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Europe's benchmark stock index closed at its highest level since June 2008 on Friday, with banks in the driver's seat after better-than-expected data from the U.S. removed some worries about the country's recovery.The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose 0.2% to close at 308.72, posting a 1.2% weekly gain.The upbeat end to the week marked the fourth straight week in positive territory, after massive central-bank easing globally recently encouraged investors to move into the equity market instead of the lower-yielding and traditionally safer government bond markets.Lackluster growth data from the euro zone earlier this week sent markets higher, as they increased hopes for more stimulus measures from the European Central Bank. Such market behavior further highlighted that investors currently focus more on the large liquidity injections from central banks, rather than the underlying growth problems in the euro zone."The market is getting a lot of liquidity and is trying to figure out what to do wi...
The top speed of vans in the European Union should be electronically limited to 120 km (75 miles) per hour, according to a proposal backed by the European Parliament...
Car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen (UG.FR) slashed production at its French assembly plants by 36% in the first quarter of this year from a year earlier as the financiall...
French President Francois Hollande marked the anniversary of his first year in office by announcing a raft of spending measures on Monday aimed at shoring up France'...
French President Francois Hollande marked the anniversary of his first year in office by announcing a raft of spending measures Monday aimed at shoring up France's a...
German automaker Daimler is recalling 3,500 Mercedes-Benz Citan vans in Europe because of faulty airbags.A company spokesman said on Monday that window airbags will ...
The French government intends to sell parts of its holdings in state-backed companies as a way of financing necessary investment to fuel growth, but it doesn't plan ...
South Korea's April car sales rose 7.7% compared with a year earlier as robust overseas demand helped offset decreased domestic sales due to work stoppages at Hyunda...
The steady slide in registrations of new passenger cars in France slowed in April, but the market remains weak as economic stagnation and still-mounting unemployment...
Brazil's much-anticipated new auction of oil and natural gas exploration concessions will breathe fresh life into the country's oil industry, the superintendent of t...
European stock markets ended mostly lower on Tuesday following disappointing economic data, while strong gains for Deutsche Bank AG led the German stock index to a h...
Renault-Nissan hopes to receive final approval from Beijing by the summer to build its first Renault plant in China, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said on Saturday.Gh...
Volvo , the world's No. 2 truck maker, posted a surprise rise in first-quarter orders and said it would step up production, adding to signs a protracted slump in key...
European stocks moved higher on Friday and flirted with multiyear highs, with banks in the driver's seat after better-than-expected data from the U.S. removed some w...
Europe's ailing car market ended a streak of 18 straight months of falling sales, though a number of one-off factors suggested that a sustained recovery will be hard...
European stock markets moved higher on Friday and flirted with multiyear highs, with banks in the driver's seat after an upbeat broker upgrade for the sector.The Sto...
European stock markets dropped on Friday, tracking U.S. stocks lower, after investors were spooked by comments that the Federal Reserve could be looking at fading ou...
Swedish truck maker Volvo AB (VOLV-B.SK) said Friday that it delivered 16,572 vehicles for the whole Volvo group, a decline of 2% compared with the same month last y...
New car registrations in the European Union rose by 1.7% in April from a year earlier, according to latest industry data released Friday, giving hope to Europe's bat...
Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> has begun exporting French-made Yaris compact cars to customers in North America for the first time this month.Toyota said it planned to e...