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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...
Argentine Developers Turn to In-House Finance as Mortgage Credit Stalls
Facing sluggish sales and scarce bank mortgages, Argentine developers are offering their own payment plans of up to six ...
How VinFast's VF 3 Became Vietnam's Bestselling Electric Car
The VF 3 delivered 44,585 units in Vietnam in 2025 and kept selling strongly in 2026, becoming an owner-personalized urb...
India's $20-Trillion-by-2036 Plan: Five Engines, 20 Reforms and a Rupee Bet
The Equirus policy report says India must let services climb from $2 trillion to more than $11 trillion, release trapped...
Bahrain Main and Islamic Indices Slip in Thin Sunday Trading
Bahrain's all-share index fell 1.63 points to 1,952.48 and the Islamic index eased 2.1 points to 927.56, as telecom, con...
Jordan's Inflation Accelerates to 2.7% in July, Lifting Seven-Month Rate to 2.13%
Annual consumer price growth in Jordan reached 2.7% in July, up from 1.68% a year earlier, while the first seven months ...
Niger Signs $1.9bn Deal for Third-Largest West African Refinery in Dosso
The 100,000 barrel-per-day Dosso refinery and petrochemical complex would quintuple Niger's refining capacity and target...
Egypt Weighs Joint-Stock Conversion for Bourse to Deepen Capital Markets
A proposal to turn Egypt's bourse into a shareholding company is splitting market professionals: backers see more flexib...
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...
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...
Ronaldo Says Coming Year Could Be His Last in Football
Cristiano Ronaldo says the next year is likely to be his final one as a player, as he stays with Al-Nassr and nears 1,00...
Colombia's ANI Keeps Toll Exemption for Official Earthquake Relief Vehicles on Five Corridors
Free passage covers authorized machinery and humanitarian shipments on five key corridors; private donations require pri...
iPhone 17 May Not Get Cheaper After iPhone 18 Launch, Leaker Claims
A new leak suggests Apple may not cut the iPhone 17's price when the iPhone 18 arrives, upending buyers' usual upgrade t...
Trump Media Sells $100,000 Early Access to Truth Social Posts Amid Deepening Losses
More than 10 firms have signed up for Truth API, a paid feed giving traders early access to Donald Trump's market-moving...
Hang Seng Slides to Two-Week Low as A-Share IPOs Pull Northbound Attention
Hong Kong's benchmark fell 552 points to 25,116, but a rising TrendWatch channel, improved medium-term breadth and conta...
Hang Seng Slips 2.15% to Two-Week Low, but Technical Support Remains Intact
The Hang Seng Index lost 552 points to 25,116 after a four-day slide, yet market breadth and TrendWatch signals suggest ...
Sergey Brin Spent $102 Million to Block California's Billionaire Wealth Tax
The Google co-founder's latest $20 million donation funds competing ballot measures that could nullify Proposition 40, a...
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...
Peter Thiel's Hedge Fund Takes 1% Stake in Argentina's Vista for $76 Million
An SEC filing shows Thiel Macro LLC bought 1.2 million Vista Energy ADSs for about $76 million, linking the tech billion...
Gilinski Family, Colombia's Richest, Pledges US$48 Million to Rebuild Cali Hospitals and Schools
President Abelardo de la Espriella announced the donation from Jaime Gilinski and his wife Raquel, but no specific facil...
Juan Cúneo's Low-Profile Hazelnut Bet: Supplying Ferrero from Chile's South
Through family office Liguria, the Falabella co-owner has quietly built a hazelnut operation in Los Ríos that now feeds ...
Gold Bulls Get New Fuel: JPMorgan Sees $6,300, UBS $5,900 for 2026
UBS sees gold near $5,900 an ounce and JPMorgan projects $6,300 by end-2026, driven by central-bank buying, geopolitical...
Trump Envoys Press Cairo Mediators to Advance Gaza Plan as Israel Resumes Strikes
US envoys Jared Kushner and Nickolay Mladenov met Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday to push Trum...
Brazil Job Confidence Hits Survey High as Retail and Temporary Hiring Lift Outlook
FGV's July labour market survey shows 59.3% of Brazilians see little risk of losing their job, the highest share in the ...
Brazil Retail Sales Rise for Second Straight Month, but Stone Says Recovery Still Unclear
Income-linked essentials lifted Brazil's Stone retail index 0.9% in July, while credit-dependent goods fell; the group s...
After Corruption Sentence Suspended, Romero Jucá Files Candidacy for Federal Deputy
Brazil's top courts cleared the way for former senator Romero Jucá to register as a congressional candidate, suspending ...
JHC Keeps Alagoas Race Frozen as Senate or Governor Choice Remains Open
With candidate registration hours from closing, ex-Maceió mayor JHC has not declared Senate or governor — a choice that ...