Fergal O'Brien

  • An illustrative stock chart and Deutsche Bank logo displayed on a phone screenFinance

    Deutsche Bank shares tumble amid banking turmoil, but analyst says ‘it is not the next Credit Suisse’

    By Fergal O'Brien and Bloomberg
  • PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 24: Protests against vaccines and the government’s new health pass requirement continue for the second week in Paris, France on July 24, 2021. Nearly 168 rallies took place across the country with 160,000 protesters taking to the streets, according to the Interior Ministry. Multiple rallies were organized in Paris at the Trocadero across from the Eiffel Tower, Place de la Bastille and the Palais Royal. In the heart of the city in Champs-Elysees, demonstrators attempted to block the road and attack police vehicles, jeering and chanting “Liberte” (freedom), to which police responded with tear gas and water cannon to disperse the mob, arresting nine people. (Photo by Alaattin Dogru/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Health

    Europe shows U.S. what measures may come next in COVID-19 fight

    By Fergal O'Brien, Irina Vilcu, and others
  • A sign advertising a coronavirus-related discount hangs above the entrance to A Burger King Corp. restaurant in Salou, Spain, on Monday, July 27, 2020. Europe’s biggest economies, led by Germany and Spain, reported major contractions in Q2, plunging the euro zone into a deep recession.International

    Europe plunges into a deep recession as COVID-battered economies brace for a second wave

    By Fergal O'Brien, Catherine Bosley, and others
  • LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England speaks at a Bank of England Financial Stability Report Press Conference on December 16, 2019 in London, England. The governor announced that the financial system is prepared for the worst-case Brexit scenario, with major banks surviving 'stress tests' used to replicate a hard exit from the EU. (Photo by Kirtsy Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images)Finance

    The Bank of England Wants to Know What Traders Did With Hacked Audio of Its Central Bank Chief

    By Enda Curran, Fergal O'Brien, and others