Business Update: Europe fears flu

By Cecilia Brabin | November 1, 2017

Apr 27. – European stocks were lower on Monday as fears of a swine flu pandemic hit airline, travel, bank and energy shares.

Andrew Potter, Reuters

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Business Update: Europe fears flu

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  1. What is the last thing Europe’s economy needs?
  2. Why?
  3. What has the swine flu pandemic done to markets?
  4. What does this mean?
  5. Which airlines were hit first?
  6. Which companies have benefited from the news about the flu virus?
  7. Who makes ‘Tamiflu’?
  8. Which other pharmaceutical company has seen an increase in share price?
  9. How much has Societe Generale written down according to reports?
  10. How is German consumer sentiment?
  11. What will the effect of this be?
  12. Where is Scania based?
  13. Which brand is expecting to post a significant profit this year?
  14. What happened to key European markets at the beginning of this week?

 

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