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BlackRock Inc.’s research arm has become cautious on emerging-market stocks and is bullish about short- and medium-term euro-area government bonds, according to its 2026 mid-year global investment outlook.

Poland’s companies are selling more shares on the secondary market than ever before in a trend driven by increasingly active local investors.

For the first time in three years, global central banks plan to reduce their exposure to the US dollar in the long term, according to a UK-based think tank.

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz picked up for the first time since Iran’s recent attacks on ships in the waterway, with more operators sending crude tankers into the Persian Gulf.

German inflation cooled more than expected in June, part of a slowdown across most of the region brought on by the drop in global oil prices.

The European Central Bank may be able to keep interest rates unchanged at its next meeting if the situation in the Middle East doesn’t escalate in the meantime, according to Governing Council member Primoz Dolenc.

European Central Bank officials insisted the inflation shock caused by the Iran war can’t yet be judged to be over, even if hostilities have largely ceased.

The US Supreme Court ruled that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook can stay in her job for now, reinforcing the central bank’s independence from the White House and dealing a setback to President Donald Trump.

Volkswagen AG’s labor leaders haven’t been looped in on plans to cut as many as 100,000 positions in Germany to boost competitiveness, laying bare governance tensions at Europe’s biggest carmaker.

Almost four decades after the fall of communism in Slovakia, a Soviet-designed reactor is finally about to produce power.

Newcleo Ltd., a European startup building novel nuclear reactors that run on recycled waste, has the potential to disrupt clean energy. As with all new technology, the path is not easy.

The US and Iran have agreed to stop attacking each other before peace talks resume this week over the Strait of Hormuz and other issues, paving the way to end days of tit-for-tat attacks that tested a fragile truce.

The yen slid to its weakest level against the dollar since 1986, a milestone that will generate unease in Japan and put traders on high alert for authorities wading into the market.

China’s central bank held its debut overnight operation but didn’t disclose the rate of interest it charged commercial lenders, in a surprise move to traders awaiting guidance on borrowing costs.

Volkswagen AG is looking to cut tens of thousands of additional jobs and may shutter factories in a push by Chief Executive Officer Oliver Blume to make Europe’s biggest automaker more competitive, Manager Magazin reported.

The scorching heat sweeping Europe has parched soils, distressed livestock and is keeping farmers away from fields, superseding the Iran war as the greatest challenge to food supplies.

A UK naval group said it received a report that a vessel was hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, hours after several freighters turned around while attempting to cross the vital waterway.

Chinese cars made up more than one in ten new purchases in Europe for the first time last month, as consumers flock to models that offer better features for less money.

Die Mieten auf dem freien Wohnungsmarkt legen weiter zu – von 2025 auf 2026 stiegen die Mieten in der Stadt Salzburg um bis zu fünf Prozent. Gleichzeitig sinkt aber die Zahl der neuen Wohnungen, die fertiggestellt werden. „Wir bauen in Österreich um 20.000 Wohnungen zu wenig“, sagt ein Branchenvertreter.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said he saw hopeful signs in the latest inflation report, but warned that price pressures overall remain too high.

Apple Inc. took the extreme measure of raising prices of Macs, iPads and home devices on Thursday, seeking to offset cost hikes caused by an unprecedented shortage of memory chips and storage.

Bitcoin is facing a massive options expiry that risks putting more pressure on a market already struggling with fading institutional demand and macroeconomic headwinds.

Revenue from artificial intelligence has reached a tipping point, showing that the hundreds of billions of dollars tech companies are spending on it may be economically sustainable, according to a report from research firm Exponential View.

Treasuries gained after the Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge rose less than estimated, damping expectations for an interest-rate hike in the months ahead.