fail to renew anti-protectionist pledge after US opposition
G20 finance chiefs meeting in Germany on Saturday have failed to renew a pledge to bolster free trade. Holding their annual talks in the rain sodden spa town of Baden Baden, the world’s biggest economies dropped a long-standing...
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What's the outlook for the economy?
David Rosenberg, an economist with money manager Gluskin Sheff cuts through the noise to gauge the outlook for the economies of Canada and the United States
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Restating earnings
Robert Pozen, senior lecturer at MIT, is co-author of a report that peers into the books of Canadian firms that restate their results
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Ryan Payne, President | Payne Capital Management
Ryan Payne, President of Payne Capital Management, discusses the daily markets
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LSE-Deutsche Boerse merger seen set to fail
The planned merger between the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Germany’s Deutsche Boerse looks to be heading for collapse. The 29 billion euro deal is intended to created Europe’s biggest financial exchange but the Brexit vote ratcheted...
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Wall Street boosted by Trump tax expectations, S&P 500 tops $20 trillion
The so-called ‘Trump trade’ continues to push up share prices on Wall Street. European markets also gained. All the main US stock indexes hit record intraday highs on Monday and the total value of the shares in the S&P 500 topped $20...
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Global share markets suffer a Trump slump
The week started with a bit of a Trump slump on the stock markets. Nervous investors sold shares because of uncertainty about the effects of the immigration curbs introduced by the new US president. London, Frankfurt and Paris all lost...
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Pokemon and Super Mario help Nintendo back into profit
Nintendo has reported its first quarterly profit in a year thanks to its growing mobile games division, particularly Pokemon Go, but it was forced to reduce its annual earnings forecast by a third. The Japanese company has been...
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Trump to weaken banking rules
President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping review of the US laws brought in to regulate banks after the 2008 financial crisis. The move to weaken regulations on the financial services industry – known as the Dodd-Frank law – came...
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Trump’s protectionist rhetoric pulls down dollar and global stock markets
The US dollar fell to a seven-week low against other major currencies on Monday, the first day the financial markets were open since Donald Trump was sworn in as president. Share indexes around the world declined with investors concerned...
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Animal rights group buys LVMH shares to pressure it over skins
The animal rights group Peta has become a shareholder of the French luxury goods maker LVMH. Peta – which stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – said it had bought an unspecified number of shares so that it can pressure...
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Weak pound boosts FTSE 100 to new record high
Friday was another standout day for Britain’s top share index, taking it to an all-time high. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6 percent – up 45.44 points at 7337.81 – and ended trading with its 14th consecutive daily gain. As of Friday it had closed...
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Russia sells stake in oil giant Rosneft
Qatar and commodities trader Glencore have paid 10.5 billion euros for a stake in Russia’s giant oil firm Rosneft. It comes days after Russia and OPEC agreed to coordinated output cuts to support oil prices, the first time they have cut...