Good Morning from #Germany, where all German stocks are now worth less than Nvidia. Germany's stock mkt value is just ~$2.5tn, Nvidia's value is $2.62tn. This week, Nvidia has gained $348bn in value, the combined value of traditional comps Siemens, Deutsche Telekom, and Mercedes.
‼ От 3 май отпаднаха декларациите за непогасени публични задължения, които гражданите са длъжни да представят при прехвърляне на недвижими имоти и моторни превозни средства.
🎞 Повече темата - от Силвия Стефанова, директор на дирекция "Събиране" в НАП: https://t.co/HhVuy3pnsx
🇬🇧 Le Parlement britannique adopte le projet sur l'expulsion de migrants au Rwanda
👉 Ce texte prévoit que tous les demandeurs d'asile entrés illégalement au Royaume-Uni soient expulsés vers ce pays, quelque que soit leur pays d'origine
Joined by Bulgaria’s VP Iliana Iotova in Taraclia, a district in Moldova with a vibrant Bulgarian community, we celebrated the Day of the Bulgarian Enlighteners and our bilateral ties.
Talking to bright, bilingual youth, we discussed Moldova’s path towards a future in the EU.
Gaza is in complete blackout and isolation while heavy shelling continues. @UNRWA warns about the desperate situation of Gaza people without electricity, food, water. Far too many civilians, including children, have been killed. This is against International Humanitarian Law.
The interest rate on a 30y fixed-rate mortgage is on course to 8%, highest level in 23yrs. By contrast, the yield on 30y US govt bonds is only at ~5%, which is the highest level since 2007. The main reason mortgage rates are so much higher than other long-term rates is that US mortgages can be prepaid w/o penalty, Axios's @felixsalmon writes: 'Prepayability is bad for lenders, who are now charging a lot of money to cover their prepayment risk.'
In C-310/17, Levola Hengelo the CJEU ruled that the taste of food is too "subjective and variable" to be protected under EU copyright law.
What are the implications of this judgment? Does it close the door to sensory copyright?
Our webinar explains: https://t.co/jltZpIslUL
Global food costs mark 1 year of drops, at odds w/#inflation. UN FAO’s global food index drops to the lowest since July 2021 BUT there is still little sign it's actually feeding through to grocery shelves. https://t.co/8bDaNHqpxL
Europe's deindustrialization in a chart: The significant increase in industrial production in Germany in Feb cannot hide the fact that level of industral output is still at pre-financial crisis level of 2007. In countries such as France & Italy, industrial output is even weaker..
Trade marks are the first choice for over 1/3 of EU SMEs who decide to protect their innovations.
Most SMEs in Europe acknowledge the benefits that intellectual property brings to their business. However, only 10 % of them own IP rights.
Read our survey: https://t.co/tiMNRO1LNR
Online publishers want compensation for the use of their content in artificial intelligence tools and look to be on a collision course with tech giants like Microsoft and Google https://t.co/wdX0EbN4e9
Good Morning from Germany, where #ECB has unleashed gravitational forces on housing market. Europace House Price Index (Existing Homes) falls in tandem w/ECB balance sheet. House prices dropped 12% from top. Only the prices of new buildings can still escape gravitational forces.
The devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake split the earth in half. Take a look at the giant 100 ft deep and 650 ft wide crevasse that the quake opened up in the province of Hatay, Turkey:
Qu'est-ce que le Libéralisme ?
Le libéralisme n’est pas une doctrine économique et encore moins une idéologie politique, c’est tout simplement une pratique juridique empreinte du pragmatisme le plus total cherchant à établir dans un pays ce qu’il est convenu
#Spain unveils €10bn package of anti-inflation measures. Measures include extension of tax breaks, new aid for families. Sales tax on staples such as bread, milk, cheese, fruit & vegetables will be cut to 0 from 4%, levy on oils and pasta to 5% from 10%. https://t.co/KQGAeDeFvj
Elon reportedly send this mail to Tesla employees:
1) Avoid large meetings
Large meetings waste valuable time & energy
- They discourage debate
- People are more guarded than open
- There’s not enough time for everyone to contribute
Don’t schedule large meetings unless ...
This monument was discovered in Bulgaria, the richest tomb of the 5th millennium BC. The gold on it is 2000 years older than the pharaohs.
https://t.co/BTBBG4hk4L
I would like to thank the mayors of Athens, Sofia, Sarajevo, Plovdiv, Pula, Svilengrad and Stara Zagora for their presence during today’s opening ceremony at the Balkan Cities Monument in Istanbul.