‘What will happen to house prices next year?’ — it’s a tricky question
For all their faults, house price predictions are not as useless as you might expect
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US fines for dirty money drop 61% as Trump retreats from enforcement
Total penalties imposed by financial watchdogs fell to $1.7bn in the year to December 19
Can a Madrid in flux balance traditional charm and new energy?
The capital has recently become the most expensive city in Spain per square metre — and change is happening fast. Some are questioning if its identity is in jeopardy
Netherlands overhauls its €1.8tn pension system
Switch from defined benefit to defined contribution model aims to ensure long-term sustainability
AI forecast to put 200,000 European banking jobs at risk by 2030
Morgan Stanley analysts predict roles in back and middle offices will bear brunt
The upstart exchange drawing traders to the world’s best-performing stock market
Nextrade has become a hit among South Korea’s risk-loving amateur investors
Producer prices rise marginally by 0.1 pct YoY as all components bar energy increase
Greece’s Producer Price Index (PPI) had a marginal rise in November, with an increase of 0.1 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a decrease of 1.4 percent in October, ELSTAT data showed on Tuesday.
Octopus Energy swings to a loss as it hits 10mn customers globally
Start-up sees margin slide as its costs rise sharply
I volunteer in a repair cafe: we can help you learn to fix your broken Christmas gift
Hundreds of broken toys get thrown away after Christmas. Zamrznuti tonovi/ShutterstockIt’s a Wednesday evening in a town hall in Penryn in Cornwall, and my friend Pete and I are volunteering at our local repair cafe. We set up tables, get our tools ready, put up a sign outside and wait for people to arrive.
PM tries to isolate protesting farmers, dismisses talk of reshuffle
The farmers’ protests dominating Greece’s national roads and border crossings have become the defining domestic challenge of this festive period for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In a televised interview on Monday, he sought to project steadiness: no cabinet reshuffle, no retreat from fiscal discipline, and no tolerance for what he defines as tactics that paralyse the country.
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