European Business & Economy - Page 26

FT.com - London shares moved higher on Thursday on a busy day for corporate news. More Info...  

Business - European Economy FT.com - The FTSE lost ground on Wednesday following overnight falls in Asian markets as oil and energy stocks weighted on the indices. More Info...  

FT.com - The FTSE lost ground on Wednesday following overnight falls in Asian markets as oil and energy stocks weighted on the indices. More Info...  

FT.com - London equities on wednesday mirrored overnight falls in Asia and the US, with oil and energy stocks the biggest fallers on the blue-chip index. More Info...  

Business - European Economy FT.com - Miners and financials led the FTSE 100 higher on Tuesday as metals prices firmed and banks were in favour with traders. More Info...  

FT.com - Miners and financials led the FTSE 100 higher on Tuesday as metals prices firmed and banks were in favour with traders. More Info...  

Business - European Economy FT.com - FTSE stocks rose on Monday as Next was cheered by a broker upgrade and British Airways made gains after it reached an agreement over its pension deficit. More Info...  

FT.com - FTSE stocks rose on Monday as Next was cheered by a broker upgrade and British Airways made gains after it reached an agreement over its pension deficit. More Info...  

FT.com - London equities were higher in early exchanges on Monday as retailers were cheered by a broker upgrade and British Airways made gains after it reached an agreement over its pension deficit. More Info...  

Business - European Economy AP - An energy crunch that chokes fuel supplies, dims the lights at homes and workplaces, and ravages Western economies may no longer be the stuff of 1970s history books. It could be a vision of the near future. More Info...  

AP - An energy crunch that chokes fuel supplies, dims the lights at homes and workplaces, and ravages Western economies may no longer be the stuff of 1970s history books. It could be a vision of the near future. More Info...  

AFP - Slovenia's changeover from the tolar to the euro ran smoothly last week, with only mild confusion and complaints from retailers marring an otherwise trouble-free transition to the single European currency.

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AFP - UK blue chips closed the final session of the first week of 2007 lower, dragged down by Wall Street as stronger-than-expected key US jobs data dashed hopes of an imminent Fed rate cut, while ongoing weakness in oil heavyweights continued to weigh on the FTSE.

AFP - UK blue chips closed the final session of the first week of 2007 lower, dragged down by Wall Street as stronger-than-expected key US jobs data dashed hopes of an imminent Fed rate cut, while ongoing weakness in oil heavyweights continued to weigh on the FTSE.

FT.com - Utility stocks led sentiment on Friday as the FTSE opened to the downside with oil and gas stocks also making heavy losses. More Info...  

FT.com - European equities retreated on Friday as weakening commodity markets weighed on resource stocks, while a profit warning from US telecoms equipment maker Motorola (NYSE:MOT) hit Europe's technology sector. More Info...  

FT.com - Resource stocks once again led sentiment on Friday as the FTSE opened to the downside with oil and gas stocks making the heaviest losses. More Info...  

Business - European Economy

AFP - The leading share index closed in the black as traders ignored big losses in the mining sector and instead focused on a healthy banking sector.

AFP - Germany wants to make a "transatlantic economic partnership" between the European Union and the United States top priority during its six-month presidency of the EU, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said in a newspaper interview.

BusinessWeek Online - There was plenty more life in the European economy in 2006 than economists had expected. Gross domestic product in the euro zone -- the 13 countries that have the euro as their common currency -- reached 2.7% in 2006, which considerably exceeds the 1.9% we at Action Economics and other forecasters originally projected. More Info...