One Churchill Place skyscraper, the Barclays Plc headquarters, at Canary Wharf in London, U.K., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images British bank Barclays on Tuesday beat profit expectations and announced a £1 billion ($1.33 billion) share buyback as market volatility boosted investment banking revenues. Pre-tax profit beat estimates at £2.5…
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, after the announcement of a trade deal between the U.S. and EU, in Turnberry, Scotland, on July 27, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. reached a trade deal with the European Union, following pivotal…
A worker performs a final check on new Volkswagen ID.3 electric cars at the Volkswagen plant on May 14, 2025 in Dresden, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Germany’s Volkswagen on Friday lowered its full-year guidance and reported a sharp drop in second-quarter profit, as the auto giant navigates the disruptive impact of…
The President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde at the 2025 European Central Bank Forum on Central Banking on June 30, 2025 in Sintra, Portugal. Horacio Villalobos | Corbis News | Getty Images The European Central Bank on Thursday kept interest rates steady amid major economic uncertainty, as the European Union scrambles to negotiate…
Illustration shows the logo of Deutsche Bank Brussels, Saturday 25 March 2023. Nicolas Maeterlinck | Afp | Getty Images Deutsche Bank on Thursday beat expectations on the bottom line, as mixed results at main units saw an uptick in its investment unit offset a dip in corporate operations. Net profit attributable to shareholders reached 1.485…
Vehicles are assembled on a line at the BMW plant in Leipzig. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Shares of Europe’s top carmakers rose on Wednesday after the U.S. and Japan’s blockbuster trade agreement raised hopes of a tariff breakthrough for other major exporters. In a post on social media platform Truth Social,…
New Ram vehicles sit on a Dodge Chrysler-Jeep Ram dealership’s lot in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Auto giant Stellantis expects a net loss of 2.3 billion euros ($2.68 billion) in the first half of the year amid pre-tax net charges and early effects of U.S. tariffs, the company said Monday in its…
A Swedish Air Force Saab JAS 39 Gripen jetfighter takes part in the NATO exercise as part of the NATO Air Policing mission, in Alliance members’ sovereign airspace on July 4, 2023. John Thys | Afp | Getty Images Shares of Swedish defense giant Saab jumped on Friday morning, after the company reported stronger-than-expected profit and sales…
An icon of ASML is displayed on a smartphone, with an ASML chip visible in the background. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images ASML on Wednesday warned of the possibility of no growth in 2026, even as it beat top and bottom line expectations for the second quarter. ASML’s guidance for the current quarter missed…
A one pound price label in bowls of produce on a grocery stall at East Street Market in London, UK, in spring 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.K.’s annual inflation rate hit a hotter-than-expected 3.6% in June, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday. Economists polled…
