Moody’s spares France a downgrade as 10-year yield tops 5%
Moody’s held France at Aa3 despite riots and euro-crisis-level bond spreads. …
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France’s debt crisis deepens: 119% debt-to-GDP, default insurance at 2012 highs
France’s debt scare is now hitting the real economy. On Thursday, the cost of insuring French government debt aga…
Putin, Zelenskyy Back Three-Way US Peace Talks on Ukraine
Putin says he’s ready to talk, and his price hasn’t changed. After meeting Witkoff, he agreed in princi…
French 10-year yield breaks 5% a day before Moody’s review
France is now paying 2002-level prices to borrow. The 10-year yield rose above 5.10% on Thursday, and the gap over Germ…
Google Cloud London outage knocks out Revolut and UK banks
A power failure at a Google data centre in London disrupted banking apps and websites across Europe on Tuesday morning. …
France rocked by cost-of-living unrest, over 1,800 arrested
France is counting the cost of its worst unrest in years. More than 1,800 people were arrested after weekend protests t…
IMF cuts Europe to 1.5% growth as France erupts over prices
The IMF flagged weak growth and sticky inflation for Europe in a week when cost-of-living protests turned violent in Fra…
Uzbekistan signs $4.7B energy deals, plans two more nuclear plants
Uzbekistan signed six energy agreements worth $4.7bn and announced plans for two more nuclear plants. President Mirziyoy…
EU opens first AI Act probes into OpenAI, Anthropic over rogue agents
Brussels has started enforcing its AI rulebook, and the first two companies in its sights are OpenAI and Anthropic. Spea…
TFranco-German car pact stalls as SPD pushback holds up Berlin sign-off
Europe’s two biggest economies had decided to shake hands on cars, and now the handshake is on hold. Key details:…
IMF Lifts 2026 Global Growth to 3.1% as AI Boom Offsets War Shock
The IMF expects the world economy to grow 3.1% in 2026, slightly better than it forecast in July. But growth is now conc…
Cloudflare absorbs Deno team; Node.js creator’s runtime to wind down
Cloudflare is taking in the startup co-founded by Node.js creator Ryan Dahl, a longtime competitor, and the entire team …
Oil rises again, sparks global bond selloff; UK 10-year yield hits 2007 high
UK 10-year gilt yields, the maturity behind much of Britain's new borrowing, rose more than 7 bps to 5.527%, the highest…
Finland Halts Work at Two Google Data Centre Sites
Google's largest single investment in Europe has run into a very Finnish problem: the paperwork came after the chainsaws…
UBS vs Switzerland
A major UBS shareholder has told the bank to quit Switzerland. Lawmakers are pushing capital rules that could lock up ab…
Four for a Fifth Seat: Central Europe Lines Up Behind India's Security Council Bid
UN General Assembly week produces hundreds of handshakes, but some of them move the architecture. On the sidelines of th…
The Metal Underwriting the AI Boom: Copper's Record Run Has Structural Legs
Copper futures on the London Metal Exchange have climbed to around 14,700 dollars a metric ton, with Comex prices settin…
The Arctic Premium: What the Greenland Pact Means for Markets and Minerals
Few security pacts move share prices within hours. This one did. After Donald Trump announced that the United States, De…
Volvo Cars Joins Accenture and Google Cloud to Accelerate Software-Defined Vehicle Development
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Google Cloud announced that Volvo Cars has become the lead industry partner for Horizon,…
Europe Opens Its Door: EU Invites Canada to Become Its First Associate Member
The European Union has formally opened the door for Canada to become the first associate member of the 27-nation bloc. E…
Squirro Launches Release 3.14.4 With Multimodal AI and Enhanced Enterprise Chat Capabilities
Squirro, a global leader in enterprise-grade Generative AI and knowledge graph technology, announced the general avail…
XTEL Enhances Assortment AI to Advance Real-Time Revenue Optimization for CPG Brands
XTEL, a global leader in AI-first revenue management enterprise solutions, announced enhanced Assortment AI functionalit…
Dashlane Launches AI-Powered Scam Protection to Block Phishing Threats in Real Time
Dashlane, the credential security leader, announced the launch of AI-powered Scam Protection, a new feature for Da…
dxFeed to Offer EuroCTP Consolidated Tape for European Shares and ETFs
dxFeed, a global provider of market data and financial technology solutions, announced plans to make EuroCTP, the…
CSL Seqirus Publishes Phase 3 Results for Enhanced Cell-Based Influenza Vaccine in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
CSL Seqirus, a business of CSL announced publication of pivotal Phase 3 study results for its MF59®-adjuvanted cel…