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Gender Pay Gap: Germany breaks EU law when it comes to pay transparency

Women and men should receive the same salary for the same work. New EU rules should help with this. Germany is not implementing it in time. Is there now a threat of criminal proceedings?

Norman Bethune’s story still holds lessons for China-Canada relations

I grew up in a classroom where the name Norman Bethune was invoked with reverence. Like every schoolchild in China, I could recite from memory Chairman Mao’s 1939 essay “In Memory of Norman Bethune”, which characterised Bethune as a man who had come from afar, who gave his life to the Chinese revolution, who embodied selflessness and internationalism. For years, I kept a poster in my office – the famous oil painting of Mao meeting Bethune in Yan’an – as a quiet tribute. As the years passed and..

An honest question about staying invested all along?

So I've been investing for a couple of months now, and how do you have the motivation to keep investing even when prices are up? Like I mean, for example, when I started investing into stocks and index funds, my avgs were down and now they've all gone up and so has my portfolio. But everything is expensive. And are we assuming it will always go up eventually over the new few years/decades? like to infinity? Or do u guys rebalance portfolio every once in a while(1-3 years) switching to different

Japan to label Philippines 'top priority' for oil reserve support

Frontier AI shock: Japan's analog layer offers a resilience lesson

Japan octopus fritter maker bets on ASEAN exports with new plant

How to deal with small amounts of money

I would like to invest but I only have small amounts (1-2k euros a month) that I can put it. I have been wondering what is a good approach in my case - put it all in a broad ETF of stocks as it has generally returned 8% long term adjusted for inflation or pick stocks. The former will grow always, unless capitalism fails, but generally slowly. The latter is riskier but it could outperform. The question is does it make sense to put the money in one diversified place or try to squeeze that outperfo

Why Solar Power Is Booming Under Trump

Despite the Trump administration’s pivot away from renewable energies, solar continues to dominate new energy additions in the United States. Newly released data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) shows that at the close of last year, solar energy additions were the single largest form of new energy capacity installations for the 28th straight month, starting in September of 2023. In fact, in spite of a broad rollback of Biden-era clean energy incentives since Trump resumed off

Company shut down 401K rollover - How will mix of ROTH/traditional be handled

My company shut down and I will need to move my 401K to an IRA. Company 401K was managed through Schwab and all my personal investment accounts are with Schwab as well (brokerage, Roth IRA, traditional IRA). The 401K was setup as self directed (PCRA) and is comprised of 60% Roth and 40% traditional with a mix of ETF's, equities, BDC's, REITS and cash. My question is how will my investments within the 401k be handled in a rollover that is part ROTH/part traditional? Will I have to liquidate every

Most people across 36 countries have negative views of Israel and little confidence in Netanyahu

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Missing US student found dead in Japan

An ⁠American student ⁠who disappeared while on ⁠a family holiday in Japan was found dead outside Kyoto, his mother wrote in a social media post on Saturday. The body of James ‌Higginbotham, 20, was discovered in a mountainous area by a volunteer search-and-rescue group, Nancy Higginbotham wrote. A cause of death and further details were not immediately available. “Our family is heartbroken,” she said. “The grief we feel is ⁠impossible to put into words.” Higginbotham, an Alabama resident ‌and an

Pope: Pope in front of hundreds of thousands of young people: “Be the light”

Pope Leo XIV calls on hundreds of thousands of young people in Madrid to be bearers of hope against war and lies. What lies behind his clear words - and why he praises Spain.

Trump AI policy adviser Sriram Krishnan to leave position

A top White House artificial intelligence policy adviser on Saturday said he will leave his position at the end of June, marking the exit of a leading ‌figure helping craft policies for frontier technologies. “This journey has been the privilege of a lifetime,” the adviser, Sriram Krishnan, posted on social media. Krishnan did not give a reason for leaving, but wrote in the post he intends to help “tackle some of the large challenges facing America” related to AI. Krishnan has been involved in..

U.S. confirms second Texas screwworm case, Canada restricts livestock imports

New World screwworm larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, creating severe wounds that can be fatal if left untreated.

Bernadette Chirac, formidable French first lady dubbed ‘last queen of France’, dies at 93

Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France who spent 12 years at the Elysee Palace from 1995 to 2007 beside President Jacques Chirac – weathering his notorious infidelities with dry humour while building her own political power base in rural France – has died. She was 93. President Emmanuel Macron confirmed her death on Saturday, saying he and his wife Brigitte had learned with “great sadness” of the passing of a woman who marked French history, and changed the lives of...

Tired of nausea or taking a GLP-1 pill every day? These experimental drugs could be better than Zepbound and Wegovy.

There is a new wave of weight-loss therapies in development that aim to be better than the existing GLP-1s.

Market pumpers are in overdrive

It is certainly interesting to see people fly out of the woodwork to assure everyone with all the detailed explanations of why the market went down a few measly percent, to just keep buying and it will be all time high again next week. And maybe it will be. Or we could see further declines of 5, 10, 15, 20% or more in the coming months. That’s not “bad”, if anything it’s healthy for investors. It’s just that those that already bought higher are now upset. Forest fires have cleared overcrowded fo

Dependence on Taiwan: The Irreplaceable Island

With billions in subsidies, Germany wanted to make itself more independent of chip supplies from Taiwan. Artificial intelligence will make this plan obsolete at the latest.

Japan's corporate real estate sales hit 18-year high on strong demand

Is it ok if I decline a call from a money transfer service so i can verify it?

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Podcast AMA with Dr. Stefan Fremdt - Executive Director Risk at flatexDEGIRO! Your questions about current market events, risk management, brokers like flatex & working in the financial industry!

For our upcoming AMA we have a real expert from the financial world: Dr. Stefan Fremdt, Executive Director Risk at flatexDEGIRO. Not a marketer, not a sales person, but a risk manager who can give you the inside-out view of your own risk to the risk of an entire bank or broker. He founded his first company at 19, researched in the field of predictive analytics, has a PhD in math, taught at various universities and has been working on his W. ever since

AI music in streaming: “We have nothing against AI songs”

Deezer is the only service that labels AI music as such. A conversation with CEO Alexis Lanternier about 75,000 new AI songs a day, scams - and how popularly the songs are actually listened to.

Once online - and then never online

I would like to see the historical ETF files to at least see the top 10 holdings for each quarter. Actually, once data is online, it should continue to be found online in archives somewhere. But unfortunately I can't find anything at all. Documents & Reports - Knowledge & Service - BlackRock Does anyone know of a database where the files can still be accessed free of charge? submitted by /u/SP-0308 [link] [comments]

How to get rid of your father's maintenance obligation in the event of a serious breach of parental duties

Hello dear Carbonajünger, Short explanation of my situation: I am 23 years old, grew up in Germany, am a German citizen and am studying medicine in Austria. So it is very likely that (with inflation) I will have a gross income of >100,000€/year in 10 years. In addition, there is already discussion about completely removing or lowering this limit so that pensions can be increased again. Now my father was an absolute disaster, had everything

Financed car turns out to be a repair trap - what next? (Ford Focus MK4, 156,000 km)

Hello, I need your advice. In 2025 I financed a Ford Focus MK4 1.5 EcoBlue automatic (EZ 12/2020, 136,000 km) from a dealer for 12,000 euros plus interest. Unfortunately, this purchase later turned out to be a mistake. After an accident in which a tension belt from a vehicle in front damaged my car, the expert found that the previous damage had clearly been repaired. At the time of purchase and in the purchase contract there was only mention of a small repainting

AI Boom or Political Play? Trump Channels Defense Funds Into Dying Coal Plants

The Trump administration is set to channel nearly $700 million in federal funds into the U.S. coal industry Thursday, invoking a Korean War-era statute to prop up existing power plants, finance new construction, and push open a California export terminal that has been blocked for nearly two decades. The centerpiece is $425 million distributed under the Defense Production Act to 13 existing coal plants across West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Arizona, Oklahoma

Direct debit chargeback

As is well known, you can simply reverse a SPEA direct debit for up to 8 weeks without giving any reason. But what happens when the account that was debited doesn't have enough funds? So the money is now elsewhere. Does one of the banks involved have to step in first? Are there any mechanisms that initially block the money in the event of a chargeback? Are there any bank employees here who have experience with this? submitted by /u/Educational_Bee_62

For everyone who finds TR's telephone service funny: TR reports when you are not on the phone with them and asks a few more questions if you want to send money during the call. (So ​​bonuses my gigantic portfolio)

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Here are 3 forces that drove a whirlwind week for the stock market

An avalanche of selling on Friday crushed stocks. It was a dramatic reversal from record highs earlier in the week.

World Cup: Where are the football tourists?

FIFA is hailing the upcoming World Cup as an economic blessing for the host countries. However, the hotel industry has so far been disillusioned - and blames the US President for this.