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UAE Emerges As Top Global Greenfield FDI Attractor
MENAFN
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August 17, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) In a resounding affirmation of its global investment magnetism, the UAE has once again reinforced its status as the world's most effective attractor of foreign direct investment (FDI), relative to its economic size....
FTSE 100 Live: index retraces gains; investors eye Trump-Putin...
Proactive USA
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August 15, 2025
FTSE 100 up 4 points to 9,181 Investors eye Trump-Putin talks in Alaska Chinese data disappoints Asian markets mixed after flat finish on Wall Street 10.30am: Footsie loses momentum After a strong start that took London's blue-chip index to a new...
German yields rise for fourth straight day
GCN
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August 13, 2025
The German yield curve is expected to steepen for the fourth consecutive week. Recent trading trends in the biggest economy in Europe have revealed a consistent tendency that is drawing notice. Investors have been reevaluating their positions in...
Swiss battery maker targets German grid with 40+ battery storage projects
ESS News
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August 15, 2025
In a collaboration with Münchner Solarkraftwerke, Lion E-Mobility AG, the Swiss manufacturer of lithium-ion battery packs, aims to deliver more than 40 energy storage projects, ranging from 5 to 150 MW, by 2028. These projects will be implemented...
The Financial Trap. What Is Holding Back Ukraine’s Growth and Recovery
Zerkalo Nedeli
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Large-scale fiscal stimulus by the government since the start of the war coexists with monetary restrictions imposed by the National Bank (NBU). This monetary–fiscal dissonance negatively affects the structure of aggregate demand, does not...
Investors adopt "higher for longer" view on ECB rates
Yahoo Finance
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By Stefano Rebaudo and Linda Pasquini (Reuters) -Investors are increasingly pricing in a "higher for longer" interest rate environment in the euro zone, with a potential cut in March seen as a temporary blip before borrowing rates climb back above...
FTSE 100 Live: index at a record as investors eye Trump-Putin showdown
Proactive UK
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August 15, 2025
FTSE 100 up 11 points to 9,187 Investors eye Trump-Putin talks in Alaska Chinese data disappoints Asian markets mixed after flat finish on Wall Street 9am: New record for the Footsie The FTSE 100 briefly touched a new record above 9,200 in early...
Germany’s media place the rapper Macklemore in its crosshairs
World Socialist Web Site
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August 14, 2025
The article “A bit of Israel-bashing and then just keep partying” by Sebastian Hammelehle in Germany’s largest circulation news weekly Der Spiegel was one of the triggers for a wide-ranging smear campaign against the rapper Macklemore. The Spiegel...
German Porsche SE Group turns to defense industries due to declining sales
Yemen News Agency SABA
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Berlin - Saba: Hans Dieter Pötsch, Chairman of the Board of Management of the German Porsche SE Holding Group, announced on Wednesday that, in light of declining profits, the group intends to expand its investments in the defense sector. Pötsch...
German finance minister to meet Baltic counterparts, troops in Lithuania
The Baltic Times
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VILNIUS - German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil is coming to Lithuania to meet with his Baltic counterparts and to visit German troops stationed in the country. Aukse Bruveriene, a spokeswoman for the German Embassy in...
German manufacturer mulls relocating to US to avoid arms embargo against Israel
Middle East Eye
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August 13, 2025
German automotive manufacturer Renk, which produces tank transmissions and engines for the Israeli military, is considering moving production to the US after the German arms embargo on Israel. Renk CEO Alexander Sagel mentioned the prospective...
Business news live: FTSE 100 rises and Warren Buffett’s new $1bn investment
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 15, 2025
Shein’s UK sales surge 32% higher amid stock market float plans Fast fashion giant Shein has revealed its UK sales surged by almost a third last year ahead of plans to float the company. Fresh accounts filed on Companies House also showed higher...
Germany approves delivery of submarine to Israel, report says
Middle East Monitor
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August 13, 2025
The German government has approved the export of a new submarine to Israel, just days after announcing a partial halt to the country’s arms exports to the Jewish state, the Berlin-based taz newspaper reported Wednesday, Anadolu reports. According...
Germany pledges $500 million for NATO-led US weapons supply to Ukraine
The Kyiv Independent
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August 13, 2025
Germany will contribute $500 million to a NATO initiative supplying Ukraine with critically needed U.S.-made weapons, the alliance announced on Aug. 13. The support will come through NATO's Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism,...
Business : GATE 2025 Set To Attract RM500 Mln In Trade, Investment Value -- MARii
Bernama
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August 15, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 (Bernama) -- The Global Automotive Technology Expo (GATE) 2025 is set to attract around RM500 million in terms of trade and investment value, said its co-organiser, the Malaysia Automotive Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii)....
What Returns on Investment?
The Australian Jewish News
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August 15, 2025
I am shocked by the docile, lay-down, defeatist attitude we are taking to the societal challenges here in Australia. Plenty of analyses by the Jewish communal “commentators”. But very little tachlis! Jewish leaders are busy explaining the freakin’...
Sensitive land: Israeli far-right minister backs contentious West Bank settlement plan
RTL Today
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August 15, 2025
Israel's finance minister has backed a long-stalled plan to build thousands of homes in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, defying global opposition and calls to preserve the two-state solution. Israel's finance minister backed plans on...
Germany will spend $500 million on aid to Ukraine — this is the third such aid package under the new NATO scheme
Babel
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Germany will spend $500 million on a NATO-led aid package for Ukraine. This is the third aid package paid for by alliance countries as part of US arms supplies under NATOʼs new Priority Ukraine Needs List (PURL) initiative. This is stated in the...
Belgian foreign minister visits DRC, where interest still runs high
Euro Weekly News
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August 17, 2025
Shocking that nearly 74% of people in DRC live in poverty, and 15% in extreme poverty, according to the World Bank | Credit: Denys.Kutsevalov/Shutterstock The Belgium and Democratic Republic of Congo bilateral relations have come a long way since...
German arms maker sidesteps Israel embargo
Ynet
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August 13, 2025
Renk, which makes tank gearboxes, said the move is designed to bypass new German restrictions. Chief executive Alexander Sagel told the Financial Times that both the company and Germany remain committed to ensuring Israel retains military...