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The Infrastructure Gap Threatening Britain's EV Transition

Motorway services will be central to the EV transition, but urgent action is needed to unlock grid capacity, writes Tim Gittins The UK has now passed a significant milestone with more than 2m electric vehicles on the road. It is a powerful signal of the pace at which transport is changing, and of the scale of the challenge now facing policymakers and industry alike in ensuring the infrastructure exists to support that transition at pace in practice, not just in principle. Since the opening of Wa

Future Tech Still Needs Old-School Metals. How Are People Thinking About Copper Exposure?

The more I look at AI infrastructure, grid upgrades, defense spending and electrification, the harder it is to ignore the metals side of the trade. Data centers need power cables, transformers, switchgear, busbars, substations, cooling systems and grid connections. Defense systems, robotics, EVs and renewables add more demand on top. Copper is the obvious volume metal in that stack, while silver, rare earths, gallium and germanium show up in more specialized parts of the supply chain. The part I

Lavrov tells Rubio of Russian decision to strike Kyiv sites linked to military - Reuters

Lavrov tells Rubio of Russian decision to strike Kyiv sites linked to military Reuters

Europe’s Gas Prices Drop 5% On Renewed U.S.-Iran Talks Optimism

European natural gas prices fell more than 5% to around €46.3 per megawatt hour, their lowest level in two weeks, amid optimism that the United States and Iran could soon reach a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that a deal was nearing finalization after extensive calls with Middle Eastern leaders and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hours later, Trump shifted his tone on the social media site, revealing that he had instructed U.S. r

EU plans to fine Google high triple-digit million euro sum, Handelsblatt reports - Reuters

EU plans to fine Google high triple-digit million euro sum, Handelsblatt reports Reuters

Iran's president orders reopening of international internet access, state media reports - Reuters

Iran's president orders reopening of international internet access, state media reports Reuters

Heat dome over Europe scorches UK, France, Italy and Spain

Temperatures hit record highs for May in the United Kingdom and France on Monday, as forecasters warned of a prolonged period of extreme heat across Europe throughout the week. A so-called heat dome of warm air from northern Africa trapped under a high-pressure system over western Europe is behind the high temperatures not usually seen until high summer. Temperatures in Spain were expected to peak later this week at 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit), while parts of Italy imposed...

The AfD at the Gate: What Happens to Germany's Economy If the Firewall Falls?

Germany faces a lot of pressure right now with its industries not doing great and people getting older plus energy problems from conflicts around the world. The piece from Veritas Europaea talks about risks if the Brandmauer falls apart and mainstream parties start working with the AfD. Most talk about the AfD is on social stuff and immigration but this goes into bigger economic and political effects. It wonders what happens to the EU if Germany shifts under AfD influence. The party wants more p

HalbleiterProduktion: Die große Chip-Lücke

Europa fehlt rund ein Dutzend Fabriken, um den eigenen Bedarf an Chips zu decken. Wie die EU dagegen angehen will.

Spanish national evacuated from hantavirus cruise ship tests positive - Reuters

Spanish national evacuated from hantavirus cruise ship tests positive Reuters

Israeli opposition leader Lapid says Trump’s emerging deal with Iran is `bad for the region’ - AP News

Israeli opposition leader Lapid says Trump’s emerging deal with Iran is `bad for the region’ AP News

Buch Empfehlung - Staatsschulden

Hallo zusammen, ich würde mich gerne etwas in das Konzept Staatsschulden einlesen - habt ihr da konkrete Buchempfehlungen? Nach einer ersten Recherche hab ich vor allem folgende Titel gefunden: - How Countries go broke, Ray Dalio - Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years (Das verfehlt das Thema etwas denke ich, da es generell um das Konzept Schulden geht) - What We Owe, Carlo Cottarelli Kontext: ich bin recht Finanz- und Ökonomie-interessiert, habe Wirtschaftsstatistik studiert und be

Now that the NL is about to tax unrealised gains, where in the EU is best to accumulate & invest for FIRE, besides Luxembourg and Switzerland?

I know the law is not official yet, but by the looks of it it's likely to be passed. Even Dublin/Ireland, which has high salaries, taxes unrealised gains every 6 years, and the housing crises basically erodes any meaningful gains you would make by moving here from Continental Europe. The Nordics have high salaries but a dead job market. What are the options left? I know many people who are in CH and LU but always comment on how depressing those places are. Some IT people make bank in Eastern Eur

Zelenskiy: Little progress in talks with U.S. on missile defences - Reuters

Zelenskiy: Little progress in talks with U.S. on missile defences Reuters

Iran would open Strait of Hormuz 30 days after peace deal, Nikkei reports citing source - Reuters

Iran would open Strait of Hormuz 30 days after peace deal, Nikkei reports citing source Reuters

Iran to open Hormuz 30 days after US deal to end fighting: source

Japan's smaller firms struggle to pass on higher costs from Iran war

Unwinding from a FA disaster

Had a few accounts with a ML advisor that he put into a sector rotation plan. 1/3 of it is in an inherited ira that needs to be zero in the next 6 years. The account did decent but we didn’t feel like the advisor wanted a smaller account. We moved to a “boutique” advisor that has done nothing with the accounts in a year. Sectors have changed in the last year and nothing has been done. Our portfolio is lagging way behind the S&P because of this advisor doing nothing. Each account has 20% in appro

Data Centers Are Outgrowing Europe’s Clean Power Deals

European data center power purchase agreement (PPA) volumes fell from 4.2 gigawatts (GW) in 2024 to 2.6 GW in 2025, even as capacity buildout accelerated sharply. The drop reflects offshore wind delays and increased challenges in agreeing on PPA price points due to falling capture rates and rising frequency of negative wholesale power price hours, particularly for solar PV. In addition, the race to secure power has led some major hyperscalers to reassess their clean energy ambitions, moderating

It's time for Nvidia to take a page out of Apple's playbook and do more for investors

It's time for Nvidia to admit its status as a solid grower and do more for shareholders than it already has.

The worlds largest Antimony Producer and Europe´s biggest Lead producer

I’ve been looking into Campine NV and wanted to sanity-check the thesis here. The company had a monster 2025, mostly because antimony prices went crazy. So I’m not assuming the recent EBITDA is a normal run-rate. That’s probably the biggest risk in the whole story. The obvious bear case is that lead-acid battery makers may reduce antimony content over time. Campine itself basically said high antimony prices pushed some customers to reduce usage or look at alternatives. But I’m not sure the concl

Kazakhstan Won’t Enforce $1.4B Gazprom Asset Seizure

Kazakhstan will not enforce a special court's decision allowing Ukraine's Naftogaz to collect a $1.4 billion international arbitration award from Russia's Gazprom, Justice Minister Erlan Sarsembayev has declared just days after Kazakhstan’s AIFC court upheld the award. The legal battle stemmed from a 2019 contract for Russian natural gas transit through Ukraine. Following Russia's 2022 invasion, Naftogaz declared force majeure at a major distribution station, prompting Gazprom to stop fully payi

+++ Iran-Krieg +++: Iran und USA dämpfen Aussicht auf ein schnelles Ende des Krieges

Medien: Irans Präsident ordnet Ende der Internet-Sperre an +++ Netanjahu soll Beirut laut Minister wieder bombardieren +++ Iranische Delegation wohl in Katar +++ Der Newsblog.

Familienministerium: Das Elterngeld grundsätzlich überdenken

Kritiker sollten bessere Vorschläge machen. Wenn das Elterngeld nicht wirkt, wie wär’s mit einer Steuersenkung?

Estranged husband of former Scottish leader pleads guilty to embezzlement from party

The estranged husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon pleaded guilty on Monday to embezzling more than £400,000 (US$540,000) from the Scottish National Party to fund a lavish lifestyle when he was its chief executive. Peter Murrell, 61, who was remanded into custody in the High Court in Edinburgh after his plea, admitted he used the money to buy a motorhome, two cars and luxury goods. “By embezzling from the SNP, Peter Murrell was stealing the hopes, the dreams and the aspirations of..

Kazakhstan's First Nuclear Plant Faces More Delays

Beset with financing difficulties, Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear energy entity, is begging for more time to start building Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant on the shores of Lake Balkhash. The site was selected after extensive study by Kazakh authorities. But at a recent meeting in Moscow, Rosatom chief Alexei Likhachev told the head of Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency, Almassadam Satkaliyev, that the Russian entity will need “at least a year of observation of the site in order to form all the

Geht es noch jemandem so, dass Konsum irgendwann einfach seinen Reiz verliert?

Ich habe das Gefühl, dass die meisten Dinge, die man kaufen kann, am Ende hauptsächlich Platz wegnehmen und nur kurz glücklich machen. Reisen, Erlebnisse oder gutes Essen finde ich noch am sinnvollsten, weil davon wenigstens Erinnerungen bleiben. Aber selbst da gewöhnt man sich irgendwann dran. Viele größere Anschaffungen macht man außerdem nur einmal: gute Möbel, Technik, Küche, Auto usw. Wenn man halbwegs vernünftig kauft, hält vieles dann ewig. Dadurch frage ich mich gerade besonders bei Gutv

Trump says Iran deal should include additional countries joining Abraham Accords

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that any agreement with Iran should include a requirement for several additional countries, including Saudi Arabia and Turkey, to join the Abraham Accords, the US-brokered agreements aimed at normalising relations with Israel that were forged during Trump’s first term. In a social media post, Trump said negotiations are “proceeding nicely” but tied any eventual agreement to expanded participation in the agreements first signed in 2020. He pointed to Saudi

Overheating chemical tank in California no longer at risk of exploding, fire officials say - Reuters

Overheating chemical tank in California no longer at risk of exploding, fire officials say Reuters

+++ Ukraine-Krieg +++: Russland droht mit neuer Attacke gegen Kiew

Ukraine gegen Lockerung der Import-Verbote für Kali-Dünger aus Belarus +++ Belarussische Oppositionsführerin reist nach Kiew +++ Der Newsblog.