Puma recently worse than expected

Puma Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results. In the past year, currency-adjusted sales grew by 4.4% to 8.9 billion euros (+2.5% in the reporting currency, the euro) and were therefore in line with the outlook. At 622 million, EBIT was exactly at the level of the previous year, and the EBIT margin … Read more

Ifo: New government needs success-oriented trade policy

German and European trade policy must achieve more success in negotiations for trade agreements. This is what Lisandra Flach, trade expert at the Ifo Institute, says. The negotiations should not be jeopardized or blocked by sustainability demands. ““The global dynamics have changed fundamentally,” says Flach. “If Europe wants to continue to play a role as … Read more

Layoffs at Adidas? – shoe courier

According to usually well-informed circles, restructuring was announced at a town hall meeting at the Adidas headquarters in Herzogenaurach. Accordingly, there was talk of 400 to 500 jobs that could be eliminated at the company’s headquarters. A company spokeswoman did not confirm these figures when asked by schuhkurier, but explained that they had begun to … Read more

South Korean investigators recommend charging Yoon with rebellion, abuse of power

Seoul, South Korea – South Korean investigators recommended on Thursday that impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol be charged with rebellion and abuse of power, as they handed over the results of their investigation into his ill-fated declaration of martial law to prosecutors. The Corruption Investigation Office said in December after a 51-day investigation that the … Read more

Trump calls on Putin to end war in Ukraine – DW – 01/23/2025

01/22/202522 January 2025 German Defense Minister emphasizes Europe’s growing role amid US policy changes German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius speaks with DW chief political correspondent Nina Haase during his visit to Lithuania. In 2023, Pistorius signed a roadmap for the permanent deployment of Bundeswehr brigades in the Baltic nation. German brigades in Lithuania will be … Read more

Hundreds get married as Thai gay marriage law comes into effect

Bangkok- Hundreds of same-sex couples are set to tie the knot in Thailand on Thursday as it becomes the largest country in Asia ever to allow same-sex marriage. A mass LGBTQ+ wedding in the capital has been organized by campaign group Bangkok Pride with city authorities, with hundreds of marriage registrations expected to take place … Read more

the US against Bitcoin

Since he began an electoral campaign in which he declared himself in favor of cryptocurrencies, until his swearing-in, expectations of the cryptocurrency ecosystem have been constantly growing. Those hopes that many members of the bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency community placed on Trump have reached their peak this January 20. Therefore, what many are looking forward … Read more

Trump, Rubio and the new US foreign policy

The United States is expected to reduce funding to UN agencies that do not align with the Trump administration’s “America First” policy, and newly sworn-in Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated his foreign policy priorities and Met Asian colleagues. Now that Donald Trump has returned to the White House, a look at America’s future policy … Read more