May 9, 2024
Finance

Emmanuel Macron attacks ‘hypocrite’ finance minister for mooting Thatcherite overhaul of economy

Sources told Le Figaro the level of irritation was evident as Mr Macron used the impersonal “tu” form and “almost never addresses his ministers by their first names in the formal setting of meetings at the Élysée Palace”. Unnamed ministers then stuck in the knife with one lambasting Mr Le Maire’s “discourse that consists of

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Investment

Presidents of Brazil, France announce green investment plan on Amazon visit

French President Emmanuel Macron kicked off a visit to Brazil on Tuesday with the launch of a billion-euro Amazonian green investment plan alongside his counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The pair’s trip to Belem, the northern host city of a major UN climate summit next year, makes Macron the first president of France to

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Investors

stocks, news, UK inflation and Davos

11 Mins Ago Novozymes CEO is confident its merger with Chr. Hansen will close in Q1 Novozymes CEO Ester Baiget discusses the Danish biotechnology company’s planned combination with with fellow biotech firm Chr. Hansen. An Hour Ago UBS CEO: Markets too complacent about rate cuts Sergio Ermotti, CEO of UBS, outlines the main challenges the

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Investors

European markets live updates: stocks, news, data, Davos

9 Hours Ago Goldman Sachs says it’s time to buy this unloved global sector — and names some top stocks Europe’s utilities sector may have come under pressure over the past three years, but Goldman Sachs says a shift is underway, naming stocks to play the industry in 2024. “We believe that the improved outlook

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