EUROPE NEWS - Last Generation Network News - Thursday May 4th 2017

EUROPE NEWS - Last Generation Network News - Thursday May 4th 2017

Positive profit wave crosses pond to Europe

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎
U.S. companies aren't the only ones that can brag about a good start to the year when it comes to profitability. European firms are also on track to post double-digit earnings growth in the first three months of 2017 - a good sign for stock investors ...

BlackRock's Iron Grip on Europe Bond ETFs Defies Competition

Bloomberg - ‎3 hours ago‎
Competitors to BlackRock Inc. are trying to loosen the investing giant's stranglehold on Europe's $153 billion bond exchange-traded fund market.

French election concerns every European citizen

EURACTIV - ‎8 hours ago‎
The other seeks to return to a Europe of competing, rival currencies - the dream of the speculators everywhere and the destruction of the savings of French citizens who have worked hard all their lives.

Europe higher on earnings; DAX hits new record; HSBC up 3.5%; Next slumps 4.8%

CNBC - ‎5 hours ago‎
European markets traded higher mid-morning Thursday after being buoyed by corporate earnings and a televised political debate which saw centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron maintain his lead on eurosceptic opponent Marine Le Pen ahead ...

Europe Story Looking Impressive

Barron's - ‎16 hours ago‎
Despite persistent fears about political turmoil, Europe boasts an economy that is surprising investors this year. And stronger nominal global growth should give the region's stocks a further lift, writes The Wall Street Journal.

A day on from Fed decision, Europe gains on Macron hopes

ABC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Positive economic news coupled with growing expectations that centrist Emmanuel Macron will be the next French president gave European stock markets a lift Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve's latest assessment of the U.S. economy reinforced ...

Asia stocks slip on Fed's latest; Europe shares open higher

Newsday - ‎1 hour ago‎
KEEPING SCORE: European benchmarks opened higher, with Germany's DAX jumping 1.1 percent to 12,608.83 and France's CAC 40 climbing 0.9 percent to 5,335.83.

Europe's Big Test

Seeking Alpha - ‎1 hour ago‎
A large impetus to the next thrust higher in European equities will be the final round of French elections this Sunday. We've covered the rise of populism and how it affects markets for some time now... If Macron should win Sunday, as we expect, the ...

It's Springtime for Investing in Europe

Wall Street Journal (subscription) - ‎May 3, 2017‎
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.

Europe is growing faster than Brexit Britain (For real!)

CNNMoney - ‎22 hours ago‎
The new data might prove unsettling to Brits, some of whom argued that the U.K. should break away from the European Union because its regulations and politics were preventing the country from reaching its full economic potential.

Europe Set to Invest in Quantum Tech

Scientific American - ‎22 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.

European equities a buy, but watch for this Trump risk: Eaton Vance

MarketWatch - ‎19 hours ago‎
There's no shortage of analysts recommending European equities as earnings prospects improve, but an Eaton Vance strategist warned investors of the risk posed from the U.S.

JP Morgan Plans Post-Brexit Exodus From London to Offices in Europe

Fortune - ‎5 hours ago‎
Banking giant J.P. Morgan Chase (jpyyl) could move as many as 1,000 jobs from its London office to locations in the European Union after the United Kingdom formally leaves the EU. The U.S. investment bank confirmed its post-Brexit retreat from Canary ...

Amazon will no longer strongarm ebook publishers in Europe

Engadget - ‎45 minutes ago‎
The European Commission has accepted Amazon's changes to how it sells its e-books. Following a 2015 investigation over the retailer's anti-competitive behaviour, Amazon said back in January that it would change its ebook contracts, removing clauses ...

European stocks flirt with almost 21-month high after earnings deluge

MarketWatch - ‎4 hours ago‎
Europe's benchmark stock index headed for an almost 21-month high on Thursday, boosted by a round of well-received earnings reports from heavyweights such as Royal Dutch Shell PLC and HSBC Holdings PLC.

Opinion: It's time to send your stock portfolio to Europe

MarketWatch - ‎May 3, 2017‎
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, all calling into question the viability of the European Union, have only added to investor caution.

Death of Europe: Europeans are losing the place they call home, says DOUGLAS MURRAY

Express.co.uk - ‎5 hours ago‎
During the course of researching The Strange Death Of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam, I have travelled to see the places where those migrants who arrive on our continent end up.

European stocks end lower, retreating from 20-month high ahead of Fed

MarketWatch - ‎20 hours ago‎
European stock markets finished down slightly from a 20-month high on Wednesday, holding lower after a reading on eurozone economic growth matched the market's expectations.

Europe Pushes Asia Trade Talks With Eye on Ultimate Prize China

Bloomberg - ‎14 hours ago‎
European Union officials are doing the rounds of Asian governments to seek traction on trade deals as they look toward their ultimate goal -- China.

Beautiful European national parks you've never heard of

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎5 hours ago‎
While the book features 60 of Europe's best national parks, including the Lake District and Snowdonia, we have chosen 11 here that you are unlikely to have heard of.

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