A sliding euro is the latest alarm bell for policymakers facing a surge in French borrowing costs that has started to spill over into the broader euro ​area.

France’s worsening debt outlook, unpopular budget cuts and political uncertainty have driven bond yields higher and weakened the euro, prompting fears that financial stress could spread to other heavily indebted eurozone countries.

The dollar started the week on a firm footing, hovering near a 17-month high on Monday as ​traders weighed receding odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike this month after soft US jobs data while fiscal ‌worries in France left the euro vulnerable.

The dollar started the week on a firm footing, hovering near a 17-month high on Monday as traders weighed receding odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike this month after soft US jobs data while fiscal worries in France left the euro vulnerable.

Spain's snap election will revolve around an issue which has topped voters' list of concerns for ⁠three ⁠years straight but, until a fortnight ago, failed to dominate the political ⁠debate: housing. It was the attempted eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal in central Madrid last month after her building was bought by a real estate firm that upended the ​country's politics.

Protestors clashed with police as thousands took to the streets of the Spanish city of Barcelona Monday to protest against the housing shortage in the country.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain called for early elections on Monday, days after his left-wing governing coalition lost a parliamentary vote to pass a package of emergency housing measures.

Spain’s housing crisis has become the defining issue in the snap election after an elderly woman’s attempted eviction sparked nationwide protests, pushing housing ahead of immigration in the debate. Sánchez’s rent-control and tenant-protection proposals were rejected by opposition lawmakers,

US Supreme Court justices wrestled with complex questions over whether to let local governments try to hold oil companies liable for the

Justices across the ideological spectrum questioned ExxonMobil and Suncor's bid to shut down climate lawsuits brought by Boulder and other governments. What the

Protesters chanted 'They knew! They lied!' outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices wrestled with a bid by oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to thwart a lawsuit by officials in Boulder,

US Supreme Court justices wrestled with a bid by oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to thwart a lawsuit by officials in Boulder, Colorado, seeking monetary damages for harms caused by climate change, as they opened their new nine-month term on Monday. US-based Exxon and Canada-based Suncor appealed after the Colorado Supreme Court let Boulder’s lawsuit accusing them of state law violations proceed. “This case involves an unprecedented...

Schneider Electric SE said it is acquiring US-based engineering software developer PTC Inc. for an implied enterprise value of $23.7 billion.

Schneider Electric is in advanced talks to buy US engineering software provider PTC for about $20bn in a deal that would be the French industrial conglomerate’s largest acquisition, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Schneider Electric has agreed to purchase software company PTC in a deal valuing its equity at around US$22.6 billion. The all-cash acquisition marks the French energy and tech company's latest move to expand into the software and AI market.

France's Schneider ​Electric said ‌on Monday it has ​agreed ​to buy PTC ⁠in ​an all-cash ​deal for $205 per share, valuing ​PTC's ​equity at about $22.6 ‌billion.