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Technology: “Target markets have turned” – Infineon increases prices and warns of delivery bottlenecks

For a long time, the chip company's factories were underutilized. That's changing now. CFO Sven Schneider expects vacancy costs to fall drastically.

Career: Overcoming negativity: This word makes all the difference

Why do failures at work often last longer than successes? How a little language trick helps you escape the negative spiral - and why a walk can have more effect than you think.

Planned attack?: Reports: Israel warned Trump about Iranian assassination plot

The US president describes himself as “number one on Iran’s death list”. According to reports, a close ally recently warned of concrete attack plans.

Court decision: Insurer must pay for child seats after accident

After an accident, does insurance also have to replace things that do not appear to be damaged on the outside? When it comes to child seats, the answer to a court is clear.

Crumbling infrastructure: Experts: Mega costs can often be avoided due to dilapidated bridges

Important bridges have recently been suddenly closed several times due to the risk of collapse, often for months or even years. Experts see clear reasons - and draw a comparison to brushing your teeth.

Heat island effect in cities: Hot, hotter, city: When concrete becomes heating

City dwellers are already experiencing what can be expected with the climate crisis by the end of the century: on tropical nights. Cities have a hard time getting rid of the heat they get during the day.

Health costs: health savings package nearing the target - what's in it?

The coalition wants to slow down rising health spending and avert new premium increases for millions of statutory health insurance patients. What awaits everyone with the hotly contested reform?

Supernutural: With fresh nut cream with traces of Nespresso

Their nut machines are at FC Bayern, in DAX companies and the global hotel industry. Now Amelie and Timo Sperber are taking the step into the private customer business. Is a new Nespresso being created?

Jeff Koons: “We should use technologies for more humanity”

The US art star speaks in the Handelsblatt about art in the age of artificial intelligence, his optimism - and why he doesn't care about the record price for his sculpture "Rabbit".

Speaker ranking: This is what we can learn from the DAX bosses about communication in uncertain times

An exclusive analysis shows how the CEOs presented themselves at the general meetings. Three factors determine who will convince investors and employees.

Electromobility: The wondrous world of gravity – The Lucid Gravity in the Handelsblatt test

It accelerates like a sports car, swallows luggage like a VW bus and then breaks off in the middle of the roundabout. The Lucid Gravity Grand Touring is great physics - but unfortunately not flawless.

Reading recommendation: Sunny Pages – Ten books that will inspire you in summer

Measuring the digital world, new ideas for capitalism - and three books to relax: the Handelsblatt recommendations for holiday reading.

Achievements: Missed the target time? You better be amazed at yourself

It's competition season and many amateur athletes are struggling with their results. Our columnist has learned that it is more important to be amazed at yourself than to despair at times.

Security: Wolfgang Ischinger on US AI dominance: “Beware of excluding us”

In an interview with Handelsblatt, the head of the Munich Security Conference talks about blocked AI models, the risks of drone warfare - and the Starlink satellite antenna on his farmhouse.

Stock of the week: Did Samsung provide a foretaste of what will happen to the stock markets soon?

Good things are not always good enough for shareholders. Especially not when it comes to something uniquely good, says Ulf Sommer.

Football World Cup: Higher, faster, richer – the controversial Infantino system

Gianni Infantino has turned FIFA into a money machine. World football's governing body is wealthier and more powerful than ever - and its president is defying global criticism.

Vacation planning: Parents have priority when planning vacations - is that fair?

Everyone wants to go on vacation in summer. But parents are allowed to plan their days off first. Is that fair? Our author has thought about this.

AI company: Top manager Fidji Simo leaves OpenAI after illness

The ex-Instacart boss was considered number two behind boss Sam Altman - and is now stepping down after a long illness. At the same time, OpenAI is going on the offensive with new offers for corporate customers.

ChatGPT inventor: Top manager Fidji Simo leaves OpenAI after illness

The ex-Instacart boss was considered number two behind boss Sam Altman - and is now stepping down after a long illness. At the same time, OpenAI is going on the offensive with new offers for corporate customers.

In Malaysia’s Johor, Chinese voters prize affordability over politics

Koo can see Johor changing around him, even if the promised wealth has not reached his bank account. The 30-year-old service worker has lived for 25 years in Skudai, a busy Johor Bahru suburb anchored by universities, older housing estates and the kind of Chinese shoplot economy that helped make the Democratic Action Party (DAP) a force in Malaysia’s southern state. He sees cranes, rail works and projects built by Chinese companies. But before Saturday’s state election, and as the China-linked..

Northern Metropolis’ science and education focus key to Hong Kong’s future

China’s new development narrative places science and education at the centre of long-term competitiveness. This is a systemic project powered by technology, grounded in education and driven by talent as the country’s foremost resource. Hong Kong’s traditional identity as an international financial centre is no longer sufficient to sustain the city’s competitiveness. To remain relevant, Hong Kong must articulate a platform that structurally aligns with China’s national strategy while retaining...

Chinese clinic extracts 12 teeth from man after he complains of ache in one tooth

A Chinese clinic has been punished by authorities after it extracted the 12 remaining teeth from a 63-year-old man with high blood pressure and heart disease, and withdrew all the money from his accounts. The man, surnamed Li, from Baoji, northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, went to the Datuanyuan Dental Clinic to have an aching tooth checked last September. Li recently told Chinese media outlets that he believed the clinic’s ads, such as “Get a dental implant in the morning and eat meat in...

Low prices fail to deter thieves from stealing Malaysia’s premium durians

Falling durian prices have done little to deter thieves in Malaysia, with a Penang trader losing baskets of prized Black Thorn variety in two break-ins just days apart. Wenny Ooi, 27, said thieves targeted her family’s stall twice on June 25 and June 29, marking the first break-ins since they started the business six years ago. In the first incident, two baskets of Black Thorn, also known as Or Chi, were stolen but footage from the surveillance camera shows only one thief leaving with a basket..

Uniqlo defies sluggish China market with double-digit profit growth

Japanese apparel retailer Uniqlo posted higher revenue and double-digit profit growth in mainland China over the three-month period ending in May, defying sluggish domestic consumption and lingering bilateral tensions. Same-store sales rose, driven by enhanced marketing and “buoyant demand” for summer products in May, when temperatures started to rise. Easy pants, UV-protection items, T-shirts and other summer products all saw strong sales, according to the earnings report from Fast Retailing,..

The radar system that Taiwan says tracked the PLA’s ballistic missile launch

Taiwan gained critical information about Beijing’s ballistic missile launch this week thanks to the island’s long-range early-warning radar system and intelligence sharing with Washington. The island’s AN/FPS-115 Pave Paws long-range early-warning radar detected the missile soon after it was launched from a nuclear-powered submarine in the South China Sea, the Liberty Times reported on Wednesday, quoting a senior Taiwanese official. The system tracked the missile’s trajectory during the initial.

‘Testing is now underway’: Zelenskyy confirms progress on major US defense deals

On the heels of a Patriot license pledge, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed progress on billion-dollar defense tech deals with the U.S.

Why did only 2 Hong Kong developers put up their hands for Northern Metropolis project?

Stretches of green farmland and shimmering ponds, winding village roads and sprawling brownfield logistics yards all lend Hung Shui Kiu in the New Territories a patchwork look of rustic Hong Kong standing in stark contrast to its glistening skyscrapers. This rural landscape is slated for radical transformation under the government’s ambitious Northern Metropolis blueprint and is primed to be reinvented as a modernised logistics hub in the near future. However, the premise of this transformation.

Investing Student Loans??

My girlfriend and I have been together for two years, and she’s currently in a doctoral program. I pay for all the bills and she lives with me for free while she’s in school. If she takes out student loans (the interest rate for a federal loan, which we were looking into is 8.07%) to cover her “living expenses” and gives me money for her “share” of the rent, groceries, gas, and other bills, would it be worth it for me to invest that money on her behalf in an ETF like VT or VOO until it’s needed?

Tesla's profit per vehicle drops 40%, within Toyota's striking range

Tibetan activists chain themselves to UN gates after fatal self-immolation