A former senior Slovak diplomat and critic of Prime Minister Robert Fico's increasingly anti-Western rhetoric achieved a surprise victory in the first round of the country's presidential elections. The head of state race will decide whether the Russia-friendly prime minister strengthens his political dominance over the Eastern European country of 5.4 million people or if ...
Spain has agreed with the leaders of Ireland, Malta and Slovenia to take the first steps towards the recognition of a Palestinian StateThe President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, said on Friday after a meeting of the European Council in Brussels. On behalf of Spain, Sánchez hopes that recognition will occur during his current ...
Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google are about to face full-blown European Union investigations into their compliance with a new law that curbs the power of Big Tech.paving the way for potentially large fines. The European Commission is preparing to announce in the coming days iinvestigations into companies under the bloc's Digital Markets Lawaccording to ...
The Niagara Energy company launched a public acquisition offer (OPA) on Thursday) to acquire up to all of the shares of the company Enel Generación Perú, a subsidiary of the Italian company Enel, reported the Lima Stock Exchange. The offer will be valid for 20 days and contemplates the purchase of up to 3,134,886,677 shares ...
Oil prices barely changed on Friday, withWith the global benchmark Brent hovering above US$85 per barrel, as the possibility of a ceasefire in Gaza gained momentum. Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were down 2 cents at $85.76 a barrel by 1017 GMT. U.S. crude futures CLc1 rose 1 cent to $81.08 a barrel. US Secretary ...
Financial Diary – Santiago He gold rose above US$2,200 ounce for the first time as investors became more confident about the Federal Reserve's path for rate cuts, increasing the appeal of non-interest-bearing bullion. The precious metal rose as much as 1.6% to a record $2,220.89 in early trading, before paring those gains. Gold has risen ...
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are setting their sights on Apple Inc., unnerving investors with fears about fines and threatening its market dominance. In the United States, the Department of Justice and 16 attorneys general are suing the iPhone maker for violating antitrust laws. And in Europe, the company is said to face ...
The Justice Department is set to sue Apple Inc. on Thursday, accusing the world's second-most valuable technology company of violate antitrust laws by preventing rivals from accessing your iPhone's hardware and software features. The lawsuit, which is expected to be filed in federal court, according to people familiar with the matter, intensifies the Biden administration's ...
AstraZeneca Plc has agreed to buy Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. for US$2.4 billion, at a time when European pharmaceutical companies continue their streak of agreements with promising biotechnology companies. The British drugmaker said it will pay $21 per share for Fusion, or $2 billion in cash upfront. plus another US$400 million depending on the milestones achieved. ...
Latin America places three countries among the top five of those that from 2022 to 2023 had the highest rates for SMEs among the members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, as revealed by the 'SME Financing' study. and entrepreneurs 2024'. The increase in interest rates by country was evaluated as a ...
