Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will vote on Monday to decide who chairs the various parliamentary committees in Brussels. But after a tense plenary session last week in Strasbourg a further row is set to erupt over the chairmanship of the 20 specialized standing committees that help shape EU legislation.
The inflow of remittances by millions of non-resident Bangladeshis in the 2013-14 fiscal year concluded in June reached 14.23 billion U.S. dollars, an official said Sunday.
Ireland’s economy, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), grew strongly by 2.7 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to official figures on Thursday.
The Central Bank of Cyprus on Wednesday set a three-day deadline to Bank of Cyprus, the only bank to have been recapitalized by impairing its clients deposits, to take action on a further capital increase.
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday closed at the highest level since April 14 on tensions in Ukraine and Iraq.
A Chinese technology company in Shanghai is suing Apple Inc. and another local company for infringement of its trademark and unfair competition, a local court said on Monday.
U.S. consumer sentiment rose in June pushed by healthy job growth, brushing aside downcast growth data in the first quarter, a survey showed on Friday.
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday initiated a patent investigation into certain integrated circuits and products containing the same from 32 companies based in several countries and regions including China, the United States, Japan and Mexico.
Auto parts manufacturer, Kirchhoff Automotive, plans to spend over 22 million U.S. dollars on its two Polish factories this year.
Asian investors invested around 368 million euros (501 million U.S. dollars) in the Spanish property market in the first half of 2014, according to information published on Friday by the Economic newspaper Expansion.