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European Mid-Caps, EM Equities and Local Debt Still Top Picks for H2 2026, Says Investir
Investir reaffirms its three favoured asset classes after a strong first half, arguing European mid-caps remain underval...
CAC 40 and oil prices stabilise as Pakistan hints at US-Iran arrangement
Brent crude slips back below $88 after Islamabad signals talks are making progress, calming a jittery oil market and hel...
Why July’s US Inflation Report Could Jolt Markets and Reshape Fed Bets
The US consumer price index for July is expected to show headline inflation easing to 3.4% and core to 2.5%. With the Fe...
Wall Street Edges Higher on Renewed Hormuz Deal Hopes, Eyeing CPI
US stocks posted modest gains Tuesday as diplomatic signals pointed to a possible breakthrough on the Strait of Hormuz, ...
Microsoft's AI Discipline Spurs Record Share Jump, Quelling Capex Fears
A late-July earnings call showed Microsoft can pour billions into AI infrastructure while preserving cash flow, erasing ...
Solar Eclipse Panic Buying Sends French Glasses Sales to Record High
Manufacturers Bresser and Sodap-Sobomex report record volumes as France prepares for the August 12 eclipse, with some re...
French Physio Students Face Forced Placement in Medical Deserts as Tuition Cost Divide Endures
France’s health insurer wants to force newly qualified physiotherapists to work two years in underserved areas, but stud...
France orders nursing homes to publish three key staffing indicators for family scrutiny
A decree now requires France’s 7,500 elderly care homes to publicly disclose their staff-to-resident ratio, absenteeism ...
Low-Cost Destabilization: How Belarus Is Weaponizing Migration Against Latvia
Latvia is facing a record surge of illegal crossings orchestrated by Belarus as part of a Russian hybrid-warfare strateg...
The Donation of Constantine: How a Medieval Forgery Rewrote European History
The fabricated fourth-century document claiming Rome and the West were given to the Pope by Emperor Constantine shaped t...
BNP Paribas’ 19th-Century Birthplace at 14 Rue Bergère to House Accenture After €100M Revamp
The historic headquarters of Comptoir National d’Escompte de Paris, a forerunner of BNP Paribas, is being transformed in...
Hedios Patrimoine H Performance 71 Offers Up to 48% Annual Return, but Only if Markets Soar
The new structured note promises eye-catching yields if the Euro iStoxx 50 Equal Weight index rallies, yet investors cou...
France's Wildfire Bill: 120,000 Hectares Burned and a Multi-Billion-Euro Tab for Taxpayers
Fighting the blazes and rebuilding will cost billions, straining local councils, insurers, and key industries like touri...
France's 'All in the Equation' Series Puts Women in STEM Centre Stage
The French Education Ministry’s new series profiles female mathematicians, engineers and researchers to break stereotype...
French Unemployment Climbs to 8.3%, PM Lecornu Defends Macron's Labour Legacy
French unemployment rose to 8.3% in Q2 2026, highest since 2020. PM Lecornu blamed a new full-employment law that reclas...
Mapei’s Green Construction Boom Clouded by EU Price-Fixing Probe
Family-run Mapei has built a €4.4bn construction chemicals empire on sustainability trends, but an EU antitrust investig...
AfCFTA Seals $3.1 Billion Pact to Digitise African Customs
The African Continental Free Trade Area has signed a 20-year, $3.1 billion concession with Bergmans Security to deploy d...
Zuckerberg Defends Open-Source Superintelligence, Pledges $1B Community Fund
Mark Zuckerberg outlines Meta’s vision of widespread superintelligence access, proposes government collaboration on AI s...
EU Gas Reserves Plunge to 2009 Low as Ormuz Stranglehold and Russian Halt Bite
Europe’s gas storage levels have slumped to just 57% — the lowest August level since 2009 — as the blockade of the Strai...
Best Sport Bluetooth Earbuds of 2026: Sennheiser, Beats, Creative Lead the Pack
From heart-rate monitoring to bone conduction, the latest sports earbuds pack advanced features for runners, cyclists, a...
French Summer Holiday Budget Slumps to Lowest Since 2022, with One in Three Spending Under €1,000
The average August holiday budget fell by €287 to €1,748, while July travellers spent just €1,530. Rising costs are push...
Angoulême Rental Owners Warned of Manual Scam Posing as Fake Guests
A new wave of short-term rental fraud in France uses handwritten messages and fake payment confirmations to trick proper...
Per-Mile EV Tax Starts in UK in 2028 — France Could Be Next
From April 2028, UK electric car drivers will pay 3p per mile under a new levy designed to replace fuel duty. France fac...
Eli Lilly’s Revenue Remains Overwhelmingly Tied to Endocrinology
With 74% of sales coming from endocrinology, the US drugmaking giant’s fortunes hinge on diabetes and obesity therapies....
Strategic Metals Become the New Oil in Global Supply Chain Race
MarketScreener’s new thematic list highlights the critical role of cobalt, lithium, tin and rare earths across auto, avi...
Sony and TSMC Plan $6.3 Billion Joint Venture to Produce Next-Gen Image Sensors
A Nikkei report says Sony and TSMC will invest 1 trillion yen in a joint venture to manufacture advanced image sensor ch...
Apple Turns to China’s CXMT for Memory Chips Amid AI Shortage, Testing U.S. Export Curbs
Apple is exploring the use of standard memory chips from Chinese manufacturer CXMT in devices sold in China, a move forc...
GameStop's Cohen Weighs Scrapping $56B eBay Bid for Store Partnership
Ryan Cohen is reportedly considering pulling GameStop's unsolicited $56 billion offer for eBay and instead proposing a c...
Glencore's Radiant World Exposure Tops $500 Million as Vitol, Cargill Also Cut Ties
The London-listed commodity giant Glencore has a financial exposure of $500 million to $800 million to iron ore trader R...
Intel Launches $15 Billion Share Sale to Fund Foundry Push, Capitalizing on Stock Rebound
Intel announces a $15bn equity offering to finance its contract chip manufacturing expansion, leveraging a stock price r...
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