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PARIS (June 28): Google’s record-breaking 2.4 billion-euro ($3.8 billion) European Union fine could end up being just a fraction of the costs from the EU’s demand that it stop skewing search results to favor its own shopping site.

GENEVA (April 13): European Union states are unlikely to ratify a post-Brexit trade deal with the British government should the UK seek to recast itself as a regulation-light “Singapore-on-Thames,” according to the EU’s ambassador to the World Trad

SINGAPORE (March 29): Even with the official commencement of the Brexit process – as finalised by Prime Minister Theresa May’s signature on the letter to trigger Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty today – Bank of Singapore’s (BoS) chief econom

SINGAPORE (Jan 31): Global investors are most wary of high volatility in currencies, commodities and capital markets when considering investment plans in Europe, according to a survey by EY.

SINGAPORE (Jan 24): Tail risks, no matter how unlikely, are not entirely implausible, exceptionally rare, or unknown. Despite falling short of base case expectations, the improbability does not undermine their potential impact to financial markets.

Dec 4 will mark exactly three weeks before Christmas Day, but this is not the reason why many European leaders are noting the date in their diaries. This first Sunday of December will see crucial polls in Austria and Italy, the outcome of which may demons

NEW YORK (Nov 8): Big global banks, including Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Goldman Sachs Group Inc are bracing for potential tumult on financial markets after Tuesday's US election.

The thought of not being able to find Marmite on the shelves of Tesco supermarkets sent many Britons into a panic recently.

So a date has now been set for the most eventful and possibly most painful divorce of recent times; one that will see the UK dissolve its 43-yearold partnership with the European Union (EU).

It is mid-September; the summer holidays are over and business activity has returned to normal levels while parliamentary debates have resumed after the customary summer recess. This September in particular, Britons are looking towards the latter for some