Europe

Samsung Drops Attempt to Ban Apple Sales in Europe

Korea's Samsung Electronics on Tuesday said it would drop law suits aimed at banning the sale of Apple Inc. products in Europe just a day after scoring a victory in a battle in the United States with the maker of iPhones.

Europe Backs Monti Reforms as Italy Crisis Hits Markets

European partners urged the next Italian government on Monday to stick to Prime Minister Mario Monti's reform agenda, after his decision to resign early and Silvio Berlusconi's return to frontline politics rattled financial markets.

Huawei to Double Staff in Europe

Chinese telecoms equipment vendor Huawei Technologies plans to double its employees in Europe over the next few years and is setting up a research center in Finland aimed at developing new smartphones, it said on Monday.

Anti-Austerity Marches Turn Violent Across Southern Europe

Demonstrations turned violent in Spain andPortugal after millions took part in a mostly peaceful general strike on Wednesday in organized labor's biggest Europe-wide challenge to austerity policies since the debt crisis began three years ago.

Europe Urges end to Myanmar Killings, Pledges Aid

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called on Saturday for an end to sectarian killings in Myanmar, following talks with the president of the nation which is emerging from decades of brutal military rule.

Europe Still Biggest Headwind to Global Recovery

Europe's financial crisis remains the biggest hurdle to global economic recovery and will be in focus at a meeting of world finance chiefs in Mexico City this weekend, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Friday.

Stock Futures Lower on Storm, Europe; Cash Markets Closed

Stock index futures fell on Monday as a huge and potentially damaging hurricane was expected to hit the U.S. East Coast later in the day, and traders eyed renewed uncertainty in Europe that hit bonds in peripheral euro zone nations.

Firm dollar, weak Europe crimp U.S. industrials' sales

Four top U.S. manufacturers, including General Electric Co (GE.N) and Honeywell International Corp (HON.N), reported weaker-than-expected sales on Friday, in a fresh warning to investors that demand around the world remains sluggish.

Firm Dollar, Weak Europe Crimp U.S. Industrials' Sales

Four top U.S. manufacturers, including General Electric Co (GE.N) and Honeywell International Corp (HON.N), reported weaker-than-expected sales on Friday, in a fresh warning to investors that demand around the world remains sluggish.

CME muscles into Europe with new futures exchange

CME Group Inc (CME.O), the biggest U.S.futures market operator, plans to launch a European exchange in a bid to break the duopoly of NYSE Euronext (NYX.N) and Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1Gn.DE) and expand CME's customer base in the process.

IKEA plans stylish budget hotel chain in Europe

IKEA, best known as the world's largest furniture retailer, plans to build a budget hotel chain across Europe, following a trend for cheap-but-cool accommodation driven by low air fares and increasingly price-conscious business travellers.

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