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DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS | AFP | Getty Images An Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray (R) stands with placards and a pro-Brexit supporter (L) stands with a placard demanding an immediate departure from the European Union. A Brexit vote in U.K. parliament has been delayed by Prime Minister Theresa May, following fears that …
Read More »Sterling plummets on reports UK government could pull Parliament’s vote on Brexit
Victoria Jones – PA Images | PA Images | Getty Images Prime Minister Theresa May leaving 10 Downing Street, London, ahead of Prime Minister’s Questions. Reports that Tuesday’s Brexit vote in the U.K. parliament has been delayed by Prime Minister Theresa May has sent sterling reeling. The pound fell to …
Read More »Macron expected to promise economic change but is it too late?
Barcroft Media | Barcroft Media | Getty Images PARIS, FRANCE – NOVEMBER 24: The french gilets jaunes protest turns out to be a revolution against President Macron today as thousands riot on the Champs Elysees on November 24, 2018 in Paris, France. PHOTOGRAPH BY Kiran Ridley / Barcroft Images (Photo …
Read More »Huawei reportedly agrees to British security agency’s demands
David Ramos | Getty Images News | Getty Images A logo sits illuminated outside the Huawei pavilion during Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Chinese tech giant Huawei has agreed to a British security agency’s demands in order to protect its interests in the U.K.’s 5G network, according to …
Read More »Saudi Arabia and Russia look to impose production cuts
REUTERS | Leonhard Foeger Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih talks to journalists at the beginning of an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria December 6, 2018. OPEC and its allies are poised to debate the terms of price-boosting supply cuts on Friday, after the influential oil cartel failed to reach …
Read More »Government to suspend fuel tax reports say
PASCAL GUYOT | AFP | Getty Images Yellow vests (Gilets jaunes) protesters block the road leading to the Frontignan oil depot in the south of France, as they demonstrate against the rise in fuel prices and the cost of living on December 3, 2018. The French government is reportedly ready …
Read More »OPEC meeting ‘toughest test yet’ for Saudi-Russia alliance
Omar Marques | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Secretary General of OPEC, Mohammed Barkindo (R), Russia Energy Minister Alexander Novak (L), Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Khalid Al-Falih (C) hold a joint press conference during the 173rd Ordinary Meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries …
Read More »SoftBank-backed US home insurance start-up Lemonade expands to Europe
Noam Galai | Getty Images for TechCrunch Daniel Schreiber, co-founder and chief executive of Lemonade, speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017. Lemonade, a U.S. home and renters insurance start-up, is making Europe its first global expansion target. The New York-based firm uses artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots to tailor …
Read More »Putin on Ukraine dispute
Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the State Awards Ceremony at the Kremlin on November 27, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. According to the Kremlin, Putin is planning to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Argentina at …
Read More »Morgan Stanley slashes Italian growth outlook amid budget woes
Antonio Masiello | Getty Images News | Getty Images Deputy Prime Minister and Labour Minister Luigi di Maio(L), Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte(2L), Italian deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini(2R) and Italian Economy and Finances Minister Giovanni Tria(R) hold a press conference on the Italian budget on October …
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