China says US swinging ‘big stick’ of unfair trade tacticsChina on Thursday accused the United States of using bullying tactics and blackmail in threatening to impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese imports, ramping up criticism that th...
Oil traders ready for musical chairs as China tariffs loomOil markets are bracing for a reshuffle of global trade flows as China threatens to impose tit-for-tat tariffs on imports of US energy products, including crude. China, which has bought an average 330...
Bank investors await US stress test results for capital returnsUS investors expect banks and other financial institutions to announce large returns of capital to shareholders after the Federal Reserve publishes the first set of results from its annual “stress tes...
Norway’s Telenor fined $96 million by competition watchdogNorway's Competition Authority fined Telenor 788 million crowns ($96.3 million) on Thursday, saying the country's largest telecoms provider had abused its dominant market position. The case concerned...
Post-MiFID II, most hedge funds make clients foot research billThe majority of hedge funds are passing on charges for investment research to investors under new European Union rules, despite years of poor average performance and as many large traditional asset ma...
Bavarian premier rejects ‘paying out more money’ for euro zoneBavarian premier Markus Soeder took aim on Thursday at a euro zone reform blueprint that Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with France this week, rejecting the idea of German taxpayers' money being used...
ECB confident on inflation outlook despite risks – VilleroyThe European Central Bank is confident inflation is on the right track although the spectre of protectionism and other risks including Brexit are adding to broader economic uncertainty, ECB policymake...