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The European economy suffers from capital market fragmentation and bureaucracy, which hinders adequate financing for innovation and start-ups, said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, yesterday in her speech at the World...

The US stock market has appreciated by more than 20% in 2024 for the second year in a row, supported by solid growth in the United States economy, interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve amid a disinflationary trend, continued enthusiasm about...

Bitcoin saw strong growth last year, but other segments of the crypto market will perform in 2025, according to industry experts, writes Business Insider. In their opinion, the so-called "altcoins" or alternative currencies - that is,...

The political crisis triggered by the presidential and parliamentary elections was accentuated yesterday after PSD President Marcel Ciolacu announced that his political party was withdrawing from the negotiating table for forming a new...

Gold has gained about 26% so far this year, on track for its best annual performance since 2010, largely driven by the U.S. central bank's interest rate cut and heightened geopolitical tensions that have driven investors to the traditional...

Viewed with skepticism upon its appearance on the public stage, Artificial Intelligence has managed to seduce people and companies in a very short time. Over half of executives (51%) intend to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the short and...

Airlines around the world expect to carry a record 5.2 billion passengers in 2025 and also record a cumulative net profit of $36.6 billion, despite persistent supply chain problems, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced...

The S&P 500 is up about 27% this year, slightly above its 24% gain in 2023, and if the year were to end at this point, it would be the best performance of the main U.S. stock market basket since 2019, an evolution that was not anticipated by...

If there is one word that sums up 2024, it is "change": change in politics, with over 2 billion people across the world going to the polls, and a profound shift in the global order that has shaped the world over the last 80 years and that...

The Polish government will extend the electricity price cap for household consumers for the first nine months of 2025, Reuters reports.

Reporter: In EU Member States we are witnessing a debate on GMO and NGTs cultivation. Farmers would like to grow plants that give higher yields and are more resistant to climate change, frost and drought through genetic modification, while...

The UN climate change conference, COP29, opened in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, with a call for global cooperation as developing countries seek hundreds of billions of dollars in assistance. The limited presence of G20 leaders and the...

The "red wave in the United States", where Donald Trump won the presidency and the Republicans obtained total control of Congress, fueled the growth of the price of Bitcoin, which yesterday hit $80,000 for the first time in history, but...

At a time when our planet is undergoing irreversible transformations, experts warn that it is vital that humanity takes concrete measures to protect biodiversity. Reports from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services...

Dividend stocks have seen gains over time, even during recessions, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis, which presents the top 15 "dividend kings" in 2024, identified by FinanceCharts, based on data available in October....

All the successful companies in our country identified by the National Bank of Romania (BNR) had behind them a partner to finance them, whose role was not only to provide them with money, but also to temper them in periods of euphoria and helps...

The U.S. stock market has had a tremendous run over the past decade, but the years ahead may not be so spectacular, according to recent views of some big Wall Street banks.

The third quarter of 2024 was marked by a series of major challenges for Romania's economy. High summer temperatures have led to increased energy consumption, and the government has taken drastic measures to cover energy needs, including the...

The US dollar fell against most major currencies in 2024 as markets anticipated the first post-pandemic interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

The Minister of Culture, Raluca Turcan, said that the ministry he leads supports the Astra Film Festival, a non-fiction cinematographic event that "promises unique, profound experiences". According to the minister: "Cinematography...

The Romanian House of Agri-Food Trade "Unirea" represents one of the most ambitious and, at the same time, controversial government projects in Romania's agricultural sector, established in 2019 under the PSD government led by Viorica...

Fosta directoare a Casei de comerţ Unirea, Mariana Cotoi, a fost reţinută, alături de alte două persoane, pentru 24 de ore în dosarul în care procurorii DNA vizează un prejudiciu de peste 40 de milioane de lei la compania înfiinţată de Liviu...

An extremely simple, but time-proven, method for choosing companies to be part of an investor's portfolio is to buy stocks at the lowest prices of the last year and sell those that, following significant increases, they reached the maximum...

The law of retaliation (an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth) seems to dominate the conduct of the two main powers in conflict in the Middle East. Both the authorities in Tehran, which ordered 180 ballistic missiles to be sent to Israel on...

Family-concept has become in the last ten years a style of tourism successfully implemented both in Turkey on the Mediterranean Sea, in Antalya, but also in some resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The accommodations have been modernized,...

Saint-Gobain România anunţă finalizarea cu succes a proiectului de instalare şi punere în funcţiune, împreună cu echipa Visual Fan, a unei centrale fotovoltaice, destinată alimentării din surse proprii de energie a liniei nr. 1 a Fabricii de...

The establishment of a sovereign fund in Romania would demonstrate that our country has reached a certain level of strategic maturity, said Claudia Cătălina Sava, Director General Directorate, Financial Instruments and Investments Sector, within...

Medical researchers bring new good news for humans. In the UK, a new £42 million prostate cancer screening trial has been launched with the aim of revolutionizing the way the disease is diagnosed and treated. The study, called Transform,...

The artificial intelligence boom is in its early stages and will follow the trajectory of the Internet in the 1990s, according to a Bank of America report, writes Business Insider.

Equity markets are reflections of growing economies, so we have every reason to believe that the long-term market trend is upward, said Dan Dascal, CEO of BT Asset Management.

• "We can expect the stabilization trend on the operational side of OMV Petrom to continue in the second half of 2024" 

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell late last week gave the clearest indication yet that the U.S. central bank is about to do what markets have long expected - cut interest rates, which are currently at their highest high level of the last two...

• EU Harvest Decline 

Antarctica, one of the most isolated and fragile regions on the planet, faces a new threat: the arrival of non-native marine species and marine pollution from other continents in the southern hemisphere. These risks are highlighted by a new study...

The percentage of installment purchases will continue to grow in the next year to around 20%, from over 15% currently, this evolution reflecting a major change in consumer behavior, according to data from a company in the e-commerce industry....

Since 1900, the United Kingdom has accounted for almost a quarter of global market capitalization, according to visualcapitalist.com, which has compiled a country-by-country ranking of the industry covering the years 1900 and 2023.

Cybercriminals have become a threat to the global economy. Cybercrime could cost companies 10.5 trillion dollars in 2025, an amount that includes the profits made by hackers through various means, according to an article published recently on the...

The middle of the calendar summer constituted a real challenge for the national energy system, in view of the increase in electricity consumption due to a prolonged period of 10 consecutive hot days, when temperatures of over 40 degrees in the...

Global stock markets were gripped by panic in the first trading session this week as the latest economic data from the United States reignited investor fears of a possible US recession, results from several big names in technology the growth...

• The company comes to the stock exchange at a valuation of 156 million lei, according to the price paid by most investors in the public offering