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Quiet Quitting: “My boss doesn’t feel like it anymore”: This is how companies can react

Too much responsibility, little meaning, hardly any backing – that drives managers to internal resignation. With serious consequences. What companies can do.

Can Taiwanese opposition leader pull off balancing act during US trip?

Taiwan’s main opposition leader is due to arrive in the United States late on Monday for a politically sensitive two-week visit expected to attract close scrutiny in Beijing, Taipei and Washington. The Kuomintang delegation, led by the party’s chairwoman Cheng Li-wun, will land on Monday evening local time in San Francisco, where she will visit Taiwanese-American communities and think tanks. She will also travel to Boston and New York before visiting Washington for meetings with political...

Why Is the Oil Price Rising Today?

Why is the oil price rising on Monday?

Arm, IBM and Hewlett Packard soar as Nvidia chip 'reinvention' extends software rally

Shares in software compares surged ahead of Monday's opening bell.

Oil Prices Up 3% As Trump Demands Changes To Iran Deal

Oil prices pushed higher Monday, with Brent crude topping $94 per barrel and WTI climbing above $90, after President Donald Trump sent a proposed Iran peace agreement back for revisions, raising fresh questions about how quickly the Strait of Hormuz can be fully reopened to global energy shipments. Brent crude was trading at $94.23 per barrel while WTI stood at $90.87 at 6:06 a.m. ET on Monday, trading as investors digested news reports. According to multiple reports, Trump requested stronger la

TotalEnergies Seeks Approval for France's Biggest RE Project

TotalEnergies filed for government authorization for a EUR 4.5-billion 1.5-gigawatt wind farm off the coast of Normandy.

What digital asset or tokenization strategy is your business currently running?

Genuinely curious how founders here are thinking about this. I have been seeing more early stage teams experiment with things like tokenized loyalty, onchain rewards, and even using stablecoins for basic treasury flows, but it still feels like most businesses are either not touching it or just testing quietly on the side. From your experience, what’s actually working right now without adding unnecessary complexity? Would be great to hear real examples, not just theory. submitted by /u/Specialist

What's wrong here? That sounds too good to be true, right?

https://preview.redd.it/6f1vk1nyan4h1.png?width=1858&format=png&auto=webp&s=c79c733e4f36b740ac806d3960c9c82c53131d52 Hello, I came across the brochure by chance. This is a new social housing building. Given the high depreciation it would make sense here. So 7b including declining balance depreciation... The only disadvantage that I see here at first glance is the "moderate location". Is close to Heilbronn (30km radius). I come from the south of Germany

Title: Mistakes in house financing? First get a loan, then high equity (due to commitment interest)

Hi everyone, a quick reality check because people we know are calling us crazy. We build with property developers. Purchase price 700k, we have 400k equity and finance 300k. The loans (150k KfW 297 at 2.21% with 12 months provision-free / 150k NRW-Bank at 2.8% with 6 months provision-free) both have a repayment-free start-up year. Our strategy: We agreed with the savings bank that we would first use up all of the loans during construction and only then touch our equity. Reason: Because of the

Debate about immigration: “Switzerland is dependent on foreign skilled workers”

The Swiss will soon vote on capping their population at ten million people. ABB Board of Directors Chairman Peter Voser sees the country's success story at risk in the case.

Goldpreisprognose 2026

Gold startet 2026 nach starken Kursanstiegen in eine Phase mit hoher Volatilität und unsicherer Richtung. Analysten erwarten eher starke Schwankungen als eine klare, stetige Entwicklung. Die meisten Prognosen sehen den Goldpreis in einer Spanne von etwa 4.000 bis 5.300 US-Dollar pro Unze, abhängig von Zinsen, Inflation und geopolitischen Entwicklungen. 🔑 Wichtige Einflussfaktoren: Zentralbankkäufe von Gold Zinspolitik der US-Notenbank (Fed) Inflation und Währungsrisiken Globale geopolitische Sp

French Navy Seizes Russia-Linked Tanker in the Atlantic

The French Navy has boarded and seized a Russia-linked oil tanker in the Atlantic. The vessel is under international sanctions, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday. On Sunday morning, the French Navy seized the Tagor, an oil tanker that departed from Russia, Macron wrote on in a post on X today. The operation of the boarding and seizure was carried out on the high seas in the Atlantic with the support of France’s allies, including the UK, the French President said. France is constant

Current stock investments? (No AI/Semiconductor)

Hello, I sold half of my semiconductor ETFs today because I'm starting to not trust all the AI ​​nonsense anymore. Now I have €2000 (600 of which is profit) available to reinvest. Unfortunately, all the ETFs I had in mind are totally inflated precisely because of the semiconductors. Therefore, I am looking for other promising opportunities (3-4 different stocks/ETFs) that may be in the pharmaceutical or energy sectors etc. to invest in. For tips, suggestions

India rolls out welcome mat for Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing

_ Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing’s first trip to India since being sworn in as president signals New Delhi’s recognition of the strongman’s political status as it seeks to counter mounting Chinese influence, according to analysts. The five-day visit, which began on Saturday at the personal invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is aimed at strengthening ties with one of Myanmar’s key regional partners. Despite Western sanctions imposed after the February 2021 coup, India has maintained...

Schufamaxxing

Hello my financial disciples. I've probably already noticed that there is a new SCHUFA score. Thanks to the new score, I have now seen why my SCHUFA score was only 720. Of course, there was immediately MAXXING potential. SCHUFA thought that I had only been living at my address for three years, even though I had lived here for over 20 years, so SCHUFA didn't know that I had already had a checking account for over ten years. Registration certificate obtained and a letter from the bank

Dax current: Dax is trading unchanged – the economy and the Iran war in focus

Little movement is expected on the German stock market at the beginning of the new month. In addition to geopolitical developments, investors are primarily looking at new economic data.

Danish Shipyard Remains Key Lifeline for Russia’s Yamal LNG Fleet

A Danish shipyard has remained the single EU facility that services LNG carriers that transport gas from Novatek’s Yamal LNG terminal, the Financial Times has reported, citing a local NGO. According to data from the organization, Urgewald, the Fayard shipyard is providing dry dock services to the Arc7 class LNG carriers specially designed to navigate Arctic waters, with six of the 15 such vessels in operations scheduled to receive repairs at the Danish port this summer, despite opposition from t

AI: “Generative AI is not good, but it is good enough” – which jobs are particularly at risk

From the Handelsblatt archive: An advertising copywriter earns significantly less since algorithms took over her work. The first effects of AI on wages are measurable. But there are also surprising findings.

Fresh Clashes as Iran, US Trade Truce Terms

U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with Iran over an interim peace deal will 'work out well,' even as the countries' forces clashed again near the Strait of Hormuz.

Optimizing for spite and minimizing value extraction from self

What does financial planning look like of the main goal was to optimize for spite/"unfuckwithability" - instead of maximising returns - by which I mean Making it as hard and expensive as possible to be coerced into things by one's employer Minimizing the amount of value others - and especially companies - are able to extract from them I have been working for 20 years and in my experience every single company has been a lying sack of shit - the difference is how far they are willing to take it. I

Indian Refiners Freeze Domestic Jet Fuel Prices

Indian refiners have frozen the price of jet fuel for domestic flights after airlines asked for a respite from fuel price hikes, Bloomberg has reported, adding that in April, jet fuel prices jumped by 8.6% in response to tighter supply. In an additional concession to airlines, Indian fuel makers also reduced the price of jet fuel for international flights, the report also said, citing unnamed spokespeople from state-owned refiners. Indian Oil Corp., Bharat Petroleum Corp, and Hindustan Petroleum

Teaching daughters

My daughter is 13. We grew up in working class families, my husband’s had even less. We are better off now and she is living a totally different life (not LV, yachts and gifted cars) - comfy with restrictions. I want her to be financially literate from a young age. What are the important pieces of financial knowledge you are passing down to your daughters? Philosophical and practical. Thanks 🤩 submitted by /u/marookee [link] [comments]

Beijing appoints Yuan Gujie as deputy director of Hong Kong liaison office

Beijing has appointed Yuan Gujie, a senior Guangdong province official who vowed to further connect rules in the Greater Bay Area, as a deputy director of its liaison office in Hong Kong. The state-run Xinhua News Agency announced on Monday that Yuan, 58, had succeeded diplomat Liu Guangyuan, who is expected to retire at age 61. The liaison office’s top leadership includes director Zhou Ji and four deputies. Yuan headed the provincial Political and Legal Affairs Committee and also served as a...

Project with Uber: Munich becomes a test area for robot taxis

In Munich, Uber and Nvidia are starting a project for completely self-driving taxis with an Israeli start-up. But accidents in the USA and China are fueling the debate about safety.

The state has no money, but is throwing it out the window elsewhere

Hello, yesterday in the tagesschau: There will probably be no increase in student loans. The reason: Parental allowance and care allowance are being reduced, so you cannot increase student loans. In addition, it has already been decided that for many millions of people, spouses will no longer be insured free of charge in their health insurance. And this despite the fact that the health insurance rates and the BBG were significantly increased twice in a row. Then there is something like the CO2 tax, which applies to everything that uses fossil fuels

Explaining who pressured FTSE Russell into changing their rules for the SpaceX IPO

SpaceX is going public soon. The company is valued at around 1.75 trillion. However, the insiders are keeping about 95 percent of the shares. They are only selling a very small amount to the public. Usually, big index funds like Vanguard and the S and P 500 have strict rules. They wait until a company proves it makes a profit. They also make sure there are enough shares available to buy. This stops the fund from driving the price up too much when they buy. Now, the people who make these rules ar

SpaceX will be weighted 0.06%…

…in US total market ETFs based on the current IPO pricing. Why are people freaking out about this? So many articles and posts about the end of passive indexes but they never include the specific allocation to maximize clickbait. If SpaceX goes to 0, passive investors won’t even blink because the float and thus weighting is tiny. submitted by /u/luxuryriot [link] [comments]

Taxes: Pension insurance probably expects a larger increase in contributions in 2028

According to a report, pension contributions could rise more than previously expected. More and more pensioners and fewer contributors are putting a strain on the system.

Impact of Middle East war on Hong Kong’s inflation limited, finance chief says

Hong Kong’s finance chief has said the Middle East war has played only a limited role in driving up local inflation, noting the city’s service-based economy and stable energy supplies from mainland China have mitigated the effects of external shocks. Briefing the Legislative Council on Monday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said the surge in global fuel prices was expected to affect fuel-related consumer prices, pushing inflation higher. “Rising international oil prices will continue to...

Pressed by Iran crisis, Pakistan plans to start strategic oil reserve