UniCredit ups pressure on Commerzbank, fuelling German anger

UniCredit lifts Commerzbank exposure to 28%

Italian bank escalates effort to take over German lender

Financial Times - 2h

UniCredit raises stake in Commerzbank to 28% as Orcel ups ante on pursuit

Investors are watching whether UniCredit will proceed with a takeover venture of Germany's Commerzbank or Italian peer Banco BPM.

CNBC - 10h

German president meets Nigerians behind the Lagos start-up boom

Yahoo News - 6d

Pressure ramps up for Senate Republicans to back Hegseth

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks were back on Capitol Hill to shore up support among GOP senators, including his embattled Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth.

ABC News - Dec. 10

AI-fuelled cloud storage boom threatens Irish climate targets, report warns

Friends of the Earth calls on government to rein in growth of datacentres for fear they could increase fossil fuel use . Ireland has allowed itself to become a “data dumping ground” for big ...

The Guardian - Dec. 10

Credit Agricole Moves to Raise Banco BPM Stake as UniCredit Circles

Credit Agricole said it bought financial contracts that could raise its stake in Banco BPM to 15.1% at a time when the Italian bank is being targeted by larger rival UniCredit in a $10 billion-plus ...

The Wall Street Journal - Dec. 9

German Greens leader cosies up to conservatives

Franziska Brantner open to post-election coalition despite CDU blaming ecological party for country’s stagnation

Financial Times - Dec. 8

Crédit Agricole lifts stake in Italy’s Banco BPM in blow to UniCredit bid

French lender’s stake-building comes in wake of €10.1bn takeover offer from Andrea Orcel’s bank

Financial Times - Dec. 6

Senators ramp up pressure on House to pass online safety, privacy package in lame-duck session

A group of bipartisan senators pushed House Republican leadership on Wednesday to pass the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA) before the end of the year as it remains stalled in the lower ...

The Hill - Dec. 4