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Bratislava Defends Financial Health After Being Ranked Slovakia’s Most Indebted City
City Hall points to a debt ratio of 45.91% in 2025, a €24 million surplus and a 2030 target of 40%, arguing its capital-...
Slovak GDP Growth Slows to 0.7% in Q2 as Investment Declines
Second-quarter GDP grew 0.7% year on year, the weakest pace in four quarters, as higher consumption offset falling inves...
Slovak Retail Pipeline Adds 56,000 sqm by Year-End as Mall Rents Rise 11%
CBRE Slovakia reports 10 new retail projects, mostly western retail parks, as prime mall rents hit €78/sqm and tenant sa...
Ukraine Asks EU for €220 Million in Farm Aid as War and Drought Hit Harvests
Kyiv has formally requested EU funds for farmers struggling under Russian attacks and drought, while Brussels studies al...
Slovak GDP Growth Slows to 0.7% in Q2, Trailing EU as Fiscal Squeeze Bites
Weak industry, fiscal consolidation and lower investment kept Slovakia at its slowest annual growth in a year, while the...
Telehealth 'Pill Mills' Are Turning Easy Access Into a Patient-Safety Problem
Cash-pay telehealth sites are prescribing GLP-1s, ketamine and other drugs after minimal screening. Clinicians and a JAM...
Gen Z Is Drinking as Much as Older Americans—but Spending More Per Drink
New IWSR data shows 74% of US Gen Z adults drank in the past six months, up from 66% three years ago and nearly matching...
SanDisk Technical Note Says Correction May Be Over After Slump Below $1,000
A promotional HSBC technical analysis argues SanDisk's correction from $2,350 below $1,000 may be exhausted, citing Fibo...
Rheinmetall Stock Climbs Back to €1,175 as Technical Recovery Builds
BNP Paribas’ daily note says Rheinmetall has recovered about 31% from its June low and is testing a former gap level, wi...
US Futures Steady as Cooling Producer Prices Bolster Fed-Hold Bets
Cooling producer prices and a modest rise in jobless claims leave US futures sideways, while Applied Materials slips aft...
Lonely Planet's 23 Fall 2026 Destinations: Festivals, Fewer Crowds and Lower Prices
The autumn 2026 list spans Seoul's lantern and kimchi festivals, Oaxaca's Día de los Muertos, New Zealand camper trips a...
Drone Alert Turns European Defence Into an Investor Theme
After a drone scare at Leipzig Airport, investors are re-examining Europe's defence sector, with TKMS reporting a record...
What the iShares EURO STOXX 50 ETF Really Offers — and Where It Falls Short
A data-driven look at the fund's country, sector and stock concentration shows when a pure eurozone blue-chip ETF fits a...
Zangge Mining first-half profit doubles as Julong Copper stake contributes 78%
Potash and lithium margins improve, but the 30.78% stake in Julong Copper supplied most of the RMB3.64bn first-half prof...
Agora Beats Q2 Revenue Guidance With 18% Growth and Extends GAAP Profit Run
Agora, Inc. posted second-quarter revenue of $40.42 million, above the top end of its guidance, and guided Q3 to $41–42 ...
China Turns 'New R&D Institutions' Into Core Engines for 2035 Tech Goals
Flexible, market-run research bodies are now central to Beijing's innovation policy, backed by record R&D spending, new ...
RiverStone International and QBE Agree $1.6bn Legacy Reinsurance Transfer
Loss portfolio transfer agreements cover North American middle-market, workers’ compensation and European liability rese...
Korean Re First-Half Net Income Soars 77.6% on Strong Investments and Fewer Claims
Korean Re's first-half 2026 net income rose 77.6% to KRW 347.3bn, as a sharp jump in investment profit and benign large-...
United Card Showdown: Explorer, Quest, Club and Business Compared
United's MileagePlus revamp made cobranded cards more valuable, but the right pick depends on how often you fly and whic...
How Artisan Cheesemakers and Winemakers Are Reviving a Remote Tuscan Island
On Capraia, a volcanic island of about 150 residents, a new generation of producers is rebuilding local cheese, wine, ho...
OpenAI Ships a Linux ChatGPT Desktop Preview—but the Browser Still Wins for Now
OpenAI's proprietary Electron client brings ChatGPT, Work and Codex to Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora, but early testing find...
Acura's Nexera Vision Concept Maps the Brand's Next Design Era
The Monterey reveal teases Acura's future styling—including a new A-Mark signature and a likely hybrid RDX—as Honda's lu...
Marines’ Darwin Rotation Becomes First Certified Air-Ground Task Force in 15 Years
The 2026 Marine Rotation Force-Darwin is the program’s first certified Special Purpose MAGTF, operating across the Indo-...
Fitch Warns New Student Visa Time Limits Could Hit US College Revenues
Fitch Ratings says the end of duration of status may raise revenue risks for colleges, particularly those with heavy int...
Pentagon Signs $2.03 Billion in Battery and Critical Minerals Supply Deals
Conditional loan and equity commitments target battery cells, rare earth magnets and bauxite processing as the Defense D...
Airbus Initial Findings: Air India A320 Lost Normal Flight Control for Four Seconds
Airbus's early assessment of Flight AI 2379 says all three hydraulic systems lost pressure, leaving pilots without norma...
From Teenage Carpenter to AI Founder: The Trunk Tools Story
Sarah Buchner turned a construction career that began as a teenage carpenter into Trunk Tools, an AI startup helping con...
Ajay Ajmera Brings 60 Surat Textile Vendors to Bharat Mandapam Trade Fair
A 10,000 sq ft pavilion at Bharatiya Vyapar Mahotsav 2026 will showcase Surat's fabric and apparel suppliers to national...
X Opens Its Ranking Algorithm and Adds a Shadowban Checker
X published more of its 'For You' code on GitHub and introduced tools that let accounts see if ranking labels have limit...
US Opens Door to Vetted Private Firms to Launch Offensive Cyber Operations
A new White House memorandum lets vetted cybersecurity companies conduct surveillance and disruptive attacks against for...