EUROPE NEWS - Last Generation Network News - WEDNESDAY, MAY 3rd 2017

EUROPE NEWS - Last Generation Network News - WEDNESDAY,  MAY 3rd 2017

It's Springtime for Investing in Europe

Wall Street Journal (subscription) - ‎1 hour ago‎
The U.S. led the reflation mania in markets at the end of last year. But Europe, despite persistent fears about political turmoil, is the economy that is surprising investors this year.

Barclays opens 'biggest fintech center in Europe' as it aims to experiment and spot early trends

CNBC - ‎6 hours ago‎
U.K. lender Barclays has opened a new innovation center in Shoreditch, London, for its in-house banking and technology teams, as well as more than 40 co-located financial technology ( fintech ) start-ups.

It's time to send your stock portfolio to Europe - MarketWatch

MarketWatch - ‎5 hours ago‎
These days, most U.S. investors would rather suck a lemon than invest in Europe. Recent elections in the Netherlands and upcoming ones in France and Italy, ...

European tech companies need money to scale up, not just start up

Financial Times - ‎10 hours ago‎
Despite its highly skilled workforce, Europe struggles to produce large businesses that compete globally. According to Bruegel, an economic think-tank, only 12 big new European companies were birthed after 1950, against 51 in the US. Of these, only 3 ...

Europe's Most Innovative Universities - 2017

Reuters - ‎9 hours ago‎
Europe's top tech hubs tend to radiate from massive capital cities like London, Berlin and Paris. But the heart of European innovation isn't a major metropolis –it's a small city in the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders. That's the conclusion of ...

The European Crisis

New York Times - ‎6 hours ago‎
In Europe as in the United States, recent trends in culture and economics have elevated an educated upper class while separating it, geographically and ideologically and in every other way, from a declining and fragmenting working class.

You can't just cut and run from Europe, Theresa May – it's illegal

The Guardian - ‎8 hours ago‎
But May has had a bellyful of European courts after her run-in with the totally separate European court of human rights when, as home secretary, she was trying to deport the fundamentalist preacher Abu Qatada to Jordan.

Europe's billion-euro quantum project takes shape

Nature.com - ‎6 hours ago‎
As China and the United States threaten to corner the market on quantum technologies, Europe is slowly waking up to the opportunity with investment of its own.

It is in Europe's interest to treat Britain fairly on Brexit

Financial Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
Negotiations could only be prolonged for a few weeks beyond this date, given the European Parliament elections due to take place in May of that year.

Merkel Says Europe Should Not Simply Push Turkey Away

U.S. News & World Report - ‎3 hours ago‎
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday Europe should not push Turkey away despite worries about President Tayyip Erdogan's tightening grip on power, seeming to play down talk that its aspirations to join the European ...

How a university became a battle for Europe's identity

BBC News - ‎13 hours ago‎
The author and academic entered politics in his native Canada, becoming leader of the opposition party, before last autumn taking on a job as president of the Central European University in Hungary. Mr Ignatieff, in his late sixties, might have been ...

Wave of optimism trumps populism as European markets spring back to life

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
But dissipating political risks, particularly those that threatened the very existence of the euro and the financial system on which it is based, and a spring in the step of Europe Inc after six years of disappointments, are spurring a scramble to get ...

Fast Europe Open: UK consumer spending, Germany unemployment

Financial Times - ‎8 hours ago‎
Sales of Apple's iPhone dipped 1 per cent last quarter. The problem, according to CEO Tim Cook, was that people were simply waiting to buy the next one.

European stocks fall from 20-month high ahead of GDP data, Fed ...

MarketWatch - ‎5 hours ago‎
European stock markets drop from a 20-month high on Wednesday, with investors erring on the side of caution ahead of eurozone growth data and the latest ...

US State Department urges vigilance on travel to Europe

Deutsche Welle - ‎33 minutes ago‎
US State Department urges vigilance on travel to Europe. The US State Department has warned Americans about traveling to Europe due to the ongoing risk of terrorism. The alert said US citizens "should always be alert" as attacks could occur with ...

This map shows the most racist countries in Europe (and how Britain ranks)

Metro - ‎5 hours ago‎
Mind Hacks says, 'Both in the US, where this measure was developed, across Europe (shown here for the first time), the test shows that people are slower to associate Blackness with positive words such as “Good” or “Nice” and faster to associate ...

Investment Banking's Winners and Losers—In Europe, Mostly Losers

Wall Street Journal (subscription) - ‎May 2, 2017‎
Given the dire start to 2016 and the tidal wave of positive sentiment after Donald Trump's Presidential victory, the signs were that a great rebound was coming.

One of Europe's largest carmakers will test its self-driving cars in ...

The Verge - ‎10 hours ago‎
Groupe PSA, which owns European car brands Peugeot SA and Citroën, will team up with self-driving startup NuTonomy to test autonomous SUVs in Singapore ...

Who Wants Disease-Resistant GM Tomatoes? Probably Not Europe

WIRED - ‎19 hours ago‎
European regulations make the tomato essentially illegal—he and others can do the science, but probably can't get it to field trials, and certainly can't get it to market.

Chance the Rapper Cancels European Festival Dates | Pitchfork

Pitchfork - ‎16 hours ago‎
Chance the Rapper has reportedly cancelled a series of appearances at European music festivals this summer, Consequence of Sound reports.

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