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Bitcoin and Co.: The crypto tax hammer is coming – how can investors save their money?

The federal government is planning stricter taxation of crypto earnings. Now, above all, there is a way to safely realize profits tax-free.

Takeover: Major Dutch bank ING joins the Spanish Singular Bank

By joining Singular Bank, the Dutch bank secures a 40 percent share in the Spanish private banking house - and pushes US investor Warburg Pincus out of the field.

Sri Lanka prison riot kills 23, wounds more than 100

Clashes in a Sri Lankan jail have killed at least 23 people, including six guards, and wounded more than 100 in the worst prison riot in more than five years, officials said on Monday. Victims with cuts and gunshot injuries were rushed to Negombo Hospital, north of the capital Colombo following overnight fighting between inmates from two drug gangs, police said. Hospital director Pushpa Gamlath said 23 bodies were brought to her state-run health facility, and more than 100 wounded inmates and...

China influencer’s act of kindness ends in tragedy as farmer dies in car crash after shared lunch

The Chinese social media was shaken by a Good Samaritan deed that ended in tragedy when an elderly farmer died in a car crash shortly after receiving kind help from an influencer. The influencer, who has dedicated himself to helping farmers in central China’s Henan province and has 84,000 followers, posted a video of himself assisting an 81-year-old farmer on June 25. The influencer, surnamed Zhang, bought all the vegetables the elderly man was selling. The farmer, surnamed Jing, gave Zhang a...

Record heat, crowds drive offseason boom in international travel

Airlines are extending flight schedules to maximize on lucrative international travel.

Beware of vintage: Did someone say poison cabinet here?

Anyone who likes to buy old furniture, lamps or crockery doesn't always just bring charming things into their home. Vintage finds are often as dangerous as they are beautiful - if you don't know what to look out for.

Asia: Typhoon causes severe flooding in China and India

Cyclone Maysak brought enormous amounts of rainfall to the mainland. Hundreds of people had to be brought to safety in the Chinese autonomous region of Guangxi. In India, monsoon rains flooded roads and fields.

Current oil price: Oil prices are stagnating despite OPEC+ production plans

Oil prices are barely moving at the start of the week. The new OPEC+ funding plans have so far had no impact on prices.

Industry: Expensive energy continues to drive up producer prices in the euro area

The Iran conflict is driving up energy costs and thus producer prices in the euro area. Economists warn of further price pressure.

Energy prices: Expensive energy continues to drive up producer prices in the euro area

Producer prices in the euro zone rose surprisingly in May - by 5.9 percent, driven primarily by energy prices. There does not appear to be any relief in the situation in sight.

Two things Samsung might be considering: price hikes and a U.S. listing

Samsung Electronics is reportedly proposing to raise the average selling price of its dynamic random access memory chips by 20%, another sign of the bottlenecks that are gripping the industry.

Exclusive duo: How Bugatti and Ferrari rely on even more handwork

The more expensive the car, the thicker the extra sausages. This is what current projects show. Bugatti refined the Mistral with artful manufacturing work, Ferrari let the 12Cilindri switch gears and rule again.

F.A.Z.: The F.A.Z. invests in their future and rejuvenates themselves

Job creation and new products are intended to drive digital business forward. The 2025 financial year ended above expectations. Changes in the governing bodies accompany the change.

Energy supply: Reiche wants to move towards the north and east for gas power plants

After protests from energy companies and federal states, the legal plans for the construction of new gas power plants are to be changed - in favor of northern and eastern states. There is a proposal for this.

Is the median income (expected) to fall in the coming years?

If the well-paid boomer positions are not being filled, corporations are cutting jobs and new hires for companies can be filled “cheaply”, then one can expect a stagnating to falling median income in the coming years or not? Wouldn't real wages have to rise noticeably in order to at least freeze the median income? submitted by /u/kalle_titz [link] [comments]

Rassemblement National: Young, smart, right-wing – will this 30-year-old be France's next president?

Jordan Bardella was intended as his party's Plan B. Many French people now see him as a stronger option for the Élysée than Marine Le Pen. He has long been a mass media phenomenon in the country.

Armament: The Bundeswehr could soon order the first fighter-bomber drones

The schedule is ambitious. Around 500 of these drones should be ready for use as early as 2029. The German arms industry is expecting a major order worth billions.

Shell, Local Banks Offer $3B Credit Scheme to Nigerian Contractors

Shell and nine Nigerian banks launched a $3-billion Contract Finance Facility for local companies executing projects for the British energy giant in the West African country.

Thai PM warns may ‘shut down’ cannabis industry after global smuggling spike

A spate of seizures of Thai cannabis in the United Kingdom, Germany, Indonesia and Hong Kong has cast a shadow over the Southeast Asian nation’s decriminalisation of the plant. Thailand became the first Asian country to decriminalise cannabis in 2022, promising a lucrative new cash crop for a market intended strictly for medicinal use. But four years on, with lawmakers still wrangling over cannabis control legislation, high street dispensaries have proliferated for recreational sale, while...

Housing construction: GdW warns of a decline of a quarter in investments in new building projects

Many housing companies invest more in existing properties than in building new apartments. Two federal government projects could provide relief, but they are still pending.

Severe Storms Leave More Than 620,000 U.S. Customers Without Power

Severe storms have left more than 620,000 customers in the United States without power as of late on Sunday amid extreme weather in several states in recent days, with up to 2% of customers without electricity in some areas. More than 623,000 customers across Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut, Virginia, and Texas were out of power as of Sunday night, according to PowerOutage.com, which tracks live power outages in the United States. Michigan and Pennsylvania had

EasyJet agrees to a takeover price. The market has its doubts on the deal.

EasyJet shares traded at a discount to the price the U.K. airline says it’s reached with an American investment firm on a buyout.

Autonomous AI in the executive chair: On the way to a company without employees

What happens when companies are run solely by artificial intelligence or robots? Argentina wants to encourage this and even limit liability. For business economists, completely new questions arise - but also old ones.

Cantopop star Sammi Cheng’s Kai Tak Stadium concerts postponed over stage glitch

Cantopop star Sammi Cheng Sau-man has expressed shock and disappointment after a stage glitch forced the delay of her highly anticipated concerts in Hong Kong at the eleventh hour. The three-day event, scheduled for Friday to Sunday at Kai Tak Stadium, is the final stop of Cheng’s Asia Tour. It will be watered down into 1½-hour free appreciation shows at the same venue, times and dates, with ticket holders given the choice to opt for a refund or retain their passes for future dates. The concerts

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Electricity supply: North and East disadvantaged: Rich wants to change “South bonus” for gas power plants

The bonus previously stipulated that two thirds of the new power plants should be built in the south. The bonus should still apply - but only under one condition.

Interview: Top headhunter Heiner Thorborg: “80 percent of the upper floors consist of narcissists”

He is one of the best-known German personnel consultants and holds top positions in DAX companies. Now he talks about how false bosses endanger companies - and which rules of power count.

+++ Federal politics +++: CDU employee wing rails against making sick leave more difficult – “There is a huge amount of resentment”

Union parliamentary group vice-president warns: Use funding in a more targeted manner +++ Klingbeil relies on the parliamentary group's approval +++ Pistorius wants to commit “less than 1,000” soldiers to Lithuania +++ The news blog.

Bangladesh power cuts deepen as government struggles to pay bills

Chinese submarine launches missile into Pacific, spooking neighbors