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House today or continue to save and postpone?

We currently live very cheaply renting for €450 cold and €720 warm. However, the apartment is in the attic and the roof is not insulated. This means it is very hot in summer and cold in winter. Our goal is definitely to own home at some point. We are now considering buying a semi-detached house for €350,000, for which we could bring in €200,000 in equity. Since we are currently renting very cheaply, we are wondering whether it makes sense to stay a few more years in the current location

Compulsory insurance limit increases to 85k for 2027

https://www.pkv.de/verband/presse/melden/versicherungspflichtkredit-wechsel-in-die-pkv-wird-weiter-erschwert/ I didn't even notice that, the last number I had in mind was an increase to 80k, but that's a big jump from the current 77k. submitted by /u/Professional_Tank594 [link] [comments]

‘Persepolis’ author Marjane Satrapi dies ‘of sadness’ aged 56

Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, renowned for her graphic novel and film Persepolis, has died aged 56, a year after the passing of “the love of her life”, a member of her close circle said on Thursday. “Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,” they said in a statement. Born in 1969 in Rasht in northern Iran, Satrapi arrived in France in 1994 and gained French nationality in 2006. An...

Anthropic and University of Tokyo partner to gauge generative AI use

Japan looks to replace up to 5 aging nuclear reactors by 2040s

Seed-stage startup funding in Japan sinks 40% as investors grow selective

How to calculate the budget for a vacation with friends taking into account reduced prices through B-ID?

The four of us are planning a one-week vacation in the summer of 2027. The difficulty with the calculation is that two friends have a severely disabled ID without an accompanying person. This means that your costs for public transport or entrance fees are cheaper or free. We don't want to split the financial compensation between all four. The balance can and should stay with the two friends. But which template (in Excel or Google Sheets) or app do we use to calculate this easiest in the end? e.g

Georgia’s Government Backs a Controversial Crypto Push

Tether, the world's largest stablecoin issuer, has announced a major investment in Georgia and plans to launch GEL?, a digital token pegged one-to-one to the Georgian lari, a currency used only within the country of 3.7 million. The move signals growing crypto ambitions in the South Caucasus, but also raises concerns about transparency, as it comes with full backing from the authoritarian-leaning Georgian government. Stablecoins are designed to hold a fixed value, typically pegged to the US doll

Elon Musk’s Social Security audit was an embarrassment. The real fraud is political.

Social Security’s watchdog did the math on the so-called fraud, and it’s a joke.

Quantinuum stock opens at $68 per share after IPO

Honeywell will retain a majority stake in Quantinuum and will continue to be a strategic customer and partner following the listing.

Quantinuum’s stock pops after IPO as Wall Street buys into the quantum boom

The company was valued north of $17 billion as its shares were rising 13% above their IPO price.

The SpaceX IPO... It's Worse Than You Think

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Ciena just showed why AI infrastructure is bigger than Nvidia

$CIEN reported a strong fiscal Q1 as customers scaled high-speed networking infrastructure for AI demand. Key numbers: Revenue came in at $1.43B, up 33.1% year-over-year. Adjusted EPS was $1.64 vs. $1.47 expected, an 11.6% beat. The bigger story was operating leverage: Adjusted EPS in the company release rose to $1.35 from $0.64 last year. GAAP EPS rose to $1.03 from $0.31. Non-GAAP operating margin improved to 17.9% from 12.3%. Non-GAAP EBITDA jumped 83.6% to 287.3 Million Dollars. Ciena also r

Micron flirts with record market-cap wipeout as Broadcom casts a shadow over chip stocks

The semiconductor trade is losing steam following Broadcom’s earnings report.

Long-term unemployment is surging in the U.S. There are hidden costs for workers and the economy

Long-term unemployment can have ramifications on financial, emotional and family health that linger even after reentry into the workforce.

U.S. Oil Shocks Don't Hit Like They Used To, Fed Study Finds

The United States still feels oil shocks. It just doesn't feel them the way it did when America was dancing to disco and waiting in gas lines. If the Fed is right, the idea that every oil shock leads to recession is outdated. A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston finds that rising domestic oil production has fundamentally changed how higher crude prices ripple through the U.S. economy. The result is a country that remains vulnerable to energy inflation but is far less likely to suf

Wall Street: Dow Jones closes at record high – Broadcom figures weigh on some chip stocks

Because the chip manufacturer's figures were worse than expected, investors also threw other stocks in the industry out of their portfolios. The leading US index S&P nevertheless rose.

Wall Street: Broadcom numbers are weighing on some chip stocks – others are bucking the trend

Because the chip manufacturer's figures were worse than expected, investors are throwing the industry's stocks out of their portfolios. However, observers do not see a real danger for the AI ​​rally.

Vibe-coding phenomenon lifts AI startup Supabase to $10.5 billion valuation

Database startup Supabase announced a $500 million funding round that values the company at $10.5 billion, including the fresh capital.

Labor market: There is still no full all-clear on youth unemployment in Europe

The record-high youth unemployment after the euro crisis has fallen - also thanks to EU funding. But the rate among young people is still twice as high as average.

what do you think matters more for long-term investing: producers or early-stage explorers?

i’ve been thinking about the difference lately between investing in established companies versus early-stage resource explorers. producers seem more straightforward: revenue, cash flow, existing operations, exposure to commodity prices. explorers are a completely different category. a lot of them have no production and sometimes not even a defined resource yet. the value is usually tied to geology, drilling results, land position and future discovery potential. the upside can look very different

Netflix investors are getting squeamish as Amazon makes inroads in the battle for streaming dominance

Netflix’s stock has dropped 24% since its last earnings report, with investors worried that competitive pressures may be weighing on growth.

7 taken away as police ramp up patrols around former site of Tiananmen vigil

Hong Kong police took away seven people who appeared in Causeway Bay on Thursday evening carrying flowers and dressed in black to mark the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. They included Chan Po-ying, former chairwoman of the now-defunct League of Social Democrats opposition group, and activist Virginia Fung King-man. Police said they stopped and searched five men and two women, aged between 17 and 79, for allegedly disrupting order in the area around Great George Street and...

Inside the $850 million Obama Presidential Center ahead of its Juneteenth opening

President Obama's library will cost $30 to visit, making it the most expensive presidential museum or library in modern history.

Automotive industry: Audi presents its first super sports car – and breaks with tradition

Audi boss Gernot Döllner presents the 1000 hp Nuvolari super sports car amidst growing austerity constraints. The plug-in hybrid is expected to usher in Audi's visual and qualitative turnaround in 2027.

Central Banks Bought Less Gold in 2025 But It Still Hit a 45 Year High

Gold saw a significant price rally over the course of 2025, after geopolitical uncertainty and heightened central bank buying drove more people to the safe haven asset. Gold prices rallied 44 per cent last year, reaching $4,550 per ounce in December and recording 56 fresh record highs according to the latest report from Metals Focus. It also marked the asset's strongest performance since 1980. The report credited the sharp rise to concerns surrounding global growth, inflation and supply chains,

GDR cult brand: Halberstädter sausages: employees do not receive any insolvency money

Salaries are open, operations are at a standstill: Now the production company behind the well-known Halberstadt sausages has filed for bankruptcy again.

Confirmed screwworm case in Texas sends two biotech stocks higher

Options volume is surging for Zoetis as traders look for potential stock market winners in light of a screwworm case in Texas.

Some singles now expect their dates to pay for their Ubers while gas prices are so high

Dating was already expensive, but high gas prices have people narrowing their dating-app radius and taking other extreme measures

Trump foe John Bolton to plead guilty in classified information case

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information under a deal with the US Justice Department that could allow him to avoid prison time, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The deal would resolve a criminal case filed in October that charged Bolton with 18 counts of either retaining or disseminating classified information, including diary-like notes from his time in government that...