TAG: Business and competition
Christine Lagarde makes a poor central banker, ECB staff say
FRANKFURT — On the global stage, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde still exudes the...
8 months ago
A quiet revolution rocks central banking
There’s a quiet revolution happening at the heart of central banking. On the surface, the inconspicu...
8 months ago
Expensive fuel and million dollar missiles: Counting the cost of the Red Sea crisis
The combat reports from Western navies operating in the Red Sea in recent days read like missives fr...
8 months ago
Germany plans partial reform of its debt brake, Lindner says
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner announced plans to reform the country's debt rules to allo...
8 months ago
As Germany sneezes, Europe is catching a cold
Germany’s budget mess is threatening to make an already difficult situation worse for the rest of th...
8 months ago
Frustrated farmers slam EU ‘technocrats’ who ‘call the shots’ in Brussels protest
BRUSSELS — Benoît Laqueue was one of 100 disgruntled French farmers on a bus headed for the European...
8 months ago
UK Labour’s secret love: The oil and gas industry
LONDON — It was an unlikely stage for a political love-in.Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer and Ed Mi...
8 months ago
The Gaza war is escalating. How bad will the Middle East crisis get?
On October 7, Hamas fighters launched a bloody attack against Israel, using paragliders, speedboats...
8 months ago
Bulgarian PM hints country may miss eurozone entry date
Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov on Saturday said his country may fumble the January 1, 2025,...
8 months ago
Red Sea attacks strain Europe’s supply chains
Cargo shipments between Asia and Europe are being disrupted by continued attacks on vessels in the R...
8 months ago
French farmers block highways and aim for Yellow Jacket redux
AGEN, France — A group of farmers brewed coffee in an improvised camp surrounded by tractors and hay...
8 months ago
EU mulls ‘Industrial’ twin for Green Deal as election pressure bites
BRUSSELS — Move over Green Deal, there’s a new buzzword in town — and just in time for the EU electi...
8 months ago
Ursula’s empty green Davos promise
Almost a year ago to the day, Ursula von der Leyen traveled to the snowy environs of Davos to make a...
8 months ago
Tony Blair seeks climate role at COP29 in Azerbaijan
LONDON — Tony Blair was once hired to lobby for a gas pipeline from Azerbaijan that activists described as a “carbon bomb.” Now he wants to help the Baku government run its climate talks.The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), which was founded...
6 months ago