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German government collapses as Scholz sacks finance minister

Departure of Christian Lindner marks the end of the country’s unpopular three-party administration

World - Financial Times - 4 hours ago

German government on brink of collapse after Olaf Scholz sacks finance minister

Unexpected move throws Europe’s largest economy into political disarray and is likely to lead to snap elections in March. The German government was left on the brink of collapse after the ...

World - The Guardian - 4 hours ago

Netanyahu sacks defense minister

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, an Israeli official confirmed to The Hill. Netanyahu and Gallant have clashed publicly over the course of the ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

German finance minister warns of retaliation if U.S. kicks off trade war

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Friday warned that if the U.S. kicked off a trade war with the European Union, there could be retaliation.

Business - CNBC - October 25

Germany's Scholz fires his finance minister as his coalition collapses

Germany’s center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced he is firing Finance Minister Christian Lindner, which could undermine the ruling three-party coalition that relies on Lindner’s ...

World - ABC News - 2 hours ago

Germany's ruling coalition collapses as Chancellor Scholz fires finance minister

The three-year-old union between Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and Lindner's Free Democratic Party (FDP) had been on shaky ground for some time.

Business - CNBC - 5 hours ago

U.S. crude oil prices fall more than 2% after OPEC cuts demand forecast again

Soft demand in China has weighed on the market for months.

Business - CNBC - October 14

Sovereign debt is the biggest risk to global growth in 2025, Saudi finance minister says

Global public debt hit a record $97 trillion in 2023, prompting the UN to call for urgent reforms for governments and financial systems around the world.

Business - CNBC - 6 days ago

Dutch junior finance minister quits after questions over his personal investments

The Dutch junior minister for finance has quit following criticism of his refusal to publish details of his personal investments

World - ABC News - 5 days ago

Germany’s Chancellor Scholz announces he is firing his finance minister, which could undermine his three-party coalition

World - ABC News - 6 hours ago

Middle East crisis live: protests in Israel after Benjamin Netanyahu sacks defence minister

Crowds reportedly clash with police outside Israeli prime minister’s home after he sacks Yoav Gallant. Al Jazeera reports that the death toll from an Israeli strike on tents housing displaced ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Efune enters exclusive talks over Telegraph deal

New York Sun owner says newspaper has a ‘storied history as a pillar of the British press’

Business - Financial Times - October 14

JPMorgan rewrites laws of finance — with some help

Tech, regulation and customer inertia have changed the rules

Business - Financial Times - October 15

If Trump wins, get ready to finance that Ferrari

The GOP presidential nominee’s pitch to make car-loan interest tax deductible would be a boon to wealthy taxpayers.

Business - MarketWatch - October 15

Israel Strikes Hezbollah-Affiliated Financial Institution in Lebanon

Branches of Al-Qard al-Hasan, which functions as Hezbollah’s de facto banking arm but also operates as an alternative bank for Lebanese, were targeted around Beirut and across the country’s south ...

World - The New York Times - October 21

UK chancellor to unlock financing for critical minerals supply

Measures will benefit manufacturers, particularly in defence, aerospace and EV battery makers, says Treasury

Business - Financial Times - October 24

Atlas of Finance — a visual aid to the global money maze

An eclectic and ambitious series of maps, graphs and diagrams helps disclose the locations of hidden riches

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Is there a £22bn ‘black hole’ in the UK’s public finances?

Economists say the state of public finances should not have come as a complete surprise to the new government.

Ministers complain to Starmer over spending cuts

Some Cabinet members are alarmed at the scale of cuts being sought to plug a rumoured £40bn gap.

Kenya’s deputy president sacked while in hospital

World - Yahoo News - October 18

TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project

Chinese technology giant ByteDance denied reports that the incident caused more than $10m of damage.

Duncan Ferguson sacked as Caley Thistle manager

The former Scotland international has been let go along with two coaches after the club entered administration.

Letters by Oliver Sacks review – science, sex and motorcycles

The kaleidoscopic world and polymathic interests of the great neurologist brought to life in his correspondence. In 1960, Oliver Sacks, a 27-year-old University of Oxford graduate, arrived in San ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

Man Utd sack manager Ten Hag

Erik ten Hag sacked following Manchester United's poor start to the Premier League season.

Manchester United sack manager Erik ten Hag after dismal start to the season

Manchester United sacked Erik ten Hag as the club's first-team manager on Monday following a dismal start to the Premier League season.

Business - CNBC - October 28

Utd sack Ten Hag; Van Nistelrooy named interim

Erik ten Hag was sacked as Manchester United manager following Sunday's 2-1 Premier League defeat against West Ham United, the club announced Monday.

Sports - ESPN - October 29

'A pity' - Prem coaches react to Ten Hag's sacking

Liverpool boss Arne Slot described his compatriot's dismissal as "a pity" and Manchester City's Pep Guardiola said he feels "sorry" for him.

Sports - ESPN - October 30

Hundreds of police officers sacked for bad behaviour

There was a 50% rise last year in the number of officers sacked and barred in England and Wales.

Thousands in Israel demonstrate against sacking of Gallant

World - Yahoo News - 4 hours ago

Lenders get creative to finance small businesses in developing markets

Start-ups use novel lending practices to extend credit to underserved groups

World - Financial Times - October 14

Boeing Seeks to Line Up Billions in Financing as Strike Goes On

The aerospace giant said it could raise as much as $25 billion in debt or equity over the next three years, including a $10 billion line of credit.

Business - The New York Times - October 15

More Americans favor Trump for their personal finances and the economy: Poll

More Americans think the economy would fare better under former President Trump than Vice President Harris in a new survey, even as many economists say they expect higher inflation and slower ...

Politics - The Hill - October 15

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