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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - An escalation of tariff wars between China and the United States could dampen growth in international container shipping as operators pre-emptively brought forward business in the second half of last year, Germany's…

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Labour leaders, who hold half the seats on Thyssenkrupp's supervisory board, will not support a planned joint venture with Tata Steel if concessions in ongoing antitrust proceedings go too far, a union…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone industrial production fell more than expected in December, official estimates showed on Wednesday, pulled down by a drop in the output of capital goods, used for investment. The European Union's statistics…

LONDON, (Reuters) - British inflation fell to a two-year low in January, dipping below the Bank of England's target and offering some relief to households ahead of Brexit. Consumer prices rose at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in January…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union states on Tuesday backed a watered-down reform of regional supervision of money managers and other financial firms, top EU officials said. The plan is meant to avoid a situation under which, after…

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's official statisticians should formally ask for government permission to change how the Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure of inflation is calculated, two parliament committees said on Tuesday. The committees…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday there were no substantial talks currently taking place to establish an alliance between Russia and OPEC. Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in December it was highly unlikely OPEC and…

Britain's FTSE 100 opened higher on Tuesday as a stronger dollar boosted banks and multinational stocks in a broad-based rally across Europe, while trading platform Plus500 plunged after warning results will miss due to a regulatory…

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's antitrust commission is looking into accusations that Alphabet Inc's unit Google abuses its popular Android mobile operating system to block its rivals, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter told…

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian bank DNB still plans to sell its 20-percent stake in stock market operator Oslo Bors VPS to Nasdaq, despite a higher bid by Euronext, the bank said on Monday. "We've committed to Nasdaq, so this doesn't change…