European Union

Europe's antitrust czar, the scourge of U.S. corporations, has a sculpture of a hand in her Brussels office, its middle finger extended out. On Wednesday, the bird was on the other hand. In the latest feud between U.S.-based corporations and overseas regulators, the European Union's top...

The euro has traded below $1.20 versus the U.S. dollar since January 2015 — that is, until Tuesday. The shared European currency has now gained more than 14 percent against the U.S. dollar since the start of 2017 but has many investors questioning where the strength is coming from. The...

Investors who are looking to diversify their portfolio across geographic regions aren't alone in their thinking, as many professionals think European stocks can offer a superior return. But there is one major wild card in international investing: currency fluctuations in the foreign exchange market...

Shares of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) were trading lower by more than 1 percent early Tuesday morning after the company was slapped with a $2.7 billion fine from the European Union. The EU's antitrust body confirmed in a press release it has fined Google's parent company $2.7...

Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN) soared to all-time highs Monday on a 2.6-percent spike, coincidentally timed with — or perhaps on the tailwind of — the history-shaping French election. With National Front candidate Marine Le Pen advocating a Brexit-like break from the European Union...

Forty-two (42) percent of British people surveyed one month after the "Brexit" vote expressed feelings that the country's decision to leave the European Union was a bad one for the economy. But by March 2017, this figure gained more than 10 percentage points and totaled 53.0 percent. It may or may...

Some analysts and experts were expecting British and European stocks to plunge as much as 25 percent if the British people voted to leave the European Union. In reality, the complete opposite happened which raises the question: Is buying British stocks a good idea now that the Brexit process is...

The British pound was relatively stable Wednesday morning at $1.2451 after Prime Minister Theresa May submitted a letter to the European Union and triggered Article 50, which formally begins the "Brexit" process. People in the United Kingdom voted last year to leave the European Union and...

A few months ago, they were given warning. Now, social media sites have been given an ultimatum — change their terms of service, or pay a fine. The European Commission had pressured Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter Inc (NASDAQ: TWTR) in a...

The United Kingdom is about to embark in a new era as "Article 50" is expected to be triggered by the end of the month, which launches the official Brexit process. The article gives the European Union official notice that the country will be leaving the organization, so naturally the...