Business
Portugal's government chose Lufthansa over Air France-KLM for up to 49.9% of TAP Air Portugal, a first-phase proceeds figure of 1,201 million euros, with completion expected in early 2028.
Business
Netflix is cutting roughly 1,000 positions, about 6% of its staff, with most reductions in product, technology, legal and HR teams. The Wall Street Journal reported the cuts, citing a staff email sent on 14 October 2026.
Business
The Treasury said the bank failed to report more than $5 billion in suspicious activity. The charge will also weigh on third-quarter results released on 14 October.
Macro
Speaking at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, the fund says AI spending has kept the world economy afloat, while energy costs, inflation and debt are shrinking room for policy.
Macro
Speaking at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said social media platforms face too little liability for criminal content. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned that cyber fraud is eroding trust in finance.
Business
Dozens of ex Ilva workers entered the Prefecture of Genoa on 14 October, while the strike at the Genoa and Taranto sites entered its third day without concrete guarantees from the government.
Business
The Orléans commercial court approved the takeover plan on Wednesday, 14 October, under which Cédric Meston's holding Tomé will run the glassworks. The plan keeps 155 of about 220 jobs at the La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin site and is backed by €16 million in financing.
Business
The event starts at 19:55 US Central time, which is 01:55 on Friday, 16 October in mainland Portugal, after a 1 October 2026 date was postponed because of weather.
Energy & Trade
The International Energy Agency expects diesel supply to stay constrained into 2027 and sees global oil demand falling 2.6 million barrels per day in 2026. Renewed attacks in the Gulf add risk to the recovery in Middle East oil exports.
Business
The European Commission accepted binding commitments from Sanofi on Wednesday, 14 October, closing an antitrust probe into suspected campaigns against the rival flu vaccine Fluad, made by CSL Seqirus.
Macro
Customs data show China's exports rose 36.3 percent in September and imports 31 percent, both beating analyst forecasts. The surplus for the first nine months reached $938.11 billion, on pace to top last year's record.
Macro
Confesercenti puts the cost of four years of international tensions and energy shocks at almost 52 billion euros of real GDP. Confindustria's research centre says Italian electricity averaged 35% more than in Germany over the first nine months of 2026.
Business
Third-quarter sales rose by more than half to €11.66 billion, and ASML forecast fourth-quarter sales of €14.2 billion to €15.2 billion, above analyst expectations.
Macro
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences named Robert Hall and Michael Woodford on Monday, 12 October, for work on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation. The prize is worth 12 million Swedish kronor, about one million euro.
Macro
Spain's annual consumer price rate rose six tenths to 4.9% in September, while the government keeps a 20-cent fuel rebate in force into November and rules out electricity tax cuts.
Energy & Trade
Trump told a Wasilla, Alaska, rally that Taiwan will take 30% of the gas from the planned pipeline for two decades and invest $4.4 billion. Taipei had not commented, and Seoul said its own share of the project is not yet finally approved.
Business
The Ministry of State Assets received the notice on the evening of 13 October and opened the procedure the next morning. The review runs for 90 days and could end with an order to sell TVN shares.
Macro
Speaking in Bangkok on Wednesday, 14 October, Christine Lagarde said France must first address its bond market pressure through its budget, cooling talk of an ECB rescue while the 2027 budget faces an uncertain adoption.
Energy & Trade
Maximum prices for Wednesday, 14 October, put a litre of Pb95 petrol at 7.11 zł. The caps in force on Tuesday, 13 October, were 7.06 zł for Pb95, 7.95 zł for Pb98 and 8.02 zł for diesel.
Macro
The revised framework totals 1.62 trillion euros and saves 141 billion euros against the Commission's initial proposal, with cohesion and agriculture taking the smallest reduction. The Commission criticised the cuts, and Portugal's prime minister said his country is not in a position to be optimistic.
Business
Economy minister Mona Neubaur told the state parliament on Wednesday, 14 October, that the NRW government is against the takeover. The RAG foundation, which holds about 44 percent of Evonik, has not yet set out its position.
Business
Police and tax investigators searched between 50 and 53 sites on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, including the Porto-based Banco Carregosa and a Lisbon bank, over a suspected scheme to dodge property transfer tax.
Business
Glass Lewis has urged Mps shareholders to vote against the Banco BPM and Banca Generali exchange offers and the 4 billion euro dividend, while backing the Mediobanca merger ahead of the 29 October assembly.
Macro
Maputo says its temporary subsidy to transporters cannot run indefinitely, while a five-meticais fare rise has been announced and fuel import customs deadlines are extended to 31 December 2026.
Macro
The IMF says the UK must cut departmental spending to pay for an £11 billion annual defence bill, ahead of Chancellor John Healey's first Budget on 28 October.
Business
Vivartia Holding has signed a definitive agreement to sell its food services arm Evergood to Canada's Recipe Unlimited Corporation. The price was not disclosed, and completion depends on customary approvals.
Macro
UGT and CCOO want the minimum wage raised by at least 7% for 2027 as they call a general strike on 11 November over housing and pay. Employers and the PP reject the demand, while a poll shows 60% of respondents backing the walkout.
Business
Goldman Sachs beat third-quarter profit estimates on strong equities trading, while JPMorgan shares fell as dealmaking slowed in late September.
Business
Crédit Agricole has agreed to acquire 100% of IKB Deutsche Industriebank from Lone Star Funds, ending the Texan fund's 18-year ownership. The price is undisclosed, and completion is expected in the second quarter of 2027, subject to regulatory approvals.
Macro
The International Monetary Fund's semiannual Global Financial Stability Report, published on 13 October 2026, says markets remain resilient but risks are still elevated. It names an AI-driven market correction, a spike in sovereign bond yields and severe cyberattacks as the main near-term catalysts.
Macro
Investors are demanding more to hold French bonds, with the 10-year yield approaching 5% and foreign banks and investors holding about 36% of the debt. Allianz Research says the market's capacity to absorb large French bond trades has fallen more than 50%.
Business
China's central bank has allowed Visa to start preparing a domestic bank card clearing institution in China. Visa has one year to finish preparations before it can apply to start operations.
Energy & Trade
The draft law sets a reserve of 24 terawatt-hours for crises such as sabotage, paid for by a levy that would first apply on 1 October 2027. Typical households would pay between 3.77 and 7.20 euros a year.
Macro
Brent crude rose 4.7% to $104.87 a barrel on Thursday, fuelling a global bond selloff that pushed UK 10-year gilt yields to 5.527%, their highest since July 2007.
Business
The Cyprus unit of Deloitte approved accounts in which $672 million of superyachts, mansions and private jets disappeared from companies linked to Roman Abramovich. The findings rest on the Cyprus Confidential leak of more than 500,000 documents.
Energy & Trade
The Ministry of Energy, PEJ and PGE signed an agreement on Tuesday, 13 October, making PEJ the investor and coordinator and giving PGE the location analyses and feasibility studies. The updated national nuclear programme targets selecting a technology partner in 2027, with construction around 2032.
Business
Federal regulators say the former pharmaceutical executive traded shares in at least 60 drug companies and publicly commented on the industry since his May 2022 release from prison, despite a lifetime ban.
Business
Skydance raised Discovery+ prices for US customers on Tuesday, 13 October. New subscribers pay the higher rates immediately, while existing subscribers see them on bills issued on or after 12 November.
Business
Kering said on Friday that Vaccarello is leaving the French fashion house after ten years. The group has not named a successor, but said a new creative director will be announced soon.
Business
The Speaker S costs 59 euros and the Speaker M 99 euros, both rated for up to 18 hours of playback. The speakers are sold in Nothing's official store, with more European distributors due in early November.