Stoxx 600, FTSE 100, Sabadell, BBVA

European stocks look set to open higher on Friday, with early-morning data showing the U.K. economic growth stalled in July. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was flat at 8:30 a.m. in London (3:30 a.m. ET), with no broad consensus movement among sectors and major bourses. Data released on Friday morning showed that the U.K. economy recorded…

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How Italy’s banking M&A wave started crashing

View of the branches of the Italian bank Monte deo Paschi in Rome. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images By late spring, Italy’s banking world was swept up in a storm of convoluted takeover bids and counterbids involving a swathe of the country’s major lenders. Three months later, only one high-profile bid is still standing….

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