06:04 AM EST, 02/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- After a decent start to 2024, last year ended on a weak note as the eurozone economy fell back into an all-too-familiar stagnation, said ING. The start of 2025 shows signs of stabilization, with Friday's composite PMI for the eurozone at 50.2 in February, unchanged from last month, wrote the bank in a...

06:01 AM EST, 02/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Carlyle Group ( CG ) is among the shortlisted bidders for HgCapital's smartTrade Technologies, Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Sources told Bloomberg that Thoma Bravo and TA Associates also made it to the final round of bidding. According to the report, current offers value smartTrade Technologies at...

06:03 AM EST, 02/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- After a decent start to 2024, last year ended on a weak note as the eurozone economy fell back into an all-too-familiar stagnation, said ING. The start of 2025 shows signs of stabilization, with Friday's composite PMI for the eurozone at 50.2 in February, unchanged from last month, wrote the bank in a...

06:04 AM EST, 02/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The UK Competition and Markets Authority and four banks agreed on Friday to settle separate cases related to British government bonds, known as gilts, according to a statement by the regulator. Citi, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Canada ( RY ) (RY.TO, RY) will pay fines totalling more than 100 million...