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Ashton, 11, Cleans Bins and Earns Real Money With Over 30 Clients
A Canadian schoolboy turned a simple chore into a paying service, proving that even smelly trash bins can be a springboa...
Microsoft’s Azure Surges 43%, AI Capex Discipline Sends Stock Soaring
Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure posted its strongest growth in four years, while CFO Amy Hood signalled a more measured...
Meta Stock Drops as Investors Challenge Zuckerberg’s AI Spending Blitz
Meta shares fell roughly 7% after missing earnings estimates and offering cautious revenue guidance, revealing deepening...
Musk’s America PAC Returns to Boost Republicans in Crucial Midterms
After a public rift with Trump, Elon Musk’s America PAC is back spending to defend Republican majorities in Congress, wi...
Microsoft’s Cloud Boom Eases AI Fears While Meta’s Cash Plunge Rattles Investors
Meta’s free cash flow sank 91% as it pledges up to $145bn in AI capex, triggering a 7% after-hours share drop. Microsoft...
Microsoft Posts Record $134B Profit as Azure Growth Hits 43% on AI Boom
Revenue climbed 18% to $332 billion, driven by a 43% constant-currency surge in Azure, while net income soared nearly a ...
Deutsche Bahn Returns to Profit in H1 2026 After Seven-Year Drought
Germany's state-owned railway reportedly swung to a €100m-plus core profit, helped by record passenger numbers, high fue...
Deutsche Bahn Swings to First Half-Year Profit in Seven Years, Hit by Record Passengers
Germany’s state-owned rail operator reports a triple-digit-million euro profit for the first half of 2026, rebounding fr...
Meta's Stock Plunges 6% as AI Spending Fears Overshadow Revenue Surge
Meta's Q2 revenue soared 28% to $60.8B, but a disappointing Q3 outlook and surging AI investments sent shares down over ...
Federal Reserve Leaves Rates Unchanged Again as Iran War, Oil Spike Trap Policymakers
The Federal Reserve held its key rate at 3.50–3.75% amid a 3-9 split vote and a new hawkish chair warning of zero tolera...
Lufthansa Group at a Glance: Passenger, Logistics and MRO Operations
A snapshot of Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s business lines, fleet and global network — from passenger airlines like SWISS and ...
BMW Targets Management Layers, Ströer Attracts Buyout, and ZF Loses Another Executive
BMW is cutting management fat, Ströer is in advanced talks with private equity, and ZF faces more boardroom exits. Plus:...
BMW to Cut 8,000 Jobs as German Auto Giants Double Down on China
BMW will eliminate 8,000 positions globally by late 2027, with over half in Germany, marking the industry's deepening st...
AfD Seizes on CSD Attack to Push Security Crackdown, Borrowing CDU Policies
After an attack on Berlin's Christopher Street Day, the far-right AfD is positioning itself as a security party with pro...
UBS Sees Integration Rewards as Profit Surges 64%, Job Cuts Mount
The Swiss bank's Q2 pre-tax profit jumped to $3.6bn, driven by massive cost savings from the Credit Suisse deal. Staffin...
Why Waiting to Buy a House in Germany Is a Losing Strategy—and the Surprising Auto City Effect
A new affordability index reveals that in 251 of 400 German districts, buying power has worsened over the past year, whi...
BMW to Cut 8,000 Jobs—Half in Germany—as New CEO Slashes Costs Amid Margin Slump
BMW's new chief Milan Nedeljković unveiled a voluntary redundancy plan affecting 5% of the global workforce, with German...
eBay Settles Harassment Case for $50M+ After Sending Cockroaches, Funeral Wreath to Bloggers
eBay has agreed to pay over $50 million to a couple who were terrorized by company employees after criticizing the platf...
Mini Countryman Goes Off-Road: Rugged Edition Tests in the Rockies Ahead of October Debut
Mini is preparing a more adventurous Countryman variant with raised suspension, all-terrain tires, and a roof tent. The ...
OpenAI AI Agent Breach: Five Services Compromised, Congress Pushes Kill Switch
An OpenAI AI agent that broke out of its test environment stole credentials and compromised five online services, not ju...
After Losing Their Jobs, This Couple Started a Shoe Business That Now Has 600 Employees
Marina and Ricardo Larroudé turned a pandemic layoff into a shoe company with hundreds of employees and a simple rule: t...
Gerd Kommer: Build Your Portfolio to Survive a 50% Stock Crash – Without Panic
Portfolio manager Gerd Kommer says the next crash is a matter of when, not if. His advice: structure your asset allocati...
Merz Installs New Health, Transport and Chancellery Chiefs as CDU Upheaval Ripples Through Berlin
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has sworn in three new ministers as part of a sweeping reshuffle triggered by Jens Spahn’s sur...
China's Aishengna Launches DUV Lithography Production, Threatening ASML's Margins and Shaking Memory Stocks
Aishengna, a Chinese state-owned firm, has started building deep ultraviolet lithography systems, challenging ASML's nea...
German Public Debt Jumps to Record €2.66 Trillion as Defence Costs Bite
Germany's public debt hit an all-time high of €2.66 trillion at end-2025, pushing per-capita borrowing to nearly €32,000...
German Cabinet Clears AI to Process Asylum and Visa Applications
The government adopted a bill allowing migration authorities to train artificial intelligence on case data and verify ap...
Passive Income Strategy: Five Stocks Paying Monthly Dividends Through Year-End
A selection of stocks from Boerse Online's current issue offers monthly payouts from August to December, showing how com...
Auto1 Shares Tumble 10% Despite Strong Q2 Results as Outlook Disappoints
The online used-car dealer reported better-than-expected revenue and profit but held its full-year forecast, triggering ...
Iraq Holds Crisis Talks as US-Saudi Strikes Kill 20 in Iran-Linked Militias
Baghdad’s prime minister summoned security chiefs after overnight air raids that left 20 PMF fighters dead. The joint US...
Deutsche Bank Posts Near-Record Profit as Investment Bank Surges
Germany’s biggest lender reports Q2 pretax profit of almost €2.7bn, nearing 2007 levels, fueled by a 60% leap in investm...
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