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Houthi Capture of Bab el-Mandeb Turns Yemen Conflict into a Global Trade Risk
The Houthis' seizure of Mokha and Mayyoun Island puts the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint at the centre of a widening conflict ...
BFM Business Lines Up 18h Eco Panel With Altares, Rexecode and Trenitalia Guests
The French business channel's early-evening economics programme returned on 15 September with guests spanning credit dat...
Michel-Edouard Leclerc Tells French Politicians Not to Blame €2,050 Median Earners for Public Debt
Michel-Edouard Leclerc says the 2027 election debate must focus on daily household pressures and job anxiety, not lectur...
ECB Hikes as Oil Passes $100 and Markets Price in the Fed
ECB raised rates by 25bp, Brent crude jumped above $100, and markets now put the odds of a Fed hike at over 85% as bond ...
How French Schools Are Using Cultural Projects to Teach Differently
France's education portal outlines school actions in reading, heritage, sport, science and languages, framing cultural p...
Dyson Pauses €479 CameraJet Toothbrush Sales in France Over Batch Fault
Dyson confirms a 'proactive and temporary' halt of its premium AI-equipped toothbrush in France after a limited componen...
France Targets Top OECD Ranking by 2033 After PISA 2025 Reading and Maths Slide
Paris has announced a national recovery plan after PISA 2025 showed OECD-wide learning fragility. It aims for a 20-point...
France’s Strong First-Half Tax Take Gives Government a Fiscal Breather
Bercy collected €275bn in H1 2026 tax revenue, up 3.7% from a year earlier and well above 1.9% nominal GDP growth. The s...
Big Mamma's BigFest Packs Paris's Hottest Tables Into a 4,500 m² Food and Music Venue
Big Mamma's two-day BigFest brings Au Pied de Cochon, Angelina, Kodawari Ramen and DJ Cerrone under one roof at La Felic...
Nearly Half of French Under-30s Now See Entrepreneurship as an Ideal Career
Bpifrance's 2025 entrepreneurial index reveals a sharp generational split: young people are more confident, more likely ...
French TV Host Loses €9,000 in Caller-ID Bank Scam
Agathe Lecaron says a fake call displayed her bank’s name, and a second scam targeted her mobile operator. Her bank refu...
Investing.com's Real-Time Crypto Chart: What the Trade Warning Actually Says
The page lets users track hundreds of cryptocurrencies live, but the accompanying disclosure says prices may be indicati...
Perpetual Futures Prices Are a Sentiment Gauge, Not an Opening Forecast
Investing.com’s perpetual futures quotes run 24/7 across indices, stocks, commodities and crypto, but they are indicativ...
Pasqal's Nasdaq Debut Surges 73% as Quantum Investing Heats Up
French quantum computer maker Pasqal jumped as much as 73% on its Nasdaq debut before settling near a 40% gain, highligh...
Italian Business and Consumer Confidence Improve in August, But Growth Still Subdued
ISTAT data shows consumer sentiment up for a second month and business sentiment up for a third, but both missed or bare...
Medef Flexes Political Muscle Ahead of France's 2027 Presidential Race
The French employers' federation is using a 66,000-company survey and a candidate debate at Roland-Garros to make busine...
Taiwan's Chip Secrets Under Siege: How China Poaches TSMC Talent and Skirts Export Bans
Taiwanese prosecutors and researchers say Chinese groups use shell companies and triple salaries to lure chip engineers,...
Le Maire’s 2027 Manifesto: Retirement at 65, VAT Shift and a Six-Nation EU Core
The former economy minister unveils a 60-page 2027 platform: retirement at 65, de-indexed pensions, a VAT shift and a si...
Rhine at 6cm: Barge Loads Tumble to 400 Tonnes and Surcharges Pass €1,000
The historic low at the Kaub bottleneck is forcing barge operators to cut loads and charge steep low-water surcharges, w...
France's Richest Already Pay Proportionally More Tax, Peyrelevade Argues
A French parliamentary inquiry has forced the tax authority to publish long-held top-income data, reviving a dispute ove...
Why M&A Culture Is Set by the CEO's Earliest Trade-Offs
Mergers force rapid decisions on brands, portfolios and people. Leaders often treat culture as a later fix, but those ea...
DL Invest Presses abrdn Logistics Over Delayed Final Asset Sale and Exit Costs
DL Invest has asked for a revised timetable and cost evidence, warning of capital erosion as the final sale slips; abrdn...
Gold Steadies Near $4,337 as Traders Wait for Fed July Minutes
Gold stabilises after Tuesday's bond-yield slide, with FOMC minutes due at 18:00 GMT and CME pricing showing a 64% chanc...
Inside the Pays de Savoie: The Regional Pitch Behind Zonebourse's Alpine Stock List
High Swiss-border incomes in Haute-Savoie and tourism-led services in Savoie underpin a thematic list spanning SEB, Dano...
Why France's 500,000 Business Handovers Stall Before Successors Sign On
France's succession debate focuses on finding buyers, but a quieter obstacle is emerging: identified heirs walk away bec...
Nvidia and Broadcom's AI Financing Tools Shift Compute Control Away From Hyperscalers
Barclays says $500bn and $35bn financing platforms let large AI buyers fund compute capacity outside big cloud providers...
Mohamed Bouhafsi: TV heavyweight and surprise name for Olympique de Marseille presidency
The C à vous host and head of 3e Œil Productions has built a rare mix of on-air and production power. A spring rumour no...
Reinhold Würth: Germany's Richest Man Built a Fastener Empire and a Free Art Museum Network
Reinhold Würth, 91, tops Forbes' German rich list with an estimated €42bn, built on screws and bolts. His less-visible l...
France's Poverty Spike Renews Call to Shift Social Policy From Repair to Prevention
France's poverty rate hit 16.3% in 2025, argues precarity specialist Florian Guyot, exposing a welfare system that repai...
Autonomous AI Agents Breach Taiwan Government Systems in a First
Dream researchers say up to eight AI agents mapped 21 Taiwanese systems over four days, compromised 85 accounts, stole 2...
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