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Government Pledges First Aid Payments to Wildfire-Hit French Businesses in August
Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou says 500 firms have already applied for partial activity support, with URSSAF socia...
Winamp Partners with Deezer to Power Its Next-Generation Music Player
Winamp has signed a strategic deal with Deezer to supply streaming technology for a new subscription service that will b...
French salary increases fall to 2% in 2026, lowest since 2021, as companies switch to targeted raises
Mercer France’s annual NAO survey shows median base salary increase budgets at just 2% for 2026, trailing inflation. Emp...
Australia’s Q2 Inflation Cools Below Forecasts, Easing RBA Rate Hike Fears
Consumer price growth slowed more than expected in the second quarter, giving the Reserve Bank of Australia room to hold...
Wall Street Futures Slip as Fed, Big Tech Earnings, and Iran Tensions Converge
US stock futures dipped on Tuesday evening with investors bracing for a pivotal Fed rate decision, a wave of mega-cap te...
French Unemployment Edges Up 0.8% in Q2, Youth Bear the Brunt of the Reversal
The number of fully jobless people registered with France Travail rose to 3.32 million, reversing a first-quarter declin...
France to Double Annual Medical Deductible Caps, Raising Patient Costs to €200 per Year
The French government will double the annual caps on medical deductibles and fixed participation fees from 50 to 100 eur...
French Unions and Employers Urge Caution Over €800m Savings Plan for Workplace Injury Insurance
Facing a government bid to slash the AT-MP branch’s deficit by €800 million from 2027, unions and employers have issued ...
Safran CEO Vows to Meet Airbus and Boeing Engine Demand in 2026-2027 as Aftermarket Boom Drives Record Profits
French engine maker Safran reports record H1 profitability, raises full-year outlook, and pledges to break the productio...
CAC 40 Edges Higher as AI Chip Profit-Taking Weighs; Safran Soars, LVMH Slips
The Paris bourse eked out a modest gain as investors locked in profits on AI and semiconductor names, while falling oil ...
Don’t Put Your Overheated Phone in the Fridge During a Heatwave – Here’s Why
As a new heatwave hits France, experts warn that cooling an overheated smartphone in the refrigerator can cause permanen...
MaPrimeRénov Applications Slide 75% After French Budget Cuts and Rule Tightening
Requests for deep energy retrofit grants fell from 95 000 to under 20 000 in the first half of 2026. Lower subsidies, a ...
La Poste to Increase Stamp and Parcel Prices by 6.73% on Average in 2027
La Poste announced a 6.73% average increase in letter and parcel rates from January 2027, pushing the Lettre verte to €1...
French Government Opens Short-Time Work Scheme for Fire-Hit Businesses as Insurers Pledge Flexibility
More than 13,000 evacuated enterprises in Gironde, Landes and Var can now access France's partial unemployment programme...
AI Cuts Asset Managers’ Workload from Days to Seconds, BCG Sees 25-35% Cost Drop
A new BCG study projects AI could reduce asset management costs by 25–35% within five years, as firms like Sanso Longcha...
Wildfire Crowdfunding Campaign for French Firefighters Tops €43,000
A GoFundMe-style campaign launched by regional president Renaud Muselier has raised over €43,000 in three days to suppor...
Strategy's Bitcoin Freeze Sets Up a Pivotal Earnings Test
Strategy paused Bitcoin purchases for four weeks—its longest freeze in two years—and sold 3,588 BTC to fund dividends. J...
CXMT Surges Over 500% in Shanghai Debut, Surpassing Intel’s Market Cap
Chinese memory chip maker CXMT vaulted to a $530 billion valuation on its first trading day, eclipsing Intel and becomin...
Gold Edges Up on Dollar Weakness as Markets Weigh Middle East Pause and Fed Outlook
Spot gold rose 1% to $4,094.50 on Monday, supported by a softer U.S. dollar, while a halt to U.S.-Iran hostilities eased...
Storj Token Price Climbs 1.61% as Daily Trading Volume Tops $2.7 Million
STORJ, the Ethereum-based token for decentralized file storage, reached $0.0741 late Thursday, with $2.73 million in 24-...
EQT Lifts Perpetual Bid to A$22.50 in Third Push This Month
Swedish private equity giant EQT has raised its non-binding offer for Australia’s Perpetual to A$2.55 billion, a 19% pre...
EU Targets Deal-Makers Behind Russia’s Ghost Fleet, but Oil Keeps Flowing to India and China
EU sanctions on Russian oil traders have failed to halt shadow fleet deliveries to India and China, where deep discounts...
Goldman Sachs: Stocks Historically Stall Before Midterms, Then Rally After
History shows the S&P 500 often treads water in the months before US midterm elections, but typically gains around 6% in...
United Pitched a Merger to Delta Before American Rebuffed Talks – WSJ
The Wall Street Journal reported that United Airlines approached Delta about a merger last year, with a later overture t...
China's CXMT Targets $9.8 Billion IPO as AI Boom Reshapes Memory Chip Market
ChangXin Memory Technologies' Shanghai listing could value it above $130 billion, capitalizing on a strategic retreat by...
Bordeaux Mayor Requests Government Crisis Cell as Wildfires Imperil 6,700 Businesses
Fire-driven evacuations and a devastated tourism season have left thousands of Gironde companies facing what officials c...
Gironde Prefect Shuts Businesses on Monday, Warns Wildfire Could Worsen as Heat Returns
No work in evacuated communes as 220,000 remain displaced; ministers to hold economic crisis talks and insurers meet Tue...
Berlin Pride Attack: Suspect with Terror Conviction Kills One, Injures 29 in Manhunt
A 21-year-old German-Lebanese man known to authorities and convicted in 2026 for preparing a violent act is being hunted...
Normandy D-Day Beaches and Languedoc Fortresses Join UNESCO World Heritage List
France gains two new UNESCO World Heritage sites: the 1944 D-Day landing beaches in Normandy and the medieval royal fort...
Tokenized Assets Surge 267% as Gold and Stock Tokens Drive Crypto's Lone Growth Sector
Gold-backed and equity tokens underpinned a 267% annual expansion in tokenized real-world assets, the only crypto catego...
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