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Norway's Scatec Solar says three projects caught in South Africa row 15 Mar 2018 - 04:55 pm
Photo source: Scatec Solar website
Slovenia inaugurates world's first bitcoin monument 15 Mar 2018 - 12:07 am
People look at the world's first Blockchain Monument that underpins crypto-currencies, on March 14, 2018, in the city center of Kranj, Slovenia. AFP / Jure Makovec
Weakened Merkel begins 4th term beset by challenges 14 Mar 2018 - 11:49 pm
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (C) hands over the certificate of appointment to the new German Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz as German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on on March 14, 2018 at Bellevue Palace in Berlin. AFP / Ste
Broadcom officially drops Qualcomm bid after Trump decision 14 Mar 2018 - 10:41 pm
A sign to the campus offices of chip maker Broadcom Ltd is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., November 6, 2017. Reuters/Mike Blake
British energy industry will be shaken up by German mega-deal between RWE and EON 13 Mar 2018 - 11:38 pm
Rolf Martin Schmitz (2nd R), chairman of German energy supplier RWE, RWE CFO Markus Krebber (R), Johannes Teyssen (2nd L), CEO of German utility company EON, and EON CFO Mark Spieker (L) pose at the beginning of a joint press conference on March 13, 2018
Accountants to face higher EU scrutiny on aggressive tax planning 13 Mar 2018 - 11:24 pm
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (R) and European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici attend an Economic and Finance ministers meeting (ECOFIN) in Brussels on March 13, 2018. AFP / Emmanuel Dunand
France gears up for next wave of asset sales 13 Mar 2018 - 11:24 pm
Head of the French national state-owned railway company SNCF Guillaume Pepy (L) flanked by director of SNCF Reseau Patrick Jeantet speaks at the Ground Control venue near the Gare de Lyon in Paris on March 12, 2018, during the celebrations of French rail
Thailand to draft plans to regulate and tax cryptocurrencies 13 Mar 2018 - 03:02 pm
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UK's Hammond sees light at end of austerity tunnel, but debt must fall 12 Mar 2018 - 12:00 am
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Macron pledges 700 million euros for new solar projects 11 Mar 2018 - 04:40 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech during a meeting with the French community resident in India at the French embassy in New Delhi on March 11, 2018.   AFP / DOMINIQUE FAGET
India's SpiceJet, CFM sign $12.5 billion engine, service deal 11 Mar 2018 - 03:58 pm
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Turkish Airlines to buy at least 50 Airbus, Boeing jets 10 Mar 2018 - 02:31 pm
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Alstom inks $92mn supply deal with India metro firms 10 Mar 2018 - 02:24 pm
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Deutsche Bank Management Forgoes Bonuses for Third Straight Year 10 Mar 2018 - 02:10 pm
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Open market: China can be more ‘courageous’ 10 Mar 2018 - 12:23 am
Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China, attends a news conference on the sidelines of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 9, 2018. Reuters/Aly Song
Asia-Pacific nations sign sweeping trade deal without US 10 Mar 2018 - 12:22 am
Chile's Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz talks to Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal next to Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, during the signing agreement ceremony for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, in Santiago,
An affront to allies: US partners hit out at Trump trade tariffs 10 Mar 2018 - 12:22 am
President of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH), Hans Peter Wollseifer, German chancellor Angela Merkel and head of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA), Ingo Kramer attend German economy summit talks in Munich on March
Spain picks euro enthusiast Roman Escolano to help push for tighter integration 10 Mar 2018 - 12:12 am
Spain's new Economy Minister Roman Escolano (R) and his predecessor Luis de Guindos smile during a taking over ceremony at Economy Ministry in Madrid, Spain, March 9, 2018. Reuters/Sergio Perez