Bloomberg After weeks of political turmoil, a semblance of stability is returning to U.K. politics, and the pound is feeling the benefit. Sterling is headed for its longest winning streak in two months before Theresa May took over as prime minister on Wednesday, ending a period of political instability that has lasted since the U.K. voted to leave the ...

  Bloomberg Romanian consumers, the driving force behind one of Europe’s fastest-growing economies, must step aside under a new growth plan that will funnel €17bn into manufacturing and production, according to Deputy Prime Minister Costin Borc. The strategy — drawn up with the central bank and President Klaus Iohannis — runs to 2020 and envisages gross domestic product jumping by ...

AFP Eurozone industrial production fell back 1.2 percent month on month in May, reversing a revised 1.4 percent rise for April, Eurostat data showed on Wednesday, raising concerns of sluggish growth. Explaining the fall, the European statistics body cited production of energy falling by 4.3 percent, capital goods by 2.3 percent and durable consumer goods by 1.4 percent. A Capital ...