By Thomas Escritt and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – A former German spy chief who was sacked after being accused of averting his eyes to the threat posed by the far-right founded a new right-wing party on Saturday, holding an inaugural party congress on a boat near Germany’s old capital…

At the heels of rising inflation, consumers drastically changed their spending habits in 2023 to cut back and save money each month. Non-essential retail purchases were the first things to go, with 60% of consumers avoiding retail spending last year, a PYMNTS study revealed. When consumers did decide to buy…

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible. Here…

MUNICH, Germany — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday reaffirmed Berlin’s commitment to spend 2% of the national gross domestic product (GDP) on defense, this year and over the longer term.”Germany will invest 2% of its GDP on defense in the 2020s, in the 2030s and beyond,” Scholz told the…

A whopping $355 million judgment and other punitive measures in the New York civil fraud trial against former president Donald Trump, his sons and the Trump Organization will deal a very big — but maybe not fatal — blow to their New York State-based businesses. At least not directly or…

Last updated: February 17, 2024 03:30 EST | 2 min read Source: Adobe/ymgerman Prices and trading volume for the Ethereum NFT collection Moonbirds experienced a significant surge on Friday following the announcement of Yuga Labs’ acquisition of the collection’s intellectual property alongside creator Proof.However, there were also considerable spikes in…

Gift tax returns could be the most misunderstood, neglected, and overlooked part of estate planning. There are many people who know estate planning quite well but draw blanks when issues about gift tax returns are raised. The gift tax return is IRS Form 709. You can download it free from…

Home prices edged toward a more affordable place in November, ending the upward trend after many months, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices report. The report is a measure of U.S. home prices across major metro areas. Across the country,12 out of 20 markets saw a month-over-month decrease…

Sumco Corporation (OTCPK:SUMCF) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call February 14, 2024 1:00 AM ET Company Participants Takayuki Komori – Investor Relations Mayuki Hashimoto – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michiharu Takii – Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Hiroshi Ito – Executive Officer and General Manager, Accounting Conference Call Participants…

Russia is trying to develop a nuclear space weapon that would destroy satellites by creating a massive energy wave when detonated, potentially crippling a vast swath of the commercial and government satellites that the world below depends on to talk on cell phones, pay bills, and surf the internet, according to three sources familiar with the intelligence. These sources gave CNN a…