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DAX Pulls Back From Record as Oil Spike and Hawkish Fed Signal Shake Europe
European markets edged lower on Monday after Friday's record DAX close, with oil-price gains from US-Iran escalation and...
A €10bn Chip Plant and a 43% AfD Poll: The Real Investment Risk in East Germany
A Handelsblatt commentary argues that as the AfD nears 43% in Saxony-Anhalt, companies should treat civil society donati...
Morgan Stanley Names 5 AI-Sovereignty Stocks with 20%-Plus Upside
The bank's AI-sovereignty screen spans chips, packaging, cloud and telecom, with base-case price targets implying 21% to...
Nvidia Jumps 6% After Data Center Sales Drive $96.2 Billion Quarter
Revenue rose 106% to $96.2 billion and net income nearly doubled, but Nvidia's margin guidance signals a step down. Afte...
Female Finance Should Be an Entry Point, Not the Destination, Says Antje Erhard
Antje Erhard sees Female Finance as a way to lower the barrier to investing — but argues real progress means making reti...
German Foreign Minister Visits Ukraine With Winter Energy Security and Defence Ties in Focus
On Ukraine's 35th independence day, Berlin is signalling support for military resilience, winter energy repairs and long...
Dow Rebounds Friday, but S&P and Nasdaq End Week Lower as Gold, Copper and Crypto Rally
US stocks closed mixed: the Dow gained 0.98% while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted weekly losses. Gold miners, copper prod...
Japan's Core Inflation Accelerates to 1.8% in July, Raising BoJ Rate Bets
Japanese core CPI rose 1.8% year-on-year in July, a second straight acceleration, while government energy measures cloud...
USS George Washington Reaches Middle East to Relieve USS Abraham Lincoln After 270-Day Deployment
The carrier swap comes amid congressional concern over reported crew strain aboard the Lincoln and leaves the Western Pa...
Dax Consolidates After Record High as Rate Hopes and Iran Risk Set the Tone
German stocks held firm after a record-setting week, with defence names leading. Attention now turns to US inflation dat...
German Gas Storage at 50% as TTF Hits Eight-Month High: Regulator Presses Traders
Germany's gas reserves are roughly half full weeks before the key injection period ends, with the Dutch TTF contract at ...
Iran Truce Expiry Lifts Oil Above $90 and Hits Global Stocks as Bond Yields Surge
Brent's rise above $90 and a 30-year US yield near 5.33% punished equities in Europe and the US, with the DAX and Nasdaq...
Stripe Strikes Reported $7 Billion Deal for AI Startup OpenRouter
Stripe is said to have agreed to buy AI model-routing startup OpenRouter for about $7 billion, a sharp premium to its la...
China Tests Arctic Container Route to Europe as Red Sea Risks Persist
A Chinese container ship is using the Arctic route to reach Germany, cutting sailing time but shifting supply-chain expo...
Iran-US Framework Expires: No Ceasefire, No Hormuz Reopening, No Final Deal
The 60-day Iran-US framework has lapsed with no extension: ceasefire broken, Strait of Hormuz traffic near-halted, oil s...
German Households Spend Nearly One Euro in Ten on Leisure
New official data show leisure, sport and culture took 9.5% of average German household spending in 2024, up from 8.6% i...
Russia and Ukraine Escalate Air War as Long-Range Strikes Kill Civilians
Moscow reports one of the heaviest Ukrainian drone attacks yet, while Kyiv says Russian ballistic missiles killed at lea...
Moscow Economist Fired After Warning Russia Cannot Win Ukraine War
Andrei Klepach, chief economist of state development bank VEB.RF, lost his post after public comments contradicted Kreml...
German Parents: Godparents Are Not Automatic Guardians — Here’s the Legal Fix
A guardianship directive lets parents in Germany name who should raise their minor children if both die. Experts explain...
Fans, Split ACs and Cold-Water Tricks: What German Households Spend to Beat the Heat
Repeated heatwaves are forcing German households to weigh fans, split air conditioners and cold-water tricks. The real s...
Booking, Expedia and HRS Are Making Hotels Pricier, NBER Study Suggests
New research suggests that personalisation on hotel booking platforms lets hotels raise room rates faster than inflation...
Lula Opens Brazil Re-Election Bid as Traditional Union Base Shrinks
Brazil's president kicks off his October re-election campaign in São Bernardo do Campo, but data shows the PT's old trad...
German Firms Cut US Direct Investment by 65% as Trump Tariffs Bite
New IW data show German direct investment in the US fell to €4.3bn in the first half — a 65% year-on-year drop — undermi...
Savings Accounts Pay 4% Again: What to Check Before You Switch
German banks are competing hard for deposits, with Chase offering 4% for up to four months. The teaser rates are real, b...
Vance Questions the Dollar's Global Role as Washington Weighs a Weaker Currency
The vice president's long-held concern that the strong dollar benefits consumers at the expense of US producers is back ...
Mark Cuban's Pharmacy Cuts Heart Transplant Drug Cost to $300 After Insurer Raises Price to $1,000
A 26-year-old heart transplant survivor saw her off-label rejection drug rise from $180 to $1,000 per 90 days. Mark Cuba...
ECB Survey Finds Self-Checkout Is Quietly Making Cash Harder to Use
A new ECB survey of 8,205 euro-area businesses shows 92% still take cash, but almost half of self-service checkouts are ...
US Army Corps Approves Tunnel for Enbridge's Line 5 Under Great Lakes
A final federal permit clears Enbridge to build a 6.4 km tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac for the aging Line 5 pip...
Germany Needs Structural Reform, Not Just More Debt, Strategist Argues
Robert Halver warns that Germany’s old export model has lost its geopolitical tailwinds — and that debt without competit...
Fair Work Commission Awards €25,000 to Engineer Fired Over 17-Minute Airbus Delay
Australia's Fair Work Commission ruled Heston MRO unfairly dismissed a maintenance engineer after a 17-minute Singapore ...
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