Ryan Hogg

Bank of England in the City of London on 29th January 2025 in London, United Kingdom.

Traders are moving so much gold from the Bank of England to the U.S. to avoid Trump tariffs that the waiting time has reportedly octupled

/europe/2025/01/31/waiting-time-get-gold-out-bank-england-reportedly-octupled-trump-tariff-threats-spark-exodus-us/

A Virgin Money UK Plc bank branch in Middlesbrough, UK, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Nationwide Building Society has reached a preliminary agreement to buy Virgin Money UK Plc for £2.9 billion ($3.7 billion), in a deal that raises the stakes for consolidation among Britain's mid-sized lenders.

Virgin Money chatbot tells off customer who typed word ‘virgin’

/europe/2025/01/30/virgin-money-chatbot-scolds-customer-confuse-banks-name-insult/

Christophe Fouquet, chief executive officer of ASML Holding NV, at the Bloomberg Tech Summit in London, UK, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.

ASML boss cites ‘Moore’s law’ for DeepSeek optimism as he warns investors to get ready for more AI ‘elephants in the room’

/europe/2025/01/29/asml-boss-cites-moores-law-deepseek-optimism-ai-elephants/

Governor of Czech National Bank Aleš Michl (L) and Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva (R), Deputy General Manager at Bank for International Settlements, arrive to participate in the morning session during of the second day of the 2023 European Central Bank Forum on Central Banking on June 27, 2023, in Sintra, Portugal.

Czech central bank chief wants the country to buy billions of dollars in Bitcoin as he claims Trump ‘guys’ have created a bubble

/europe/2025/01/29/czech-central-bank-chief-country-buy-billions-dollars-bitcoin-trump-guys-bubble/

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), the SPD's lead candidate for the 2025 federal election, visits the Samson AG construction site as part of the federal election campaign.

Germany stuck in ‘deep economic crisis’ as major industry lobby predicts longest downturn since 1990 reunification

/europe/2025/01/28/germany-stuck-deep-economic-crisis-major-industry-lobby-bdi-predicts-longest-downturn-since-1990-reunification/

Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he doesn’t wear a watch in London anymore amid Rolex mugging surge

/europe/article/billionaire-sir-jim-ratcliffe-doesnt-wear-watch-london-anymore-amid-rolex-mugging-surge/

Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media on August 27; 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the Group CEO of Ryanair annonced 9 new routes for W2024 from Charleroi airport, and none from Brussels due to the high airport charges.

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary hopes Donald Trump’s victory will wake up Europe’s ‘complacent f–king liberal governments’ in broadside at Germany

/europe/2025/01/27/ryanair-ceo-michael-oleary-hopes-donald-trumps-victory-wake-up-complacent-liberal-governments-europe-broadside-germany/

Donald Trump’s threat to ‘51st State’ Ireland on the same level as U.K.’s Brexit risks, country’s oldest stockbroker warns

/europe/2025/01/27/donald-trump-threat-51st-state-ireland-same-level-uk-brexit-risks-countrys-oldest-stockbroker-goodbody-warns/

French gendarmes stand alert on a street in Mereau, near Vierzon, central France on January 23, 2025, as they secure the area following the kidnapping of David Ballard - the co-founder of a company specialising in securing cryptoassets. The co-founder of a company specialising in securing cryptoassets, who was kidnapped on January 21, in France's Cher department for ransom, was released by the gendarmerie on January 22, the Paris public prosecutor's office, which is leading the investigation said. David Balland, a partner and co-founder of Ledger, was kidnapped from his home in the early hours of January 22, he was then held 'at another address', the public prosecutor's office said.

French military police rescue co-founder of €1.3bn crypto startup Ledger after bungled Paris kidnapping goes wrong

/europe/2025/01/24/french-military-police-rescue-co-founder-13bn-crypto-startup-ledger-bungled-paris-kidnapping-goes-wrong/

A bartender holds a plate with pink champagne and a woman in a cocktail dress takes one of the glasses at an event, party or wedding.

Americans are panic buying Italian Prosecco after Trump victory as tariff fears send imports soaring 40%

/europe/2025/01/24/americans-panic-buying-italian-prosecco-after-trump-victory-tariff-fears-set-imports-soaring/

Daniel Ek’s body scanning startup hits £1.4 billion valuation with 100,000 people lining up to pay £299 for a health check

/europe/2025/01/23/daniel-ek-body-scanning-startup-valuation-100000-people-lining-up-pay-299-for-health-check/

Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk gestures while speaking during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

German museum removed space exhibit featuring Elon Musk because it didn’t have room for ‘comprehensive historical portrayal’ of billionaire

/europe/2025/01/22/german-museum-removed-space-exhibit-featuring-elon-musk-because-didnt-have-room-for-comprehensive-historical-portrayal-billionaire/

Nicolai Tangen, chief executive officer of Norges Bank Investment Management, during a panel session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

CEO Nicolai Tangen, whose Norway wealth fund owns $173 billion of the Magnificent 7, tells investors to sell U.S. tech stocks

/europe/2025/01/22/ceo-nicolai-tangen-norway-wealth-fund-owns-173-billion-magnificent-7-tells-investors-sell-us-tech-stocks/

Ray Dalio, Founder and CIO Mentor, Bridgewater Associates speaks onstage during The Wall Street Journal's 2024 The Future Of Everything Festival at Spring Studios on May 22, 2024 in New York City.

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns U.K. is at risk of entering ‘debt death spiral’

/europe/2025/01/21/billionaire-investor-ray-dalio-warns-uk-risk-entering-debt-death-spiral/

Picture taken on September 4, 2023 shows windmills at the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm constructed by Danish windpower giant Orsted in 2002-2003 in the Baltic Sea near Gedser in Denmark.

World’s largest offshore wind farm maker Orsted takes fresh $1.7 billion write-down in the U.S. as its Trump nightmare begins

/europe/2025/01/21/worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm-maker-orsted-takes-fresh-billion-write-down-us-trump-nightmare-begins/

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Ryan is a Europe business reporter at Fortune, writing news and features about the region from the company’s London bureau. Prior to joining Fortune, Ryan was a business reporter at Insider and has previously worked for the Financial Times. 


Ryan is a Europe business reporter at Fortune, writing news and features about the region from the company’s London bureau. Prior to joining Fortune, Ryan was a business reporter at Insider and has previously worked for the Financial Times.

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