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Antitrust investigation into 16 banks. The European Commission today announced that it has opened two antitrust investigations into the credit default swaps (CDS) market,...

Searching for the roots of trans-atlantic economic policy divergences. In the early 1980s, the infamous Laffer curve, named after Arthur Laffer, a professor of economics at...

A look at who might succeed Jean-Claude Trichet as president of the European Central Bank. The front-runners to replace Jean-Claude Trichet as president of the European...

It is impossible to prevent future economic crises, but it is possible for European decision-makers to minimise the damage. “Never again” is the mantra that many...

Action to limit bank bonuses should be taken 'immediately'. The Swedish presidency of the EU has said that it plans to toughen up draft legislation on executive pay to bring...

There is a disjuncture between the profits reported by American and European banks, and the fragility of the economic recovery. Six months ago, in the wake of the September...

Revisions to hedge-fund proposal expected but the Commission is going too far, says industry. The regulation of hedge-fund managers is a priority for Sweden, which took over...

Eurozone states join the UK in outlining huge rescue plans for their banking systems. Sixteen European leaders agreed at the weekend on their biggest and most...

EU and US promise they will impose restrictions on Iranian banks. George W. Bush today won the support of the European Union for proposals to impose sanctions on Iranian...

That the UK is not a member of the eurozone is at least partly down to the influence of Australian-American global media magnate Rupert Murdoch who is against British...

Günter Verheugen, the European commissioner for enterprise and industry, is backing moves to bolster defensive measures against the takeover of European companies by...

Barclays has appointed Sacha Polverini as its new European public policy director, working mainly out of its Brussels office. He is currently managing director of European...

Two MEPs look at the environment for small businesses in Europe.

The German presidency of the EU is close to brokering a deal on controversial plans to wrench open the €800 billion-a-year consumer loans market, despite industry...

MEPs back laxer product-placement rulesMembers of the European Parliament's culture committee voted on Tuesday (8 May) to approve amendments to the audiovisual media services...

European bourses are alive with speculation about takeovers in the banking sector. In London institutions such as Barclays and Lloyds TSB, which are so important to the UK...

For the third time in three years the euro-area economy is picking up steam. But will this recovery take root? Or will the expansion peter out once again? If it fails, this...

European banks and their regulators will be watching the movements of a working group set up to monitor EU law in financial services, fearing that it could lead to a pan-EU...

BANCO Santander Central Hispano is expected to get approval from the European Commission on 17 September for its €12.5 billion bid for the UK mortgage lender Abbey. But...

GREEN and human rights groups have praised UK bank Barclays for deciding not to offer a loan to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) crude oil pipeline. But the bank and the...