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The article discusses the struggle of Europe to develop coherent strategy for dealing with China and mentions that U.S. has been wavering stance on China making difficult for Europe to align with a clear strategy. Topics discussed include economic exposure of Europe to China higher than the U.S., Europe's gross domestic product (GDP) represented by China, and fragmentation of supply chians that would impact economy of Europe compared to U.S.

The article presents a speech by Daniel Rose, Rose Associates chairman, delivered at the Oxford Literary Festival, Christ Church College in Oxford, England on April 8, 2016. Topics of the speech included the significant role of private philanthropy in Europe, the pressure post by the economic climate on governments, and the explosion of private philanthropy across the continent.

In the article, the author discusses developments in the circular economy and the recycling and waste management industry by analyzing the operation of private firm ALBA Facility Solutions in Berlin, Germany. Also cited are how organic waste is used to feed heat-generating biogas plants, how waste is segregated into metal, paper, glass and plastics, and the vision of Europe to use recycling facilities as the foundation of its circular economy.

The article discusses Europe's motivation to adopt economic policies resembling those of U.S. President Joe Biden, driven by concerns about energy security, competition with state-subsidized electric carmakers, and lagging economic growth compared to the U.S. It highlights how Europe's past market-friendly approach, including its carbon-pricing mechanism, has been effective in promoting emission reduction. It suggests that Europe should focus on building a common green single market.

Discusses various issues related to the European expansion efforts as of 2002. Introduction of the euro in 2002; Expected changes in the economic and demographic profile of an expanded Europe; Expectations by Western and Eastern Europeans from the expansion; Level of international trade within the European Union and with other countries. INSET: THE NEW SHAPE OF EUROPE.

Focuses on the critical situation of the euro as of October 2, 2000. Europe's single currency which has lost more than 25 percent of its value against the dollar; Problems with the euro which have been accelerated by a wave of investment leaving Europe; Reasons for the weakness of the euro and ways in which Europe's leaders can strengthen it.

This article presents brief reports on new and notable management research from academia and business as of May 01, 1999. Josh Lerner and Paul Gompers, associate professors at Harvard Business School, found that corporate venture investments actually outperform those made by independent venture capitalists. Antonio Fatás, an associate professor at the European Institute for Business Administration, compared long term trends in regional labor markets in the United States and Europe to how those markets reacted to short-term economic shock. Fatás also argues that Europe's economic integration will not make European workers more mobile. Youngme Moon, assistant professor at Harvard Business School, researched the way people interact with computers and the implications for Internet Web site designers and found that people treat interactions with computers as social encounters. Professors Cynthia Huffman, of the University of Delaware, and Barbara E. Kahn, of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, explored customer behavior when faced with complicated choices. Their study, published in the "Marketing Science Institute," found that the presentation of product information has a large impact on customer satisfaction in terms of their shopping experience and their readiness to make a purchase.

The article reports on the impact of technological change in Europe including economic development, political destabilization and integration of economies.

The article looks at trends and conditions in the banking industry in Europe, discussing the extent of European banks' progress in recovering from the 2008 global financial crisis. Topics include the proposed merger of German banks Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, trends in the stock prices of European banks, and European Central Bank monetary policy.

The article discusses the notion of a European political schism in relation to the status of the European Union (EU) and the history of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. Topics include the relation of Protestantism to British foreign policy under King Henry VIII and after, political tensions related to economic problems and the migration of refugees, and the exit of Great Britain form the EU, known as Brexit.

The article presents the author's opinion on the European integration and the acceptance of eastern European nations by the European Union (EU). The author comments on topics including restrictions and constitutional amendments on the independence of the judiciary in Poland, the campaign in Hungary against millionaire philanthropist George Soros and other domestic NGOs, and legal sanctions from EU institutions.

The article reports on economy of Europe which has seen crisis prone and stagnant and is proving resilient with signs of economic growth. Topics dsicussed include formation of an anti-establishment coalition government in Italy, prediction of the interest rate for Germany which may not be appropriate in Italy and decline in unemployment rate.

This speech addresses the commercial and industrial side of the high-technology debate which continues between the US and Europe, and within the individual European countries themselves. Several obstacles are impeding Europe's ability to accomplish its current industrial rejuvenation quickly enough to meet the competitive challenge of the US and a number of Pacific Basin countries, and to be acceptable to the majority of European society.

A special report. Western Europe is stagnating. Its postwar economic miracle has stalled, and it is losing a fierce technological battle with the US and Japan. Its best hope for unity--the Common Market--appears on the verge of collapse. Article details the crisis, assesses its causes, and examines Europe's uncertain future.

Focuses on the crisis for creating a political and economic system in order to achieve identity for European Community. Needs for European Community to control economic instability; Needs for the community to establish legitimacy and unity among member countries; Requirement for intermediate status between full and associate membership; Foreign relation between European Community and the U.S.

The article reports on the severe economic depression in Europe which affects political issues domestically and internationally. This leads into the decline, inertia, and vulnerability affecting its economic and political disputes with the U.S. It is observed that its political and economic ties started to disintegrate. This may cause the European Commission to become in significant.

This article is a collection of pieces on the activities of ABN AMRO Bank. The senior executive vice president of the bank, Dolf Van den Brink, declares that the European Monetary Union's currency, the euro, will be introduced on schedule in 1999 and will be stable enough within a decade to challenge the dollar as the international reserve currency. The article also describes ABN AMRO's plans to expand its Asian operations and discusses an operation it undertook in Australia. ABN AMRO is also active in the republics that made up the Soviet Union, including financing an oil terminal in Lithuania and sponsoring the capital markets debut of Kazakhstan.

The article focuses on the different impacts of the global inflation. It notes that rising prices and low wages and profits have greatly affected Americans and have reduced the living standards in the country, and argues that such inflation would result to the weakening confidence in the democratic governments around the world. In addition, it notes that European countries, the U.S. and Asian nations have attempted to address the worldwide inflation by implementing wage-price controls and other tax and monetary tinkering, however, these efforts have been proven to be unsuccessful.

Presents information on the economic state of Europe and it's top billionaires and millionaires as of July 1997. Emilio Botin and family, Stephan Schmidheiny, Francois Pinault, Anthony O'Reilly and Sir Anthony Bamford and family profiled along with others. INSETS: A chat at Davos, by Kerry A. Dolan.;Cement of the earth, by Caroline Waxler.;Nature's own, by Caroline Waxler..

Reports global developments related to politics. Relationship between the U.S. and China; Policy of the U.S. on Mexico; Revival of the nationalist conception of political economy in Europe.

The article asserts that only an expansionist economy can combine defense and stability in Europe. Only European Union can provide the framework for expansion. Thus, a central currency pool has been created in the European Payments Union, a central planning staff, in the Organization for European Economic Co-operation and a central military command, at Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers in Europe. The governments of Europe are pressed by the U.S. to double their defense efforts. Each country in Europe is still attempting to produce its own tanks, its own jet fighters and its own anti-aircraft guns. However, the result is poor weapons, produced at prohibitive costs.

The United States and continental Europe are engaged in a titanic subsurface economic struggle, primarily over the role of U.S. investment in Europe. The outcome may determine whether Europe can survive as an independent entity. Respective roles of gold and the dollar in the world economy are at the focus of this struggle. Mechanics of the struggle are such that its resolution may be determined in the end, not by nations involved but by individual speculators on both sides of the Atlantic, with potentially disastrous consequences for all.

This can, obviously, be only a preliminary report on those three or rather, four weeks that shook not only France but the whole of Europe, and after which nothing will ever be the same again. The financial and economic consequences are at the moment totally unpredictable, except for the now general conviction that, after the steep rise in wages following the de facto general strike, which at the peak involved as many as 10 million wage earners. France's competitive power within the European Common Market has been thrown out of gear. Only a few weeks ago, the prestige of the French franc was such that unlimited sums could be taken out of the country, and when a panic seized the bourgeoisie, hundreds dashed in their cars to Switzerland, with trunks filled with 500-franc banknotes.

The article assesses whether Europe's economic growth rate will pick up soon amidst the slowdown as of April 8, 1967. The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has lowered its gross national product (GNP) estimate for Western Europe to 2.5% for 1967. Some positive developments, however, are seen for the European business sector including Italy's recovery from a business slowdown. Businessmen and government officials worry that the continent will not be able to sustain a fast growth rate without facing inflationary pressures.

Comments on the concept of capitalism. Tendency of modern war to destroy the habits and disposition of industry and thrift; Responsibility of the leaders of finance and industry to protect the special interests of all property; Views of the capitalists about war and its impact on their business; Description of the European economic life; Opinion of the socialists about capitalism; Efficiency of the capitalistic regime.

This article presents the author's views on the history of economic condition of the European countries. Western Europe countries like the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Benelux and Scandinavian countries has enjoyed a boom after the two world wars . It did so in the years 1925-1929, too. In both cases the boom was preceded by five years or more of distress and difficulty. In both cases the European boom rested to a critical extent on prosperity in the United States and, on cold and Korean-war, 1950-1953 stimuli.

In this article, the author expresses his views on issues related to businesses worldwide as of May 1919. Topics discussed include the restoration of business prosperity in the U.S., a New Yorker who became a millionaire from oil fields, and the economic condition in Europe. Also mentioned are the stock market performance, the collapse of governmental price-fixing, and the aeronautic industry of the U.S.

The article discuses squatting, the occupying of vacant buildings, throughout Europe which has become a form of activism. Topics covered include examples of abandoned buildings that have been occupied by squatters, the impact of the recession that began in the late 2000s on homelessness, and the ability of families to find affordable housing. Also mentioned are squatting laws which vary from country to country. It is noted that public opinion of squatters is changing as the number of squatters increases out of necessity or for political reasons.

The article focuses on the Middle East's investment of oil revenues in Europe's real estate and businesses. Great Britain in particular has seen a number of Arabic investments, as their investment laws are less onerous than those in much of Europe, and due to Britain's colonial history in the Mideast. Arabic investors are cautious of the United States due to security concerns and the atmosphere in the U.S. Arabic investors are diversifying into many different markets.

The article reports on forecasts for international economic development in 2018. It discusses economic conditions in the U.S. and Europe, the effect of growth on securities markets, and the need to maintain an equilibrium to continue supporting growth.

The article discusses the concept of de-growth and perspective of left-leaning Europeans who advocate for shrinking economy to address social injustice and ecological concerns. Topics discussed include criticism over use of gross domestic product (GDP) as primary measure of society's success, highlighting failure of capturing environmental degradation and declining mental health, and stagnation being experienced by Europe.

Presents a speech by the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury given before the Transatlantic Business Dialogue in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 6, 1998, dealing with the implications of the euro currency. The answer to three questions about the European Monetary Union (EMU); How the EMU will affect the economies of Europe; How the EMU will affect the value of the US dollar; How the EMU will affect Europe's role in the world and its relations with the US.

Discusses the launch of the euro, Europe's new currency, as January 1999. Suggestion that a healthy euro would help Asia and trim the United States deficit by spurring exports; How the euro is likely to energize Europe's economy; Discussion of interest rates.

The article looks at the significance of the Protestant Reformation in terms of its impact on European civilization and on British politics and history, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of German monk Martin Luther initiating the Reformation. It describes the Reformation as the key event in Europe moving from the Middle Ages into the modern world, citing a fall in the influence of religion, an increase in scientific inquiry, and the shift to capitalism.

The article focuses on the role that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump might have on the European Union after the Brexit. Topics discussed include a reported plan of Trump's advisor Steve Bannon, the political and economic conditions in Europe, and the British Prime Minister Theresa May. Also presented is the refugee policy of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The article discusses settling down of economy of Europe after clogged supply chains, increased inflation and shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include lowest unemployment rate since existence of the euro in 1999, growth in 2022 marked by increased energy price and consumption, and issues of labour shortage and increased price in the market.

The article focuses on inflation, increased energy prices and interest rate faced by the European economy, and mentions energy wielded as a weapon by Russian invasion of Ukraine against Western backers of Kyiv, Ukraine. Topics discussed include supply chain disruption faced across the world, prediction on increase in mortgage payment and household budgets, and short of workers faced by economy of Europe.

The article discusses socialism's and capitalism's relationship with democracy in the U.S., Europe and China, including the economic conditions of the working class. An overview of the size of the middle class in China and Europe, including its decrease in size in Europe, is provided.

The article discusses considerations for discouraging the invasion of Russian armed forces into Europe. Topics discussed include considerations with regard to the deployment of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defense forces in Europe, political and economic crises facing the European continent and the concerns of Russia's governing agency Kremlin regarding the matter.

The article discusses how America and Europe can be examined using three tests including concentration, abnormal profits and openness. Topics discussed include free cashflow of corporate firms; profits and prices that are high compared with other countries, including airlines, credit cards, telecoms, pharmaceutical distribution and credit checking; and ways in which America is the world's largest centre of innovation.

Discusses how a brutal recession in Europe is threatening to wreck the auto business there. European countries that are experiencing growth in the auto industry; Amount of money Volkswagen and Fiat have lost; How companies are responding to these loses; Number of jobs that will be lost; Recession immediate cause of these cutbacks; Forecast that a car `mountain' could build up of unsold vehicles by the mid-1990s.

The article presents brief accounts of socio-political developments in European countries. One of them being the announcement on July 30, 1990 of the long-heralded takeover of International Computers Ltd., Britain's champion in this field, by Fujitsu, the big Japanese specialist, created quite a stir in Europe. It was a reminder that in several fields European corporations cannot compete with the giants of the international marketplace. Another being the issue of growing unemployment in Central and Eastern Europe. In Poland it has now reached 750,000 and is expected to double by the end of the year.

Presents speech by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), given before the 1996 European Banking and Financial Forum held in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 19, 1996, dealing with the issue of how Europe should prepare to meet the challenges of the third millennium. Opportunities for Europe and the rest of the world; Growth of international capital markets.

The article looks at the rise of foreign investments, which was caused by the stability of the U.S. dollar and infusing of foreign currencies in the U.S. stock market. Credit Suisse executive vice-president Hans J. Mast told that stocks of Japan had grown by 500 percent since the 1960s, which was 7 percent higher than the U.S. and partially contributed by the 23.4 percent purchase of Japanese stocks by U.S. investors. Experts predicted that European economies would cut inflation and increase interest rates by 1 percent in 1979.

The article offers information on the predicted economic stagnation of European countries in 1981. It states that year 1981 will bring more unemployment to European countries including West Germany, France, and Great Britain. It also states that West Germany will enter 1981 with an increased current account deficit. It mentions that inflation rate in Europe will remain high during this period.

Presents earnings forecasts for various companies from several European countries that could comprise a diversified do-it-yourself European portfolio.