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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...

The SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (NYSE: FEZ) is up almost 4 percent year-to-date and resides less than 1 percent below its 52-week high, impressive points when considering the potential for elevated political volatility surrounding European equity markets this year. Election Volatility As is widely known...

2016 was a tough year for investors. After the people of Britain voted in favor of leaving the European Union and putting the future of their country back in the hands of British politicians, the stock market collapsed. As noted by Bloomberg, the Brexit outcome was initially seen as the death of...

The British pound rebounded from below $1.20 on Tuesday after flirting with its post-Brexit lows of $1.1841 ahead of a speech given by Prime Minister Theresa May. May said in a speech in London that the United Kingdom will leave the single market as part of the Brexit process and has no interest in...