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Paris Court Narrows Corporate Control Test in Vivendi Minority Shareholder Case
The Paris Court of Appeal has ruled that Vincent Bolloré does not control Vivendi despite a near-30% stake and deep mana...
Kazakhstan's $160bn Kashagan Arbitration Tests Oil Majors and Resource Nationalism
Astana says graft-inflated contracts delayed Kashagan by a decade; NCOC rejects the claims in an arbitration that could ...
Ten Spectacular, Crowd-Free Islands Worth the Journey
From Socotra to Little Corn Island, Les Echos has catalogued ten low-density island escapes, with what makes each distin...
France's New 'Bornistes' Bring a Human Face to Highway EV Charging
TotalEnergies and APRR are staffing busy motorway chargers with trained seasonal workers to help novice EV drivers and s...
EasyJet Cancels Around 100 France Flights as Cabin Crew Strike Over Unstable Rosters
Cabin crew unions say nearly 80% of operational staff joined the walkout, grounding more than half of EasyJet's schedule...
Trump Says He Will Declare Strait of Hormuz U.S. Territory; Iran Vows to Keep Blockade
The president's remark at a New York rally drew a sharp Iranian rebuke as the strategic oil chokepoint stays shut and U....
Bercy Confirms Two Tax-Data Breaches Affecting Up to 878,000 People
The DGFiP says stolen names, addresses and tax-reference income for 678,000 accounts make identity fraud easier, with a ...
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Slides to 51.0 as Conflict-Driven Inflation Fears Return
The University of Michigan index fell from 55.2 to 51.0 in August, reversing two months of gains as households raised ne...
SAFE windfall set to entrench Poland's state-owned defence hierarchy
Poland's top 30 defence manufacturers are scaling fast, but the EU's €44bn SAFE allocation may cement the dominance of s...
Investors Sue Selena Gomez and Wondermind Co-Founders Over Alleged Securities Fraud
Two investment entities claim Wondermind misled them about partnerships, revenue and Gomez's role, then used their nearl...
Bezos-Led Consortium Buys About 30% Stake in Liverpool FC at $7.4 Billion Valuation
Jeff Bezos, Eduardo Saverin and the Mittal family have agreed to buy a minority share of Liverpool from Fenway Sports Gr...
Meta Opens Its Strongest AI Model to the Public and Challenges OpenAI and Anthropic
The social giant will release Muse Spark 1.2 weights and a laptop-focused Muse Glimmer family, positioning open-source A...
EU Pesticide Plan Could Push Coffee and Citrus Prices Sharply Higher
Brussels is weighing a 'technical zero' residue rule for imports. New modelling warns of sharply higher coffee, citrus a...
Kim Riter's Third Cookbook Blends Farm-to-Table Recipes, Design and Color-Based Health Tips
Cookbook author Kim Riter mixes farm-to-table cooking, design advice and the health benefits of colorful produce in The ...
A Singapore Team Built a Wearable Spider-Man Web Shooter That Fires and Retracts
HeroTech's forearm-mounted replica fires a web-like line and spools it back automatically, with build files released for...
Slovenia's DARS Names Acting CEO After Ribič Exit; SDS Candidate in Frame
DARS has appointed former RTV Slovenija chief Anton Guzej as acting CEO after Andrej Ribič's departure, amid political p...
Croatia’s Geoenergija and KazMunayGas Register Kazakh Oil Exploration Venture
Croatia’s state-owned Geoenergija and Kazakhstan’s KazMunayGas have formed Shygys Operating to explore a 2,400 sq km Akt...
Macau Lawmaker Calls for Annual Financial Forum Linking China, Lusophone and Hispanic Markets
Legislator Ip Sio Kai has asked Macau's government to create an annual finance forum spanning mainland China, Portuguese...
Cape Verde President Promulgates Revised 2026 State Budget of €942 Million
The rectified budget raises state spending from €868m to €942m, with new funds for education, oncology and kidney transp...
BADEA Signs €35m First Private-Sector Loan with Angola's Omatapalo
The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa has signed a €35m loan with Angola's Omatapalo to fund construction equ...
The Public Ad Tech Era Is Over as Four Delistings Signal a Market Rethink
Nielsen's $2.15 billion DoubleVerify deal is the latest exit in a year that also saw IAS, LiveRamp and Criteo leave publ...
YouTube Extends CTV Ad Lead as Disney and Paramount Mergers Loom
Digiday+ research finds YouTube again leads ad-supported streaming placements and budgets, while Disney and Paramount me...
Big Tech's AI Bond Wave Is Repricing Canadian, Swiss and Sterling Credit
Alphabet and Amazon have become top issuers in smaller currency bond markets, pushing long-term borrowing costs higher a...
Koplowitz's Morinvest Exits Indra After 270% Rally, Buying Repsol, Aena and Berkshire
The €620m Spanish SICAV took profits in defense-linked Indra and Amadeus, moved into Repsol and Aena, and lifted its Ber...
Eight Euro Stoxx 50 Stocks With More Than 25% Analyst Upside
Strategists argue July's AI-led correction was rotation, not retreat. LSEG consensus data highlights eight Euro Stoxx 50...
Independence Day Has Become a Consumer Holiday—and the Cure May Be Local
A personal essay from The Economic Times traces how August 15 shifted from spontaneous post-Partition celebration to fla...
Australia's Largest Gun Buyback Since 1996 to Start in NSW on November 2
New South Wales will begin compensating firearm owners up to A$1,000 per weapon from November 2, part of the response to...
Land Rover Reveals Limited-Edition Road-Legal Defender Dakar
Land Rover has unveiled a limited-run, road-legal Defender Dakar with a 626bhp BMW V8, derived from the D7x platform tha...
Aston Martin’s New 839bhp Valen Is a Lighter, More Aggressive Vanquish
The Q Division special pairs a 839bhp twin-turbo V12 with a 110kg weight cut, limited to 150 examples — but trades class...
Porsche Builds a One-Off 911 GT2 RS That Channels the 935 Moby Dick
A single customer car gets slantnose bodywork, Manthey aero and obsessive weight trimming — road legal and tested around...