The Catalonian government held an independence referendum, despite legal efforts by the Spanish government to prevent it. On Sunday, the Spanish police tried to block some of the polling stations and seized ballot boxes. The vote took place amid a fair amount of violence: Catalonian authorities claimed that over 800… Read More »
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The European Central Bank (ECB) is running into self-imposed limits on its asset purchases. An improving growth outlook and the fading of deflationary fears are also fueling market expectations for an ECB policy adjustment. The ECB’s next policy meeting in October will come just as the Federal Reserve begins a… Read More »
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided to dissolve Japan’s parliament and call a general election for 22 October. PM Abe is seeking to take advantage of an improvement in opinion polling following his robust objections in international media to successive missile tests by North Korea. Earlier in the year PM… Read More »
Generali Deutschland, Germany’s second-largest primary insurance group, today launches the next phase of its industrial transformation to strengthen its operating performance and increase long-term value creation, Generali Group’s two key strategic objectives. The actions announced today reflect the six core initiatives that underpin the Group’s commitment to achieve excellence, including:… Read More »
“Technological innovation should give us hope, not despair”: in the I-7 Chair’s Summary the conclusions of the I-7 group, summarized into four themes – training and education, technology, ethics and society, jobs and income. The I-7 group met and discussed for a day the multiple challenges that innovation poses and… Read More »
Plaintiffs and defendants in the Syngenta MIR 162 Corn Litigation have reached a pending settlement to resolve litigation concerning the launch of Syngenta’s Agrisure Viptera and Agrisure Duracade corn traits. The settlement, which is subject to court approval, would establish a settlement fund for the submission of claims by eligible… Read More »
“Exciting times in the world of mobility, with TfL’s (Transport for London) bold move last week. TfL’s decision to strip Uber of its license came as a surprise to the market. Their main contention was: the lack of safety norms; in particular, insufficient background checks that Uber employs with its… Read More »
First aircraft delivered to Southwest Airlines with Global Eagle Entertainment’s KU Band connectivity installed at Boeing factory Kontron, a leading global provider of embedded computing inflight entertainment and connectivity equipment, today announced the launch of Boeing 737 MAX line-fit deliveries in association with a one of its key customers, Global… Read More »
At the FOMC meeting on September 19 and 20, members charted the central bank’s so-called dot plot of expected rates for the years out to 2020, involving one interest rate hike in 2017, three in 2018, two in 2019 and only one in 2020, leading to an end figure of… Read More »
As expected, German voters endorsed the ruling “Union” (CDU/CSU) as the leading party for the fourth time in this weekend’s parliamentary elections, with their coalition parter, the Social Democrats (SPD), coming in second. The Anti-EU and anti-immigration party Alternative fu?r Deutschland (AfD) becomes the third-strongest faction and for the first… Read More »
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