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Germany’s output fell 0.1 per cent in the second quarter from the previous three months, meaning annualised output growth slowed to 0.4 per cent in the year to June - its slowest for six years. Photograph: iStock
German economy contracts as export engine stutters

The German economy shrank in the three months to June as trade tensions weighed on its export-heavy manufacturing sector and intensified the pressure (...)

Chemical companies Bayer and Lanxess are selling their shares in chemical park operator Currenta to funds managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. Photograph: EPA
European shares rebound as Flutter shines in Dublin

European shares rose on Wednesday, breaking a three-day losing streak on euphoria over a multi-billion dollar German chemical deal, with Flutter Enter(...)

Property shares, including housebuilder Cairn, were in demand in Dublin
European shares close off highs on Italian political woes

European shares, which were buoyed early on Friday by rising hopes of a US interest rate cut, ended the session off their highs as fresh political tro(...)

Aryzta chairman Gary McGann during the company’s last annual shareholder meeting. The food group was the best performer on the Iseq on Wednesday. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
EU-Italy budget strife keeps a lid on European markets

European stock markets crept higher on Wednesday as defensive shares gained ground, but rising tensions between Italy and the European Commission over(...)

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, on Tuesday, when stocks rebounded from Monday’s plunge. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Markets rebound following China-US trade turmoil

Global financial markets showed signs of stabilising on Tuesday, a day after China’s announcement of retaliatory tariffs on imports from the United St(...)

Kerry Group added 1.5% to €102 as industry followers cheered better-than-expected six-month figures and an upbeat outlook Dutch nutrition group DSM
European shares drop on growth and trade concerns

European shares dropped on Tuesday as investors baulked at the European Commission pulling back its euro-zone growth forecasts and as mounting concern(...)

Hiring remains strong, despite anecdotal evidence of worker shortages in the transportation, manufacturing and construction industries
US job growth surges and unemployment rate drops to 49-year low

US job growth surged in April and the unemployment rate dropped to a more than 49-year low of 3.6 per cent, pointing to sustained strength in economic(...)

The collapse this week of merger talks between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank brings to an end German attempts to create a national champion in the banking sector to rival competitors such as JP Morgan and Citigroup. Photograph: Hayoung Jeon/EPA
Collapse of merger talks leaves Deutsche and Commerzbank in limbo

Pssst! Anybody want to buy a German bank? Two for sale, cheap at the price. All offers considered. Contact O Scholz, finance ministry, Berlin. No time(...)

Germany’s two biggest listed lenders said there were too many hurdles to justify pursuing a complex deal that would have formed the euro zone’s second-largest lender with €1.8 trillion in assets and 140,000 employees.
Deutsche Bank-Commerzbank merger talks collapse

Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank have abandoned their merger talks, bowing to shareholder concerns and employee resistance in a move that could open the (...)

Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Iseq index advances on moves for Green Reit and Kingspan

Global stocks edged higher on Tuesday after strong US earnings releases and German data provided reassurance about economic sentiment in Europe’s bigg(...)

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