Business

Business

French telecom bid: Orange, Bouygues, and Free offer €17bn for SFR

The three French groups submitted a joint non-binding offer to take over the telecom activities of the Altice Group in France, which includes most of SFR.

15/10/2025

Business Series

KOBIA helps Azerbaijan’s SMEs grow locally and compete globally

In partnership with Azpromo

KOBIA is accelerating the growth of Azerbaijan’s SMEs fostering innovation and global connections that strengthen competitiveness and power the country’s long-term economic diversification.

09/10/2025

Business

CEOs double down on AI as confidence in global economy slips, report

As the global outlook remains uncertain, business leaders are betting on AI and talent, while also making room in their budgets for cybersecurity and regulatory compliance.

09/10/2025

Tech News

Your country’s sovereign wealth fund, decided by a machine? Kazakhstan says yes

An AI-powered director just joined the board of Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund — and it gets a vote.

08/10/2025

Focus

Azerbaijan Investment Forum showcases new business opportunities

In partnership with Azpromo

Azerbaijan’s first International Investment Forum attracted global investors, emphasising opportunities across energy, tourism, infrastructure, and digital growth.

03/10/2025

Business

Tut Tut: The French start-up making community part of every delivery

Every day, thousands of individuals deliver groceries for their neighbours in France, brought together by a collaborative platform called Tut Tut. The app has just reached one million deliveries nationwide, although its founders say the aim is not job creation.

24/09/2025

Business

Disney brings Kimmel back: The cost of major company U-turns

Disney, which owns the network that runs Jimmy Kimmel Live, announced that the presenter would return to the airwaves after the show’s suspension last week.

23/09/2025

Culture news

Taylor Swift’s new cinema outing generates over €12million in 24 hours

'The Official Release Party of a Showgirl' will hit cinemas next month for just three days, and follows Swift's 2023 'The Eras Tour' concert film - which generated more than €225m worldwide.

23/09/2025

Business

Nvidia invests $100 billion in OpenAI to fuel its computing power

The landmark agreement will boost the ChatGPT maker's computing power with multi-gigawatt data centres, powered by millions of Nvidia's high-speed graphics processing units.

23/09/2025

Travel News

Airlines grapple with strikes, aircraft shortages and record traffic

From longer routes to fewer planes, here's why flying in 2025 might cost more and take longer.

22/09/2025

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? European automotive sector stress about future

In this edition, we hear about the battle between the automotive sector and the Commission to postpone the combustion engine phase out and explore if national armies can fight the war on drugs.

20/09/2025

Business Line

Uzbekistan expands transport network with new rail and air corridors for Central Asian businesses

In partnership with Agency of Information and Mass Communications of Uzbekistan

Investments in highways, railways, and air transport are on the rise, with several major projects underway.

18/09/2025

Culture news

LimeWire outbids Ryan Reynolds to acquire Billy McFarland's Fyre Fest

LimeWire, the early-2000s illegal peer-to-peer file-sharing and pirating platform, which resurfaced in 2022 as a crypto company, has been revealed as the winning bidder on eBay for the infamous Fyre Fest brand - the brainchild of convicted fraudster Billy McFarland. Good luck to them.

17/09/2025

Business

Armani's will: Fashion empire to be sold or go public soon

The founder of the Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani left the fashion empire with clear instructions to be partially sold to competitors or seek an initial public offering (IPO) at a later stage.

12/09/2025

Business

Spanish BBVA receives greenlight for Banco Sabadell takeover

Spain's Banco Sabadell has been fighting off unsolicited interest from financial giant Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) since last year.

05/09/2025

Partner content

How the UN’s Awaza Programme is unlocking trade for landlocked nations

Partner content presented by Turkmenaragatnashyk

The UN’s Awaza Programme sets a 10-year plan to boost trade, resilience and connectivity for 32 landlocked nations worldwide.

02/09/2025

Business

Trump family business joins forces with Crypto.com

President Donald Trump's personal crypto ventures are expanding again, this time with plans for a digital asset treasury company that holds an alternative cryptocurrency.

27/08/2025

Business

OnlyFans takes $7.2bn from subscribers in 2024 as adult site booms

The site, featuring content including porn, saw steady growth in its subscriptions as well as its revenue in 2024. The company also paid a hefty $701 million (€599mn) in dividends to the controlling owner, Ukrainian-American businessman Leonid Radvinsky.

25/08/2025

Money

Will Poland and Europe miss out on crypto due to over regulation?

The cryptocurrency industry is growing fastest in Asia, and with Donald Trump's second term, the US has joined the race. Meanwhile, Europe has focused on regulating this new sector of the economy. What does this mean for businesses and customers?

22/08/2025

Economy

Eurozone business activity hits 15-month high in August

The eurozone's economy is gathering momentum as its latest business activity indicator, the flash composite PMI, increased in August, surpassing expectations. It was boosted by manufacturing, which expanded in the bloc for the first time since June 2022.

21/08/2025