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Italy’s Renzi resigns as Democratic Party leader after election defeat

Alberto Pizzoli | AFP | Getty Images Former Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic Party (PD), Matteo Renzi, gives a press conference a day after Italy’s general elections on March 5, 2018 at the PD headquarters in Rome. Renzi, leader of the ruling centre-left Democratic Party, said he was …

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Italy’s FTSE MIB plunges on election result

Silvio Berlusconi, leader of right-wing party Forza Italia, waves as he arrives to vote on March 4, 2018 at a polling station in Milan. Italy’s FTSE MIB is set to plummet at Monday’s market open following an uncertain initial election result which indicates that the country is set for a …

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Germany coalition deal struck between Social Democrats and Merkel

Sean Gallup | Getty Images German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the headquarters of SPD for preliminary coalition talks on January 7, 2017. Members of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) voted in favor of a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on Sunday, opening the way to a new government for …

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Snow storms shut Ireland and force Britain to call in the army

Matthew Horwood | Getty Images A general view showing Edinburgh Waverley railway station on March 1, 2018 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Snow storms shut most of Ireland on Friday and forced Britain to call in the army to battle some of the worst weather seen in nearly 30 years. After …

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LafargeHolcim CEO launches overhaul, takes big Q4 charge

Martin Leissl | Bloomberg | Getty Images A wheel loader truck, manufactured by Volvo AB, collects kerogen shale rocks from a quarry operated by Holcim Ltd. in Dotternhausen, Germany, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. Oyak Group, Turkey’s military pension fund, has $2 billion in cash for acquisitions and may spend …

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EU court says Adidas may defend its 3 stripes design

Christof Stache | AFP | Getty Images The employee of Adidas Elisabeth Koelemij Peters, poses with a shoe of the German sportswear giant prior the shareholders meeting of the German sportswear giant Adidas. A European court said that German sporting goods maker Adidas may oppose the registration of two parallel …

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Irish Stock Exchange to close due to ‘extreme weather conditions’

Artur Widak | NurPhoto via Getty Images A view of Dublin’s Portobello area during a snow showeras the ‘Beast from the East’ hit Ireland with temperatures below zero, snow showers, along with a widespread frost and icy conditions, February 28, 2018. The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) announced it would close …

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UK Prime Minister May set to ‘disappoint’ with lack of detail in key Brexit speech, analysts say

Tolga Akmen | AFP | Getty Images Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on September 13, 2017. British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to deliver a key speech on Friday outlining her plans for how the U.K.’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union …

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Peugeot hits new earnings record despite Opel loss

Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Peugeot automobile sits in a parking lot outside the Opel automobile headquarters in Ruesselsheim, Germany, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. PSA Group shrugged off losses at the newly acquired Opel division to lift sales, profit and operating margin to new records in …

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Italy’s Berlusconi wants the head of European Parliament to become his prime minister

Pier Marco Tacca | Getty Images President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani speaks with the media during the Confcommercio Forum at Villa d’Este Hotel on March 31, 2017 in Como, Italy. Media mogul and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has suggested his pick for the next leader of Italy, …

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