Prosecutors raid France’s biggest banks in tax fraud sweep
The raids were part of a widening investigation spanning four continents and involving dozens of banks in an alleged scheme to avoid paying taxes.
Analysis: French anger shifts from pension law to focus on Macron
Protests have been less about the fury over raising of the retirement age and more about Macron and the way he rammed the law through...
The race to rebuild Ukraine, ‘the world’s largest construction site’ VIEW
As the country's leaders lay postwar plans, companies from around the world are jockeying for advantage in what could be a multibillion dollar effort.
Displaced by war, Ukrainians open a new front as entrepreneurs
Thousands of Ukrainians are picking up shattered lives and trying to start over, many creating small businesses that they hope will bring fresh purpose.
Fleeing war in Ukraine, they’re met with employers offering paychecks
As the wartime exodus from Ukraine grows larger, companies are rushing forward with offers of employment, as well as to fill their own labor shortages.
The future farmers of France are tech savvy — and they want weekends off VIEW
France is the European Union’s main breadbasket, accounting for one-fifth of all agricultural output, but a crisis is bearing down in the form of a...
Global deal to end tax havens moves ahead as nations back 15% rate
Many of the world’s most powerful nations agreed to overhaul international tax rules in an effort to rein in tax havens that have diverted needed...
Europe’s economic outlook clouded by delta variant
Across Europe, governments and businesses are maneuvering to try to stop a surge in coronavirus cases — driven by the rapid spread of the delta...