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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has warned that stretched technology valuations and heightened geopolitical tensions are increasing vulnerabilities in EU financial markets, despite their continued resilience. The EU’...

Organisations with stronger artificial intelligence governance and data practices are significantly more likely to report higher returns from their AI investments, according to a new study by SAS and IDC. ...

Global semiconductor revenue surged to a record $425 billion in the second quarter of 2026, with the unprecedented growth in memory chips driven by artificial intelligence demand expected to feed through to ...

Businesses still relying on Microsoft SQL Server 2016 are being advised to review their database infrastructure and licensing needs rather than automatically rushing into an expensive upgrade following the end of ...

The euro area recorded a €14.20 billion surplus in goods trade with the rest of the world in July 2026, up from €10.70 billion a year earlier, according to first estimates released by ...

Boston Dynamics, Hyundai Motor Group’s humanoid robot unit, is unlikely to pursue an initial public offering next year, a senior executive at ​the parent company with direct knowledge of ...

Moody’s Ratings has raised its outlook on Greece’s sovereign credit rating to positive from stable, while affirming the country’s Baa3 investment-grade rating, citing growing evidence that structural ...

The European Parliament this week confirmed Thomas Gstadtner as the new executive director of the European Banking Authority (EBA) following a plenary vote. Gstadtner will serve a five-year term, which ...

Independent phone and ​laptop makers are redesigning products, testing incoming chips for fakes and passing on costs ‌as a memory shortage they expect to last through 2027 squeezes the lower end ...

The Bank of England held its key interest rate at 3.75 per cent on Thursday, but signalled a more cautious approach to monetary policy as higher energy prices push inflation higher. ...

Microsoft (MSFT.O) AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said he shared Anthropic’s ‌focus on safely managing AI, but flagged risks in the way it trains its Claude chatbot on ideas ...

The head of the UN’s shipping agency has urged governments to prevent geopolitical conflicts from becoming a pretext for attacks on merchant vessels, after 80 verified attacks around the Strait ...

Fintech giant Revolut on Wednesday applied for a Swiss banking licence and pledged to invest more than CHF 150 million in the country over the next five years as it seeks ...

International Organisation Maritime (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez put seafarers firmly at the centre of his message for World Maritime Day 2026, warning that shipping has faced a difficult year marked by ...

The National Bank of Greece (NBG) will cancel 11.58 million treasury shares and increase the nominal value of its remaining shares to €3 as part of a capital restructuring, while the bank ...

Aegean Airlines returned to profit in the second quarter of 2026, but it was not enough to prevent a €3.3 million net loss for the first half, as higher fuel and emissions ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) ​may need to gradually raise interest rates further to curb inflation before an Iran ‌war-driven rise in fuel costs starts seeping through to wages and ...

More than one in 10 consumers could be regularly using AI agents to shop and make purchases online on their behalf by 2030, according to a new Mastercard report examining the future ...

The Middle East’s oil map is being rewritten at sea, as attacks around the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea push exporters towards pipelines, alternative ports and longer tanker ...

3.1 million unemployed people aged 15 to 74 in the EU moved into employment between the first and second quarters of 2026, while 7 million remained unemployed, according to Eurostat data. The 3.1 million people who ...

Businesses across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have largely moved beyond debating the importance of artificial intelligence, but many are struggling to deploy it at scale while keeping costs ...

Global tax cooperation is becoming increasingly fragmented, with businesses facing greater uncertainty as negotiations at the OECD and United Nations progress along different tracks while governments pursue regional and unilateral ...

Businesses are increasingly looking to secondary software licences as a way of controlling IT costs, as subscription-based models put pressure on budgets, according to an analysis by software broker Forscope. ...

EU market production fell in June, with construction and services driving a monthly decline despite a modest increase in trade, according to figures released by Eurostat. Compared with May, total ...