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Price-Adjusted Health Spending in Germany Grows 3.9% in 2024, Outpacing Economy
Destatis reports a real increase of 3.9% in health expenditure after a historic slump in 2023, while nominal spending su...
Bundesbank Pushes for Digital Euro and Capital Markets Union to Secure European Sovereignty
Bundesbank President calls for rapid progress on the digital euro and the savings and investments union, warning that Eu...
German Banks Tighten Lending Standards as Credit Risks Mount, Bundesbank Survey Shows
Germany’s banks tightened credit standards across all loan categories in Q2 2026, driven by rising credit risk and secto...
German hospitality turnover drops 2.0% in May, real decline hits 6.0% year-on-year
Seasonally adjusted real turnover in Germany's hotels and restaurants fell 2.0% from April, as a 7.1% real plunge in res...
What It’s Really Like as a 21-year-old Intern at OpenAI: Hard Interviews, Startup Vibe, and a Return Offer
Hamza Mostafa shares how he landed a software engineering internship at OpenAI, the grueling interview process, and what...
Why This Ice Cream CEO Pays $1,000 a Month per Child for Care — and Gets a 128% Return
Molly Moon Neitzel found that reimbursing employee child-care costs up to $12,000 a year per child cut absenteeism, slas...
Sergey Brin briefly overtakes Larry Ellison as world’s third-richest person on Alphabet’s AI-driven rally
A sharp run in Alphabet shares lifted co-founder Sergey Brin’s fortune to $245.3 billion, temporarily pushing him past O...
Wingcopter’s Tiltrotor Drones: From Saving Lives in Malawi to Commercial Deliveries with DHL, UPS
German startup Wingcopter has raised $42M and is scaling its tiltrotor delivery drones from humanitarian missions in Afr...
Clear CEO Caryn Seidman Becker Joins Ranks of Self-Made Billionaires as Biometric Firm Targets Life Beyond Airports
Clear’s stock has soared to a $7.6 billion valuation, making founder and CEO Caryn Seidman Becker a billionaire. Now the...
Dfinity’s $2B ‘Internet Computer’ Seeks to Decentralize the Cloud
The Swiss blockchain startup has raised $195 million to build a decentralized alternative to AWS and Azure, but challeng...
Instagram and TikTok Overtake Google for Gen Z Product Searches
More than half of Generation Z now turn to Instagram and TikTok first when searching for products and services, upending...
Tumelo’s Platform Turns Retail Investor Preferences Into Proxy Votes, Aims to Settle ESG Battles
Bristol-based fintech Tumelo has signed up Legal & General and Fidelity International to relay retail shareholder views ...
What a Hacker Taught Us About Cybersecurity: 'We Will Always Get In'
Tom Van de Wiele, F-Secure's principal security consultant, breaks into banks and boardrooms to expose why trust is a da...
TU Graz Researcher Uses VR to Transform Learning
Johanna Pirker’s Maroon virtual physics lab shows how immersive technology can boost focus and make dangerous experiment...
Waabi Raises $1 Billion to Bring Thousands of Robotaxis to Uber Platform
In one of the largest autonomous-vehicle funding rounds in years, Waabi closed a $750M Series C and linked up to $250M f...
The 700-Year-Old Inn Fueling Germany's Bobsled Team — and the True Cost of Olympic Medals
German bobsled legend Francesco Friedrich trained at Isserwirt, a family-run inn in its 16th generation, before winning ...
Tokyo City Hall Permits Shorts in Offices as Cool Biz Campaign Expands
Tokyo’s municipal government has formally allowed male employees to wear shorts and T-shirts, extending the Cool Biz sch...
FIFA Banks $15 Billion From 2026 World Cup as Deutsche Telekom Snags 2030 Media Rights
Record $15bn revenues, a €44m winner’s cheque, and Deutsche Telekom’s 2030 rights grab show the commercial muscle of FIF...
Hungary's Premier Taps Chess Prodigy Judit Polgar for Presidential Role
Prime Minister Peter Magyar has proposed former world number one Judit Polgar as Hungary’s next head of state, turning t...
US Soldier Killed Clearing Iranian Drone Munition; Death Toll in Iran War Rises to 17
A controlled detonation of an unexploded Iranian one-way drone killed one American soldier and wounded another in northe...
EU Ban on Destroying Unsold Clothing Takes Effect — But the Fast-Fashion Loophole Remains
Large companies can no longer discard unsold apparel. The rule will boost discount and secondhand channels, but critics ...
Goldman Sachs: Why Heavy-Asset Stocks Like BMW, ASML Are the Next AI Winners
The bank’s HALO framework targets companies with heavy, durable assets that profit from AI infrastructure spending, givi...
Webinar Claims 849% Return Using 'Stock-Box' Momentum Strategy on NASDAQ
A free webinar on 21 July presents a rule-based momentum system that has reportedly returned 849% over 9.5 years. But th...
Finanzen.net Updates CFD Broker Comparison as Retail Risks Remain High
The leading German finance portal has refreshed its CFD broker guide, spotlighting spreads, regulation, and the stubborn...
EU Emissions Trading Reform Defends Climate Goals as Finance Ministers Absorb Revenue Losses
The EU Commission’s new proposals balance industrial competitiveness with climate credibility by extending free carbon a...
Inside the Private Island Market: Why Sellers Rarely Part With Their Slice of Paradise
Farhad Vladi has sold over 3,000 private islands worldwide, but a market driven by death, debt, and divorce reveals deep...
Escalating Drone War Cripples Russian Oil Exports, Sparks Fuel Crisis and Threatens Global Grain Markets
Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian oil infrastructure have halted Black Sea crude loadings, sparked a domestic fuel cris...
David Beckham's IM8 Secures $1 Billion in Revenue-Based Financing, Avoiding Equity Dilution
David Beckham's health startup IM8 lands a $1B deal with General Catalyst using an innovative model that shares customer...
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