Browsing: Europes

Two years ago, at this very same Symposium, I argued that Europe had a unique opportunity.[2]

Neno, the Dutch FinTech building an AI-native workspace to automate accounting for small and medium-sized enterprises, has raised €6.6m in seed funding to expand its platform across Europe.

Europe’s ageing problem clearly poses economic challenges. But the conventional view often overlooks the continent’s large, untapped labour reserves. The participation of women, younger people and older workers has significant upside potential. Europe is proving capable of mobilising them

The automotive world is full of icons. Some are small, like the Mini Cooper and Volkswagen Beetle, while others are much larger, like America’s beloved pickup trucks. Then there are the cars that become icons because they are so closely tied to a specific market or culture, like Japan’s kei cars.

Europe has spent much of the past decade worrying about its inability to produce technology companies capable of competing with Silicon Valley. Its most valuable private businesses suggest that the gap remains formidable—but that the continent is finally developing companies of genuine global significance.

Europe has often been disparaged for lagging behind the U.S. in technology. It’s not just a matter of cultural differences: the critics are actually right. Europe may have a leading position in terms of green policies (reusing old wind turbines as sound barriers is a good example), but the region is undoubtedly playing catch-up in…

LONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Record temperatures across Europe are piling fresh pressure on food prices, supply chains and heavily indebted economies, creating another headache for financial markets already roiled by an Iran war-driven energy shock.