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US President: Another court examines Trump's controversial tax settlement

Trump sued over tax revelations – and reached a favorable out-of-court settlement with his own attorney general. Now the courts are getting involved.

Fiber to the Home: Few customers, high costs – there is a crisis in the fiber optic industry

Laying cables and collecting millions in contracts: The fiber optic business model sounds promising. And what if the millions of contracts don't come?

Renewable energies: “The planned industrial electricity price misses its target”

The energy service provider Meistro fights for renewable energies. His corporate customers want them too. But Katherina Reiche's draft law represents sharp headwinds.

BörsenWoche 561: Editorial: The takeover boom offers these opportunities

Despite geopolitical risks, 2026 could be a record year for acquisitions. Advising on such deals is lucrative for major banks. This is how investors can earn money.

US senator warns of Indo-Pacific risks as Hegseth stresses ‘quiet’ tactics

America’s latest defence strategy worryingly downgrades the importance of the Indo-Pacific, a US senator warned on Saturday, even as the Pentagon chief delivered a speech reassuring allies of commitment at a defence forum in Singapore. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, a staunch critic of the US-Israeli war on Iran, told a media round table at the Shangri-La Dialogue that she was concerned the Trump administration was being distracted by conflict in other theatres that would dent commitment to the...

Thought game: Agricultural land 14K market value

Hello everyone, we are currently collecting ideas regarding our agricultural land - I would be happy to receive feedback and creative ideas :) Current status: - currently leased to a farmer but with an ancient contract - annual return without inflation (0.5%) - building land is definitely very unlikely Ideas: - increase the lease and minimally more return - terminate the lease...: - and sell the farmland - or put up a tiny house and rent it out (e.g. like raus.life, Airbnb) - or Build a solar field

New study shows world pouplation could halve as early as 2064, how would you invest in times of population decline?

We invest because in the long run, stocks only go up. But a lot of this growth comes from a non stop growing world population. What happens if this trend reverses? Global population forecasts have already adapted to more conservative growth projections for the short/mid term future. A new math based study even finds a worst case scenario where the world's population could halve by 2064. This scenario assumes a major global crisis, for example due to climate change or another major pandemic. http

German economy: Big worries among the small ones

It's not just large industry and medium-sized businesses that are suffering from the slump. Largely ignored by politicians, the situation is also getting worse in many small companies.

Demonstrations: Massive protests against Bolivia's President Paz: "This is a coup in full swing"

Protests, road blockades, calls for his resignation: after just six months, Rodrigo Paz is under massive pressure. Bolivia's president wants to save himself through dialogue - and help from the USA.

Carcass off a Danish island: Humpback whale pulled ashore in Denmark

The dead humpback whale is on land: a vehicle pulled the animal onto the beach on the holiday island of Anholt. Now the wait begins for the autopsy - and the answer to the question: What caused the whale to die?

US man asserts if simple teacher and China farmer can grow a forest, world leaders can find peace

A retired American teacher is planning to travel to China in late summer for a reunion with a female farmer he assisted decades ago. In 1999, Ronald Sakolsky, then teaching English in China, was inspired by Inner Mongolian farmer Yin Yuzhen’s battle against desertification and donated US$5,000 to support her tree-planting efforts in the Maowusu Desert. This contribution enabled Yin to plant some of her earliest trees, sowing the seeds of a lasting friendship across continents. Recently, the two.

Hong Kong to curb flavoured tobacco in next phase of controls: health chief

Hong Kong authorities will crack down on flavoured tobacco substances in the next phase of its enhanced smoking control measures, with the health minister describing such products as a “poisoned chalice” designed to hook younger people. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau warned on Saturday that flavoured tobacco was mostly delivered through e-cigarettes, with additives containing menthol or sugar-coated toxins used to mask the bitterness and smell of tobacco and attract young consumers. “About 70

+++ USA +++: US economy: billions in damage due to stop of international flights to “sanctuary cities”

White House: US President Trump in excellent health +++ Trump: “No longer interested” in Kennedy Center renovation +++ USA: Rare military contact with Cuba +++ The news blog.

Is there still much upside remaining in Micron, Vertiv and GE Vernova

Title I've been eyeing these stocks but wanted to get some other opinions as well. These three stocks are all connected to the AI boom, some more indirectly than others - the latter two especially who are helping build the AI data centre infrastructure. submitted by /u/throwawaycima [link] [comments]

Open a German bank account as a German abroad? (DKB, etc.)

Good Morning! Unfortunately, I'm not an expert on this topic, but I wanted to ask if someone could give me some food for thought here. I have been deregistered since 2014, spent 10 years in the UK and have been traveling more or less half-yearly since 2024, although my main residence, center of life and tax number are in Thailand. I'm using Wise at the moment, but I'm not really happy with it because it's not a "real" bank. What could I possibly consider?

Hong Kong cuts emergency mobile alert activation time from an hour to 15 minutes

Hong Kong authorities have slashed the time needed to send emergency mobile alerts to residents from an hour to 15 minutes under a HK$150 million (US$19 million) system, while messages can now be tailored to specific districts, the security chief has revealed. A hearing session into the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire in April had exposed the lengthy time needed to trigger the alert. But security chief Chris Tang Ping-keung on Saturday stopped short of specifying the types of incidents, such as major

Does it even make sense to run a building savings contract?

So I looked in the portal and I have two building savings contracts running. (Why ever 2, does that make any sense other than double the fee?) One is designed for up to 100k, of which you'll probably save 40k yourself, then a 60k loan at a fixed interest rate of 1.25%. Now that doesn't sound so bad per se. The other one is designed up to 36k, so I don't know exactly what the interest rate will be. The problem is that I don't actually plan on buying an apartment. I live in my own apartment in my house

Wash sale and tax question.

Hey I hope this is the right subreddit for this post. I was wondering if I can sell stock A for a loss and stock B for a profit to balance my taxes for this year. The issue is I might repurchase more of stock B which is the stock I made profits from. submitted by /u/Street_Ad5712 [link] [comments]

U.S. support for Taiwan reaffirmed by members of Congress even after Trump called arms sales a 'negotiating chip' with China

President Donald Trump has referred to $14 billion in arms sales to the island, which has been approved by Congress, as a "negotiating chip" with China.

Which brokerage let me do daily deposits?

Hi, I’m wanting to set up daily deposits to an invest account. I’ve l been looking at a few different brokerage apps and non of them seem to let me do daily deposits. The only one I’m finding that is that was Acorns. I remember I was abl to do that when I had acorns. Do any other apps let me set up daily deposits? submitted by /u/Next-Software-1450 [link] [comments]

Stressed city dwellers: “Being lonely in the middle of people is particularly toxic”

Is the city making us sick? Psychiatrist and stress researcher Mazda Adli talks about atrophied streets, fellow human beings as an imposition and the question of what has to happen so that everyone enjoys going out the front door again.

Morning Briefing Plus: Donald Trump on a repair tour

The White House is launching an “everything under control” offensive, the US President is supposedly in good health – and Germany is being kept at a distance.

the ECB goes astray: abandon the digital euro

The European Central Bank is going astray with its plans for a digital euro. It disregards the subsidiary principle of the priority of private over state solutions.

Medium-sized company Gealan: “AI may soon be able to help us better identify needs”

Making medium-sized companies AI-ready is a booming business. The window and door profile manufacturer Gealan shows how this actually happens.

How US defence chief Hegseth softened his tone towards China after Xi-Trump meeting

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth softened his tone towards China in his speech on Saturday to the Shangri-La defence forum compared with the previous year. Speaking two weeks after the meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing, Hegseth also adopted a cautious stance on US arms sales to Taiwan when questioned about the highly sensitive issue and did not mention the island at all in his speech. Although he still criticised China’s military build-up, unlike last year he did

Keep SpaceX out of your portfolio (ETFs)?

https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/danish-pension-fund-excludes-spacex-citing-governance-valuation-2026-05-29/ The Danish pension fund's decision to blacklist SpaceX (and its justification that it was, among other things, absurdly overrated) is a nice reason for the topic: https://www.heise.de/background/Lex-SpaceX-Nasdaq-aendert-Indexregelen-fuer-Musks-Boersengang-11305746.html So that SpaceX can move into the most important leading index as quickly as possible, the Nasdaq - like others

SiCrystal: Important chip supplier has to stop production

A serious accident has paralyzed the semiconductor supplier SiCrystal. For now, however, the chip companies Infineon and Bosch are keeping calm. Rightly so?

US citizens in DE: PFIC problems in the retirement savings account?

Is there already information as to whether the PFIC problem for US citizens in Germany also exists with the new retirement savings account? I'm pessimistic at first and assume that nothing will change, so that US citizens will still not be able to save UCITS ETFs cost-effectively DYI-like? Would the state “standard product” be possible? I realize that the law is still very new, but surely there are people who have been dealing with it for a long time? submitted by /u/101testing

Stablecoins: Dimon attacks Coinbase boss: “He just says crap”

The head of the largest US bank, JP Morgan Chase, is publicly arguing with the CEO of the crypto exchange Coinbase over the regulation of stablecoins.

US seeks 'stable equilibrium' against China hegemony, Hegseth says