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  • Entrance to Canary Wharf Underground Station, this grand entrance fits the location at the heart of Canary Wharf financial district on 5th June 2025 in London, United Kingdom. Canary Wharf is an area located near the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and is defined by the Greater London Authority as being part of Londons central business district. Along with the City of London, it constitutes one of the main financial centres in the United Kingdom and the world, containing many high-rise buildings including the third-tallest in the UK. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)Finance

    U.K.’s FTSE 100 surpasses March record as tariff concerns ease

    By Michael Msika and Bloomberg
  • Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at a rally.Politics

    Trump’s favorite word is a big talking point for European CEOs

    By Michael Msika, Julien Ponthus, and others
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump’s favorite word is a big talking point for European CEOs

    By Michael Msika, Julien Ponthus, and others
  • Almuth Steinkuhler, chief financial officer of Schott Pharma AG, rings the ceremonial opening bell at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Schott Pharma AG shares surged on their first day of trading after the drug-industry supplier raised 813 million ($854 million) in an initial public offering, the biggest in Germany this year. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Defying the slump: Germany’s stocks are surging, even as its economy falters

    By Jan-Patrick Barnert, Michael Msika, and others
  • France's President Emmanuel MacronFinance

    Amid election nerves French traders race to secure funding as they foresee the worst blow to bonds

    By Alice Gledhill, Michael Msika, and others
  • Nicolas Hieronimus, CEO of L'Oreal SA.Finance

    CEO of cosmetics giant L’Oreal announces slower growth as Chinese market flatlines

    By Angelina Rascouet, Michael Msika, and others
  • man looks at an electronic board displaying stock pricesFinance

    14 of the world’s 20 biggest stock markets have hit record highs, with U.S. equities riding a $12 trillion rally

    By Jan-Patrick Barnert, Alexandra Semenova, and others
  • People queue outside the new Apple store on its opening day on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris, France.Tech

    Apple has gotten so big it’s almost overtaken France’s entire stock market

    By Subrat Patnaik, Michael Msika, and others
  • skyscrapers in the City of LondonFinance

    London is on track to become Europe’s biggest equity market again—less than a year after losing the crown

    By Joe Easton, Michael Msika, and others
  • Bernard Arnault, billionaire and chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, during an LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE news conference in Paris, France, on Monday, July 24, 2023. LVMH agreed to become a premium sponsor of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the first deal of its kind for the luxury conglomerate headed by billionaire Arnault. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    The theory that luxury stocks are Europe’s strongest response to Wall Street’s high-flying tech stocks is being put to the test

    By Julien Ponthus, Michael Msika, and others
  • Mike Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist at Morgan Stanley, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, on Aug. 22, 2017.Finance

    Morgan Stanley’s bearish top strategist says stocks could keep rising—in the short term

    By Michael Msika and Bloomberg
  • FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY – MARCH 19: A bull statue and a bear statue stand outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Deutsche Boerse AG) on March 19, 2020 in Frankfurt, Germany. Restrictions from the state of Hesse have gone in force this week to stem the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) and that include the temporary shuttering of schools, public institutions and non-essential shops. Analysts see many banks as exposed to potential stress as a result of global disruptions caused by the virus. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)Finance

    Wall Street is predicting a ‘roaring twenties’ rally for these laggard stocks

    By Michael Msika and Bloomberg
  • British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, heads to Parliament on September 9, 2020 in London, England. The risk of a “no-deal Brexit” has reemerged, unnerving investors.International

    Lagging stocks, a battered pound: investors get a painful glimpse of ‘no-deal Brexit’ Britain

    By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu, Michael Msika, and others