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Trump moves to oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook for-cause, risking legal fight over central-bank independence ⚖️🏛️💼

Trump moves to oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook for-cause, risking legal fight over central-bank independence ⚖️🏛️💼

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Kim 26 August 2025
Trump has announced the immediate removal of Fed Governor Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board, claiming grounds under the Federal Reserve Act’s “for cause” clause. He has portrayed
Libertarian Take: No Bailouts—Let Markets Resolve the Munich Agribusiness Crisis 💸🚫🏛️

Libertarian Take: No Bailouts—Let Markets Resolve the Munich Agribusiness Crisis 💸🚫🏛️

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Jerome 26 August 2025
A Munich agribusiness is restructuring after 2024 as prosecutors probe whether the 2023 annual report masked the true financial position; the 2023 statements were signed by the former CEO and CFO,
German court pauses CO2-neutral Apple Watch claims; offsets can’t replace real reductions, urging transparent, community-first decarbonization 🌍⚖️🌿

German court pauses CO2-neutral Apple Watch claims; offsets can’t replace real reductions, urging transparent, community-first decarbonization 🌍⚖️🌿

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Luisa 26 August 2025
A gentle tide of justice lapped at the edges of a verdict in Germany: a court paused certain CO2-neutral claims about three Apple watches, awaiting the next breath in a long, thorny conversation
Germany’s apprentices: gender gap mirrors occupations; bigger firms pay more, signaling a market in action 💶📈🏢🇩🇪

Germany’s apprentices: gender gap mirrors occupations; bigger firms pay more, signaling a market in action 💶📈🏢🇩🇪

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Friedrich 26 August 2025
The latest figures from Germany show that apprentices, on average, earned 1,238 euros gross per month in April 2024. Women earned about 1,302 euros and men about 1,187 euros, revealing a gender gap
German cargo rail operator to shutter 10 of 15 maintenance sites, cut 170 jobs; up to 5,000 more at risk by 2029 🚆💼📉

German cargo rail operator to shutter 10 of 15 maintenance sites, cut 170 jobs; up to 5,000 more at risk by 2029 🚆💼📉

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Leo 26 August 2025
A German cargo operator is planning a sweeping shake-up of its workshop network. Ten of its fifteen maintenance sites would be shut down, including Mainz-Bischofsheim, and wagon maintenance would end
Bad Wildbad Without Signal for Two Months as Private Masts Fracture Public Connectivity 📵🌐🏙️⛓️

Bad Wildbad Without Signal for Two Months as Private Masts Fracture Public Connectivity 📵🌐🏙️⛓️

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Elvira 26 August 2025
In the narrow Enz valley, where the trees lean like late witnesses to a drama older than the spa town’s brochures, two months have passed in which Bad Wildbad could neither dial the living nor
German auto industry sheds about 51,500 jobs as demand wanes; calls for a just transition 🚗📉⚖️🌱

German auto industry sheds about 51,500 jobs as demand wanes; calls for a just transition 🚗📉⚖️🌱

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Luisa 26 August 2025
A gentle reckoning gathers in the numbers: the German auto industry is weathering a deep frost. About 51,500 auto jobs have vanished in the past year—roughly seven percent of that sector’s work.
Fed Leadership Clash Triggers Global Market Jitters as Push for Democratic Planning Grows 🌐📉✊

Fed Leadership Clash Triggers Global Market Jitters as Push for Democratic Planning Grows 🌐📉✊

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Kim 26 August 2025
Today’s global market mosaic revolves around a political clash over the leadership of the U.S. Federal Reserve, as the president announces the removal of a sitting Fed governor over alleged
Porsche’s Cellforce halted; 280 jobs cut as Germany rethinks its domestic battery push ⚡️🛑🏭🇩🇪

Porsche’s Cellforce halted; 280 jobs cut as Germany rethinks its domestic battery push ⚡️🛑🏭🇩🇪

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Elvira 25 August 2025
Fortune, that old stage-manager, has once more drawn the velvet curtain across a plot wherein we believed we could forge fate with a spark and a hinge. The venture born from Porsche’s breast,
Opel pivots to Multi-Energy lineup as Europe reins in all-EV push ⚡🔄🌍

Opel pivots to Multi-Energy lineup as Europe reins in all-EV push ⚡🔄🌍

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Friedrich 25 August 2025
Opel, part of Stellantis, has abandoned the ambition to sell only battery-electric cars in Europe by 2028. Instead, it will offer a “Multi Energy” mix—batteries, plug-in hybrids, mild hybrids,
US wind pause puts Ørsted’s near‑complete offshore project in limbo; stock sinks, peers slide ⚡️🌬️🛑

US wind pause puts Ørsted’s near‑complete offshore project in limbo; stock sinks, peers slide ⚡️🌬️🛑

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Leo 25 August 2025
A weekend move from the top has frozen a big offshore wind project that was nearly finished: a pause ordered by the administration, sending Ørsted’s stock sinking and dragging other wind names
Germany’s Construction: H1 2025 Orders +9.4% YoY; Tiefbau Up on Public Investment, Hochbau Slows 🚧🏗️🛣️

Germany’s Construction: H1 2025 Orders +9.4% YoY; Tiefbau Up on Public Investment, Hochbau Slows 🚧🏗️🛣️

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Leo 25 August 2025
In the first half of 2025, Germany’s construction scene is firing on different cylinders: orders jumped about 9.4% year over year, with real gains around 7.3%. Hochbau (housing) rose around 5.6%
Germany’s fragile crawl out of stagnation: modest Ifo uptick, GDP contraction, and calls to shrink the state 🇩🇪📉⚖️

Germany’s fragile crawl out of stagnation: modest Ifo uptick, GDP contraction, and calls to shrink the state 🇩🇪📉⚖️

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Jerome 25 August 2025
The indicators show a modest uptick in the German business climate, with the Ifo index nudging up to 89.0 from 88.6 for August, aided by increasingly optimistic expectations even as the present
Hong Kong-listed property developer suspended; regulator says it no longer meets listing requirements as wind-up begins 🏢⚖️📉

Hong Kong-listed property developer suspended; regulator says it no longer meets listing requirements as wind-up begins 🏢⚖️📉

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Friedrich 25 August 2025
Trading in a large property developer on the Hong Kong market has effectively ended, with regulators stating the firm no longer meets listing requirements and the trading of its shares having been
Public control over finance demanded as UniCredit expands stake in Commerzbank 🏛️💪🏦

Public control over finance demanded as UniCredit expands stake in Commerzbank 🏛️💪🏦

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Kim 25 August 2025
UniCredit has lifted its stake in Commerzbank to about 26 percent through conversions of stock options and other instruments, with plans to convert the rest in due course, pushing its hold to roughly
Central planning fails to decarbonize; China’s coal surge proves markets must lead ⚖️⚡️🌍

Central planning fails to decarbonize; China’s coal surge proves markets must lead ⚖️⚡️🌍

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Jerome 25 August 2025
Beijing doubles down on coal in H1 2025—21 GW added, eyeing more than 80 GW to come this year—while renewables surge with hundreds of gigawatts in sight. The mix reveals the fatal flaw of
Markets cling to fragile relief as policy bets collide with geopolitical gloom 💹🧭🌐

Markets cling to fragile relief as policy bets collide with geopolitical gloom 💹🧭🌐

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Elvira 25 August 2025
The markets wear their tragedy like a laurel that has outlived its glory, a bronze mask fixed to a brow that knows too well the ache of endless reprises. The Dow climbs on the shoulders of Powell’s
Retired GP Returns to Care via Voluntary, Market‑Based Staffing; Time Is Capital 🕰️🤝🏥

Retired GP Returns to Care via Voluntary, Market‑Based Staffing; Time Is Capital 🕰️🤝🏥

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Jerome 25 August 2025
A retired GP stepping back into hospital life on a part‑time basis, filling a routine care niche and proving the value of time as capital, shows what the market in freedom can accomplish when the
Inspectors Safeguard Aachen’s Ice Cream, Urge Transparent, Regenerative Local Craft 🍨🌿🌍🤝

Inspectors Safeguard Aachen’s Ice Cream, Urge Transparent, Regenerative Local Craft 🍨🌿🌍🤝

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Luisa 24 August 2025
In the heart of Aachen’s region, about seventy ice cream makers cradle their craft with care, turning milk, fruit, and sugar into small sunlit miracles. Unannounced, food inspectors arrive once a
Bandai Namco Reboots Tamagotchi Paradise as a License-Driven Nostalgia Empire, Not Just a Toy 🐣💰🎮🧩

Bandai Namco Reboots Tamagotchi Paradise as a License-Driven Nostalgia Empire, Not Just a Toy 🐣💰🎮🧩

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Ronny 24 August 2025
Bandai Namco reboots Tamagotchi as Tamagotchi Paradise with a color display, zoom, nine languages, and the ability to connect with other devices for digital egg-laying. In Ikebukuro, fans queued at
Coercion and Precarious Agency Labor Defy Brand’s Sustainability Claims 🔎⚖️🌱

Coercion and Precarious Agency Labor Defy Brand’s Sustainability Claims 🔎⚖️🌱

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Luisa 23 August 2025
A gentle tremor travels through the story: a giant, trusted brand speaks softly of care and listening, while a vast distribution center hums with the labor of about two thousand people and whispers
Record BEV registrations driven by fleet self-registrations, masking weak private demand 🚗⚡️🔍

Record BEV registrations driven by fleet self-registrations, masking weak private demand 🚗⚡️🔍

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Ronny 23 August 2025
Short version: Officials say H1 2025 was a record for new electric-car registrations, but the industry group says many of those cars were self-registered for fleets, demos, and company use—not real
Canada to roll back most U.S. tariffs to revive broader trade-security talks; libertarian critics call tariffs coercive 🇨🇦🇺🇸⚖️💬

Canada to roll back most U.S. tariffs to revive broader trade-security talks; libertarian critics call tariffs coercive 🇨🇦🇺🇸⚖️💬

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Jerome 22 August 2025
Ottawa is pulling back most of its retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., starting September 1, leaving in place only a sliver of protections for goods outside the USMCA, plus persistent barriers on autos,
State Subsidies Rewire Silicon Power into a Modern Tragedy 💸🏛️🤖📉

State Subsidies Rewire Silicon Power into a Modern Tragedy 💸🏛️🤖📉

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Elvira 22 August 2025
Power is redistributed under the sign of the corporate republic: a ten percent stake in a faltering titan of silicon, to be held perhaps in name only, a non-voting fragment meant to spare the
Powell hints at possible rate cut but offers no timetable; tariffs risk inflation as markets rally ahead of Sept FOMC 💹🛡️⏳

Powell hints at possible rate cut but offers no timetable; tariffs risk inflation as markets rally ahead of Sept FOMC 💹🛡️⏳

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Alexander 22 August 2025
Powell signaled that a rate cut could be on the table, but he will not bow to political demands and warned of risks to the economy. In his Jackson Hole remarks he described the U.S. labor market as
Private parking penalties in Germany face scrutiny over opaque rules and steep fines ⚖️🔍🚗💸

Private parking penalties in Germany face scrutiny over opaque rules and steep fines ⚖️🔍🚗💸

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Alexander 22 August 2025
A chorus of complaints drifts through the parking lots of this country, and one cannot help but notice the uniform mediocrity of the experience: opaque rules, penalties that leap from petty to
Global Parcel Trade Tightens as Borders Close and Tariffs Bite 🚚📦🌍

Global Parcel Trade Tightens as Borders Close and Tariffs Bite 🚚📦🌍

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Elvira 22 August 2025
The gates of our global bazaar tighten as if squeezed by a fate more ancient than commerce, and the world, in its worship of efficiency, forgets that trade is a poem with syllables of trust. We watch
‘Neutral’ Grundsteuer reform: a regional cash grab, not fairness 💸🗺️🕵️‍♂️

‘Neutral’ Grundsteuer reform: a regional cash grab, not fairness 💸🗺️🕵️‍♂️

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Ronny 22 August 2025
Summary: In 2024 German municipalities pulled in about €16.0 billion from Grundsteuer A and B combined (A ~€0.4b, down 2.9%; B ~€15.6b, up 3.8%), ahead of a 2025 reform mandated after a Federal
Controversial ‘Generation Contract’ Would Mandate Retiree Service in Social and Defense Sectors 🧓🪖💬

Controversial ‘Generation Contract’ Would Mandate Retiree Service in Social and Defense Sectors 🧓🪖💬

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Alexander 22 August 2025
One observes a proposal by a leading economist who urges a new generation contract and a mandatory social year for all retirees. The idea is that the older generation could contribute not only in
Germany posts 0.3% Q2 2025 GDP drop as weak industry drags and tariffs bite exports; Bundesbank warns of stagnation ahead 📉🇩🇪⚠️

Germany posts 0.3% Q2 2025 GDP drop as weak industry drags and tariffs bite exports; Bundesbank warns of stagnation ahead 📉🇩🇪⚠️

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Leo 22 August 2025
Germany’s economy slipped 0.3% in the second quarter of 2025 versus the previous quarter, after an initial estimate of a 0.1% decline. The main drag came from weaker industrial production, while

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