A major outage at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange brought futures and options trading to a standstill on Friday, disrupting activity across global equity, currency, bond, and commodity markets.
Category: 3. Europe
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Trading resumes after CME outage sparked global market disruption
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Macron says Brussels is ‘afraid’ of tackling US Big Tech – POLITICO
Macron promised to push for action at the EU level, adding: “We have a geopolitical battle to fight. This is not Russian interference, it is clearly American because these platforms do not want us to bother them.”
Macron’s remarks follow a week that saw renewed pressure from the U.S….
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Hong Kong blends culture, sport and heritage in a year of major events
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Hong Kong is showcasing its cultural and sporting ambitions, from co-hosting China’s National Games for the first time to elevating its role as a…
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European interceptor drones are technologically world leaders
The Estonian start-up DefSecIntel has developed a mobile radar system that detects enemy combat drones. For this, the company received the innovation prize at the Milipol security technology trade fair in Paris.
The idea for a drone defence wall on the EU’s external border also comes from…
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Armani appoints new board to steer fashion empire after founder’s death
By AP with Doloresz Katanich
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Italy’s fashion house Armani said on Friday that it has appointed a new board whose role will be to guide the…
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Hungary’s Orbán seeks more Russian oil and gas in meeting with Putin
By Euronews with AP
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Friday,…
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Rare Fabergé ‘Winter Egg’ set to fetch over €22 million at London auction
By Theo Farrant & APPublished on
A glittering treasure, covered in diamonds and commissioned for a dying dynasty, is about to return to…
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Biggest eurozone members see easing inflation except for Germany
Inflation figures from some of the biggest eurozone economies, including France, Spain, and Italy, show no immediate threat of price hikes. However, German inflation figures came in unexpectedly high.
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Romania’s defense minister resigns over false claims on his CV – POLITICO
Moșteanu’s resignation just months into the job follows the ousting of Dovilė Šakalienė as Lithuania’s defense minister over a dispute about the Baltic country’s defense budget — and as Europe mulls how to respond to intensifying Russian hybrid attacks.
Romania’s Economy Minister…
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