• European Union Car Market: The continental car market hit a speed bump, with sales skidding to a three-year low, down by eighteen point three percent as August left carmakers longing for the bygone days of bustling showrooms.
  • Volkswagen and SAIC: These automotive giants are dimming the lights at some of their Chinese factories, navigating through the market's twists and turns.
  • Deutsche Bank: Germany's banking behemoth continues to prune its branch network, trimming the physical presence to shape a leaner, more digital future.
  • EQT: The investment maestro hands over the keys of Open Systems to Swiss Post, orchestrating an exit that's as smooth as Swiss clockwork.
  • S4 Capital: The digital ad group's first-half net sales dipped thirteen point five percent on a like-for-like basis.
  • Rolls-Royce: Set to ink a deal for mini-nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic, Rolls-Royce is gearing up to go atomic.
  • Hochdorf: Shareholders give the green light to sell off Swiss Nutrition, spooning out a portion of the company's plate.
  • Ocado: With a customer cart that's growing, Ocado sweetens its forecasts, delivering a dose of optimism to its investors' doorsteps.
  • Basilea: Secures a financial lifeline for drug development, ensuring the science keeps flowing in its pharmaceutical pipeline.
  • French Rugby Federation vs. Le Coq Sportif (Airesis): The sports body is tackling its former gear provider in court over an alleged five point three million euros in unpaid dues.
  • Onward Medical: Announces the third successful implant of its futuristic brain-machine interface, taking a leap forward in mending spinal cord injuries.
  • WillScot and McGrath: Call off their three point eight billion dollar merger, leaving the altar of corporate matrimony before vows could be exchanged.
  • Google: Offered to sell its ad marketplace AdX as a peace offering in the EU antitrust, but the gesture failed to tame the regulatory body.
  • T-Mobile US: Dials up its financial forecast, expecting an adjusted free cash flow of nineteen billion dollars by the year twenty twenty-seven.
  • Microsoft: Sidesteps EU antitrust scrutiny with a stealthy acquisition of Inflection AI assets, navigating the regulatory waters with finesse.
  • Vistra: Acquires a fifteen percent stake in its subsidiary Vistra Vision from Nuveen and Avenue Capital, pocketing a cool three point two five billion dollars.
  • Boeing: Temporarily grounds a fleet of American executives, while Chinese aircraft lessor CDBFL orders fifty 737 MAX aircraft, giving Boeing's order book a transpacific lift.
  • Lockheed Martin: Wins a NASA contract for the GeoXO Lightning Mapper, ready to illuminate the skies with scientific discovery.
  • Playtika: Rolls the dice and acquires SuperPlay, the maker of Dice Dreams, adding to its arcade of digital delights.
  • Analog Devices and Tata Group: Engage in talks to plant semiconductor seeds in Indian soil, potentially growing a tech forest of chips.
  • Woolworths: Shareholders call for a retail reshuffle, pushing to bag up Big W for sale and untangle the New Zealand unit from the corporate knot.
  • Waymo and Hyundai Motor: Cruise into discussions to manufacture autonomous cabs, steering towards a driverless horizon.
  • LG Electronics and Ricoh: Team up to streamline the digital office, plotting a course for a paperless, more productive future.