Tougher European Union curbs on bonuses will snare far more bankers than current pay limits, with banks having little time to prepare for the change, consultancy PwC said on Friday.
Despite European officials' push for labor market reforms in the euro zone, the process of matching jobless workers to vacancies is deteriorating, according to Goldman Sachs.
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Beppe Grillo says Britain has "everything to lose from Europe," as he applauded Ukip leader Nigel Farage and welcomed a referendum in the UK on EU membership.
Traditional parties that make up Italy's coalition government will become history, Beppe Grillo, the leader of the anti-establishment "Five Star Movement" told CNBC.
Spain may have sank deeper into recession in the first quarter, but the executive director of the euro zone's largest bank says the economy will bottom out this quarter and sees green shoots appearing.
The chief executive of the world's largest container shipping company Moeller-Maersk told CNBC that the company would not order any new ships this year and it had idled 28 vessels around the world this year.
Manoj Ladwa, head of trading at TJM Partners, says the FTSE will continue to rally but adds that he expects "some sort of a pull-back" over the next week.
Nils Smedegaard Andersen, CEO of Moller Maersk, discusses quarterly earnings, global shipping trends, and why companies need to be "careful on ordering".
The chief executive of the world's largest container shipping company Moeller-Maersk told CNBC that the company would not order any new ships this year.
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