Friday, December 08, 2006
ECB bows to political pressure from Paris
Daily Telegraph - The European Central Bank has raised interest rates a sixth time in a year to 3.5pc but took a dovish tone on future moves, yielding to protests from French politicians. Jean-Claude Trichet, the ECB's president, dropped the usual warning that
Euronext says 20.8 bln eur raised from IPOs this yr including MW Tops
Forbes - PARIS (AFX) - Euronext NV said the amount of money raised from initial public offerings on its stock markets this year has risen to 20.8 bln eur with today's listing in Amsterdam of MW Tops, a hedge fund managed by Marshall Wace LLP. The IPOs have
