Sam Reeves
News Editor, Malaysia and Singapore at Agence France-Presse (AFP)
AFP correspondent in Frankfurt. Adapting to chilly Europe after earlier stints in Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong
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5 days ago |
barrons.com | Sam Reeves
The European Central Bank is expected to deliver its seventh-straight interest rate cut this week as US President Donald Trump's volatile trade policies add to headwinds for the sluggish eurozone. Even before Trump unleashed his on-off tariff onslaught on the world, the ECB had been bringing borrowing costs down as inflation eased.
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1 week ago |
fortune.com | Sam Reeves
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1 week ago |
barrons.com | Sam Reeves
Thyssenkrupp said Monday it planned a major overhaul that will split the vast conglomerate into several standalone businesses, fuelling fears about further job losses and a looming break-up of the historic German industrial titan. Once a symbol of German manufacturing might, Thyssenkrupp has fallen into crisis in recent years as high costs at home, falling prices for its products and fierce competition from Asian rivals hammered its traditional steel business in particular.
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2 weeks ago |
barrons.com | Sam Reeves
Germany's economy grew more than previously thought at the start of the year, as its exports surged before US President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs, official data showed Friday. Gross domestic product (GDP) in Europe's biggest economy increased 0.4 percent from January to March compared to the previous quarter, according to final figures from federal statistics agency Destatis. An initial estimate had put the expansion at 0.2 percent, and analysts had not been expecting any change.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Sam Reeves
Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits Lithuania on Thursday to mark the official formation of Germany's first permanent overseas military unit since World War II, aimed at bolstering NATO's eastern flank against a hostile Russia. The decision to build up a 5,000-strong armoured brigade in Lithuania over the coming years came in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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