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“Stripe rival Adyen’s shares soar 22% as European payments giant posts profit beat, slows hiring”

“Shares of European online payments giant Adyen jumped on Thursday, after the company reported strong sales growth and better-than-expected profit for 2023. Adyen, which competes with Stripe, PayPal, and Block, told shareholders in its 2023 annual letter that it had slowed the… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Farmers set fires and attack barriers near EU summit as anger spreads”

“Farmers threw eggs and stones at the European Parliament on Thursday, starting fires near the building and setting off fireworks amid protests to press a summit of European Union leaders to do more to help them with taxes and rising… Continue Reading…

Banking, Economy

“European, US stock markets climb as bets build on rate cuts”

“Wall Street and Europe’s main stock markets mostly climbed Wednesday as traders ramped up bets on the US Federal Reserve cutting interest rates in the new year after a top official sounded an optimistic note on the battle against inflation…”… Continue Reading…

Economy

“EU economics chief says Europe is gripped by a ‘double crisis’…”

“…“I think we are we facing the impact of the double crisis,” Gentiloni said in reference to the geopolitical impact from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent economic hit to the European continent. “From a geopolitical point of… Continue Reading…

Business

“Meta fined a record $1.3 billion over EU user data transfers to the U.S.”

“Meta has been fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) by European privacy regulators over the transfer of EU user data to the U.S. The decision links back to a case brought by Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems who… Continue Reading…

Economy, Energy

“EU agrees to decarbonize air travel with the ‘world’s largest green fuels mandate for aviation’”

“European Union negotiators secured a deal to decarbonize the air travel sector, seeking to slash heat-trapping emissions by stimulating the region’s green aviation fuel market. The agreement on the so-called ReFuelEU Aviation proposal followed late night talks on Tuesday and… Continue Reading…

Real Estate

“Sweden Housing Crisis Is Cratering The EU Economy”

“EDITOR’S NOTE: America may be going through its own housing recession, but in Sweden, its domestic housing crisis is so severe, it’s cratering a sizable chunk of the EU’s economy. Similar to the 2008 subprime crisis in the US, Sweden’s… Continue Reading…

Banking

“IMF tells Europe to let consumers bear the brunt of higher bills to encourage energy saving”

“The International Monetary Fund warned European governments against intervening in the region’s worsening energy crisis with broad-based financial support, saying instead that consumers should bear the brunt of higher prices to encourage energy saving and aid the wider shift to… Continue Reading…

Banking, Economy

“European Central Bank to create new tool to address fragmentation risk and temper bond rout”

“The European Central Bank announced Wednesday that it plans to create a new tool to tackle the risk of euro zone fragmentation, in a move designed to assuage fears of a fresh debt crisis. The decision comes after the central bank surprised… Continue Reading…

Economy, Energy

“Russia warns of $300 oil, threatens to cut off European gas if West bans energy imports”

“Russia has threatened to close a major gas pipeline to Germany and warned of $300 oil prices if the West goes ahead with a ban on its energy exports. “It is absolutely clear that a rejection of Russian oil would… Continue Reading…