Finland’s much-discussed basic income trial appears to have had neither a positive nor a negative impact on the employment of the participants, according to the Ministry of Social Affairs and […]
European Union officials have slashed their growth forecast for the 19 countries that use the euro, saying even the lower estimate was vulnerable to “large uncertainty” from slowing growth in […]
European Central Bank (ECB) officials see no urgent need to offer new long-term loans to banks and aren’t certain to do so at their next policy meeting in March, according […]
Spotify made a major step into podcasting on Wednesday, announcing plans to acquire privately held podcast producers Gimlet Media and Anchor. The music streaming service said it plans to spend […]
France’s largest listed bank BNP Paribas cut its profit and revenue growth targets for 2020 on Wednesday, after weak financial markets hit revenues in the last quarter of 2018. The […]
Alphabet beat Wall Street earnings and revenue estimates for the fourth quarter, but the company’s stock fell about 2.9% in after-hours trading Monday. The search giant reported fourth-quarter net income […]
Deutsche Bank posted its first full-year net profit since 2014 on Friday, despite a weak fourth quarter, amid growing merger speculation and a series of uphill struggles. The profit number […]
Two new landmark agreements between the EU and Japan come into effect on February 1, 2019: the Economic Partnership Agreement and the Strategic Partnership Agreement. The economic agreement is the […]
