Global Markets | Banks, media stocks lift European shares, markets brace for Trump's Iran deadlineEuropean shares rose on Tuesday, led by media and banking stocks, though a looming deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz kept in...
07 Apr, 2026, 03.18 PM IST
Cash-free Sweden backpedals on banknotesSweden is reversing its move towards a cashless society. Citizens are now advised to keep cash for emergencies. Grocery stores and pharmaci...
18 Mar, 2026, 07.24 PM IST
European shares fall as Trump's anti-Powell tirade adds to uncertaintyEuropean shares fell on Tuesday as heavyweight Novo Nordisk slumped, while U.S. President Donald Trump's vocal attacks on Federal Reserve C...
22 Apr, 2025, 01.35 PM IST
Global rate-hike marathon may keep going in NordicsOn Thursday, Sweden's Riksbank could deliver yet another quarter-point salvo, taking its key rate to 4.25% to fight inflation or not, depen...
19 Nov, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
Claudia Goldin wins the 2023 Nobel Economics PrizeClaudia Goldin has been awarded the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for her work on women's lab...
09 Oct, 2023, 07.58 PM IST
Nobel awards to take place in Stockholm with full glitz and glamourMany laureates from 2020 and 2021 will be attending this year as well as the 2022 winners - last year for example there was a ceremony but ...
10 Dec, 2022, 01.37 PM IST
Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig win 2022 Nobel Economics PrizeThe prize, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, is the last of this year's crop of...
10 Oct, 2022, 06.42 PM IST
Banks keep European shares afloatInvestors also watched for any new developments in the ongoing energy crisis in Europe amid the stoppage of Russian natural gas supply, pro...
20 Sep, 2022, 02.14 PM IST
European shares fall, Italian stocks slide on political worriesItaly's MIB index dropped after the 5-Star Movement said it will not take part in a parliamentary confidence vote later in the day, in a mo...
14 Jul, 2022, 01.31 PM IST
Economists Card, Angrist and Imbens win 2021 Nobel prizeCanada-born Card took half the prize for his empirical contributions to labour economics, the academy said, while Angrist and Imbens shared...
11 Oct, 2021, 03.59 PM IST
European stocks edge higher in cautious tradingThe pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.1% by 0713 GMT after Asian shares slid as concerns grew over the Chinese economy after a run of s...
02 Sep, 2021, 02.09 PM IST
People in Sweden may lose access to notesAs the usage of cash declines, the cost for providing notes and coins increases.
02 Mar, 2018, 12.05 PM IST
India's share of global economy to increase: Lars Heikensten, Executive Director, Nobel FoundationDemocratic countries like India, which also have a growing role in the world, need to step up. I think the policies of India are important,...
14 Jan, 2017, 02.22 PM IST
Scottish economist Angus Deaton wins Nobel prize in EconomicsDeaton has won the Nobel prize in economic sciences for “his analysis of consumption, poverty and welfare,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sc...
13 Oct, 2015, 06.07 AM IST
Polaris Financial Technology wins contract from Swedish Central BankBank users will benefit from more efficient use of collateral assets and Riksbank will gain real-time control and greater flexibility.
05 Jun, 2014, 05.02 PM IST
Finland, Sweden hit by record official recessions in 2009Blast of the global downturn hit Finland & Sweden with the worst recessions for more than half a century last year. File: Crisis at AIG | W...
02 Mar, 2010, 03.02 AM IST
- Sweden approves $200 billion bailout plan
Sweden's Parliament approved a $200 billion rescue package for the nation's financial sector.
29 Oct, 2008, 05.35 PM IST