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Putin vs Poroshenko: European court claims near $100 billion

Bloomberg Ukraine’s war with pro-Russian rebels may be frozen but the legal battle between Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko is just heating up. The $3 billion lawsuit Russia filed against Ukraine in London last week over a bond default is just a fraction of the $63 billion Ukraine is seeking in lawsuits and other legal claims from Stockholm to The ...

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Peugeot vows new profit plan with restructuring complete

Bloomberg PSA Peugeot Citroen will set new growth goals after cost-cutting and recovering demand in Europe helped the French automaker beat targets set two years ago following a bailout. Automotive operating profit last year was 5 percent of revenue, far exceeding a 2 percent margin goal for 2018, the company said in a statement Wednesday. Free cash flow was almost ...

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Germany’s yield curve flattens

Bloomberg Germany’s 30-year government bonds advanced for a fifth day, reducing the extra yield they offer over shorter maturities, known as flattening the yield curve, as the nation prepared to auction debt due in July 2044 on Wednesday. German bonds rose as European stocks declined with sliding oil prices prompting investors’ demand for safer assets. With the average yield on ...

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