Euro dips further as French central bank chief warns the country risks being ‘strangled by interest rates’ – business live

Euro extends last week’s 1.2% drop amid French debt fears and political uncertainty in Europe Informa, the FTSE 100 events business, has struck a £2.2bn deal to buy the US events organiser Clarion from the private equity firm Blackstone. The £2bn takeover will add more than 100 events to Informa’s portfolio – from the defence and security exhibit DSEI held...