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Discover Europe News | FORTUNEhttps://fortune.comFortune 500 Daily & Breaking Business NewsWed, 15 Jan 2025 10:08:00 +0000en-USFortune Media IP Limitedhourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Chocolate prices have exploded—as has the wealth of Mars and Ferrero family empires, outsizing two of the world’s top cocoa-producing countrieshttps://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/24/chocolate-cocoa-prices-inflation-wealth-mars-ferrero-gdp-ghana-ivory-coast-farmers/Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:11:13 +00002025-01-14T15:48:27-05:00Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:48:27 +0000Prarthana PrakashBusinesshttps://fortune.com/2024/04/24//?preview_id=3862303Read More]]>GIUSEPPE CACACE—AFP/Getty ImagesGiovanni Ferrero, head of the Ferrero empire, pictured in 2015.

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The U.K. arm of M&M’s and Snickers‘ parent company grew profits by almost 100% last year, cementing the reign of snacks in a cost-conscious markethttps://fortune.com/europe/2024/10/09/uk-arm-mars-wrigley-snickers-profits/Wed, 09 Oct 2024 05:00:00 +00002025-01-14T14:32:57-05:00Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:32:57 +0000Prarthana PrakashBusinesshttps://fortune.com/2024/10/07//?preview_id=4032026Read More]]>Jacobia Dahm—Bloomberg/Getty ImagesM&M’s is among the chocolate brands owned by Mars.

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Spain will tackle its ‘rich landlords and poor tenants’ problem by hiking property taxes to 100% for non-Europeanshttps://fortune.com/europe/2025/01/14/spain-housing-crisis-property-taxes-non-eu-residents/Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:34:20 +00002025-01-14T07:05:06-05:00Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:05:06 +0000Prarthana PrakashEconomyhttps://fortune.com/2025/01/14//?preview_id=4118427Read More]]>Juan Carlos Lucas—NurPhoto/Getty ImagesProtests over housing rights in Madrid, Spain, in October 2024.

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Nine million square meters of office space is vacant across France. Can ‘urban recycling’ make way for housing or leisure?https://fortune.com/europe/2025/01/14/nine-million-square-meters-of-office-space-is-vacant-across-france-urban-recycling-housing-leisure/Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:16:39 +00002025-01-14T06:17:00-05:00Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:17:00 +0000Alex LedsomWorldhttps://fortune.com/2025/01/14//?preview_id=4118359Read More]]>jean-marc payet via GettyStudies show that poor office space doesn't just deter hiring the best employees but also hampers workplace productivity.

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From lost drink sales to excess fuel, here’s a breakdown of the €15,000 bill Ryanair is seeking from air rage passengerhttps://fortune.com/europe/2025/01/14/ryanair-lost-drink-sales-excess-fuel-breakdown-of-the-15000-bill-seeking-from-air-rage-passenger/Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:16:21 +00002025-01-14T06:16:44-05:00Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:16:44 +0000Ryan HoggBusinesshttps://fortune.com/2025/01/14//?preview_id=4118334Read More]]>Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty ImagesMichael O'Leary has lamented costly instances of air rage on Ryanair flights.

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Why a serial entrepreneur shops at Trader Joe’s, eschews a wristwatch, and believes the future of office work is in your computerhttps://fortune.com/europe/2025/01/14/serial-entrepreneur-yext-saas-roam-howard-lerman/Tue, 14 Jan 2025 07:15:00 +00002025-01-14T02:15:16-05:00Tue, 14 Jan 2025 07:15:16 +0000Jane ThierBusinesshttps://fortune.com/2025/01/13//?preview_id=4117067Read More]]>Courtesy of Yext

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Lloyds Bank will tie its senior bankers’ 2024 bonuses to their office attendancehttps://fortune.com/europe/2025/01/13/lloyds-bank-senior-bankers-bonuses-office-attendance/Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:01:26 +00002025-01-13T07:01:53-05:00Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:01:53 +0000Prarthana PrakashBusinesshttps://fortune.com/2025/01/13//?preview_id=4116968Read More]]>Dinendra Haria—SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesLloyds Bank is the U.K.'s largest lender.

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Dutch chipmaking giant ASML’s key feeder university, located just 5 miles away, suspends lessons after cyber attackhttps://fortune.com/europe/2025/01/13/dutch-chipmaking-giant-asml-key-feeder-university-5-miles-away-suspends-lessons-cyber-attack/Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:46:52 +00002025-01-13T06:56:08-05:00Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:56:08 +0000Ryan HoggBusinesshttps://fortune.com/2025/01/13//?preview_id=4116939Read More]]>Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesTU/e is a key feeder college for ASML.

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The luxury goods market has created its own crisis, and it won’t recover until after 2027https://fortune.com/europe/2025/01/13/luxury-goods-market-slowdown-state-of-fashion/Mon, 13 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +00002025-01-13T01:00:25-05:00Mon, 13 Jan 2025 06:00:25 +0000Prarthana PrakashBusinesshttps://fortune.com/2025/01/10//?preview_id=4115543Read More]]>Mike Kemp—In Pictures/Getty ImagesPeople aren't shopping luxury like they used to—and it might not be the same ever, new State of Fashion report finds.

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This 922-year-old university in England produces the most billionaires—and Albert Einstein, Emma Watson and Bill Clinton are among its famous alumnihttps://fortune.com/europe/2025/01/12/university-most-billionaires-oxford-study/Sun, 12 Jan 2025 11:18:00 +00002025-01-12T06:18:15-05:00Sun, 12 Jan 2025 11:18:15 +0000Orianna Rosa RoyleEducationhttps://fortune.com/2025/01/10//?preview_id=4115442Read More]]>Ryan McVay—Getty ImagesOxford University has seen 10 billionaires in its classrooms and halls—who have a combined wealth of $47.1 billion—including Alex Beard and Sir Michael Jonathan Moritz.

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