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16 February 2023, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: Bettina Orlopp, Chief Financial Officer Commerzbank, attends the annual press conference. With a profit in the billions, Commerzbank is picking up where it left off before the financial crisis and is aiming for further growth this year. Photo: Hannes P. Albert/dpa (Photo by Hannes P Albert/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Commerzbank’s new CEO vows to fight UniCredit takeover, saying tie-up would be ‘extremely difficult’

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BERLIN, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 17: German Economy and Climate Action Minister Robert Habeck attends a panel discussion at the Startup Germany Summit 2024 on September 17, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. The summit brings together participants from the public and private sectors to foster new startups across Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Europe’s largest economy is set to decline for the second year in a row, according to German media reports

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FNEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 8: Elon Musk attends the men’s final on day fourteen of the 2024 US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center on September 8, 2024 in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/GC Images)

Elon Musk’s X can’t escape $417,000 Australian fine in harmful posts case

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People view Volkswagen Lingdu L car during 2024 Xinjiang International Auto Show on March 13, 2024 in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China.

The EU has voted in favor of massive tariffs on Chinese EVs. Here’s what it means for Europe’s carmakers

By Ryan Hogg and AFP

Low angle view of happy start up team toasting to their success.

Portugal to put a new twist on cork industry—from footwear, fashion to furniture as global demand for wine wanes

By Levi Fernandes and AFP

TOKYO, JAPAN – SEPTEMBER 27: Newly-elected leader and sitting chairperson of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference following his election in the party leadership elections on September 27, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. The winner of the Liberal Democratic Party election will become the next Prime Minister of Japan on October 1st, following the resignation of Kishida Fumio as party leader. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon – Pool/Getty Images)

Japan’s new prime minister is set to propose a happiness index

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Los Angeles, CA – May 13:As child care providers and working moms rally for national child care and livable wages for child care providers, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman, a mother of twins, laments only one day for mothers and says she would give up Mothers Day for national child care during the nationwide campaign, A Day Without Child Care, in Reseda on Monday, May 13, 2024. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

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Spiking childcare costs are forcing many mothers to work fewer hours or none at all

By Julie Chabanas and AFP

Marjan Rintel, chief executive officer of KLM division of Air France-KLM Group, during the World Aviation Festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. The Dutch arm of Air France-KLM will press Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport to drop a capacity cap in December rather than extend it through March as planned, Rintel said. Photographer: Peter Boer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Dutch airline KLM will do ‘everything’ it can to protect jobs in cost-cutting drive

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Grand bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey

Turkish inflation on a downward trend—a delight for consumers but a disappointment for policymakers

By Fulya Ozerkan and AFP

Raman Bhatia was named as Starling’s new group CEO in March.

U.K. challenger bank Starling hit with £29 million FCA fine for ‘shockingly lax’ customer checks

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Los Angeles, CA – A marijuana dispensary at 1026 W. Pacific Coast Highway in Wilmington (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

California governor signs law allowing Dutch-style cannabis cafes

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This photo taken on September 24, 2024 shows a visitor taking a selfie with a large Wii pillow in the courtyard during a media preview of the new Nintendo Museum, located inside a renovated old factory, in suburbs of Kyoto. Japan’s Nintendo it will open its much-awaited first museum on October 2 featuring vintage video games and an interactive shoot-em-up with “Super Mario” characters. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Nintendo opens museum to showcase 135-year history of video game giant from playing cards to Super Mario

By Natsuko Fukue and AFP

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., during an event at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Apple Inc. unveiled a new version of its smartwatch with a bigger screen and the ability to detect sleep apnea, part of an event Monday that will also include the iPhone 16 smartphone. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Ireland unveils bumper 2025 budget thanks to a €14 billion euro surplus in Apple back-taxes

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Bernard Arnault, billionaire and chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, at the inauguration of the Atelier Louis Vuitton Vendome in Vendome, France, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Arnault showed up at the new Louis Vuitton workshop in rural France, that will eventually create 400 jobs, with an A-list entourage that included French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire as well as son Frederic. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images

LVMH’s Bernard Arnault acquires glossy French weekly Paris Match for €120 million

By Aurélie Carabin, Stuart Williams, and others

BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 3: Former Volkswagen Chairman Martin Winterkorn during his trial on September 3, 2024 in Braunschweig, Germany. The former Volkswagen CEO faces charges of fraud and making false statements for using defeat devices that made cars seem less polluting in lab tests than they were on the road. (Photo by Pool/Getty Images)

Volkswagen ex-boss Martin Winterkorn has dieselgate trial suspended until 2025 due to ill health

By AFP