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VIENNA/FRANKFURT, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Property and retail giant Signa declared insolvency on Wednesday after last-ditch attempts to secure fresh funding failed, making it the biggest casualty so far of Europe's property crash.Controlled by Austrian magnate Rene Benko, the group is an owner of New York's Chrysler Building as well as several high-profile projects and department stores across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.The multi-billion-euro group, whose tentacles reach from Germany's best-known department store, Berlin's KaDeWe, to the country's top high-street chain Galeria and a skyscraper project, is set to send ripples...

A view shows the logo of the European Central Bank (ECB) outside its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany March 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNovo Nordisk invests $2.3 bln to boost obesity drug productionEuro zone business activity falls in NovECB minutes: Policymakers cautiously optimistic about inflationSTOXX 600 up 0.3%Nov 23 (Reuters) - European shares rose on Thursday, supported by gains in energy stocks, while investors digested minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) October meeting where policymakers were cautiously optimistic about inflation falling in the euro zone.The pan-European STOXX...