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US asset manager BlackRock, one of Credit Suisse's largest shareholders, is considering a bid for the beleaguered Swiss bank. This is reported by the British business newspaper Financial Times based on insiders, who indicate that…
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Tesla wants to expand its factory near Berlin, where production only started last year. The American manufacturer of electric cars announces this. Tesla has submitted a permit application to the German state of Brandenburg, and the…
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The United States must stop "unjustified attacks" on the video app TikTok, says the Chinese government. According to the US government, the popular app is owned by the Chinese tech company ByteDance and poses a threat to national…
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Credit bureau Moody's is investigating whether it should lower the credit ratings of six regional US banks. The move follows the turmoil in the banking system caused by the American Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse. First…
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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says the bankruptcies of US banks Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank do not threaten French financial institutions. The German financial regulator BaFin issued a similar reassuring…
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The United States will become the world leader in the energy transition. US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm makes that promise. In her view, President Joe Biden's administration has created "the most attractive investment…
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Tech giant Microsoft is now making its personal information manager Outlook free to Mac users. Until now, the macOS version of the popular program required a paid Microsoft 365 subscription. Outlook combines an email program with…
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Apple will invest a billion euros in Munich's European chip design centre. It is already the second time it has done so since 2021. The chip centre is Apple's most important development site in Europe. It focuses on three themes:…
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