City Berlin Financial News
28.06 / 23:55
NFTS
RWAs
Swarm NFT Initiative Brings Gold-Backed Assets to Users Ahead of MiCA
Swarm, the Berlin-based RWA platform founded by innovator Timo Lehes, is revolutionizing the non-fungible token (NFT) space with its brand-new gold-backed product ahead of the European Union’s new MiCA regulation.
28.06 / 22:03
UPS
Man
Netflix
Actor
show
performer
Soul Mate: See what we know about Netflix new live-action series’ storyline, cast, creative team and more
Netflix has announced a new live-action series, Soul Mate, which explores a 10-year romance between a Korean man and a Japanese man. This series is part of Netflix's expansion into Japanese content.
26.06 / 05:31
markets
Digital
Platform
security
Trade
tokenization
RWA
RWA Swarm Markets Platform Launches Tokenized Gold
Swarm Markets, a platform based in Berlin, has launched fully asset-backed digital gold represented by non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
24.06 / 22:17
Booking
Pool
WhatsApp
gay
athletics
USA's Usain Bolt! Meet Noah Lyles who is America's best hope to win Gold at Paris Olympics 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 is Noah Lyles. Lyles is the flashiest, and the fastest, sprinter in the United States at present and he aims at Usain Bolt's records. Reigning world 100 meters champion Noah Lyles claimed a measure of redemption by winning the 100-metre event at the US athletics trials on Sunday, booking his ticket to the Paris Olympics.
22.06 / 19:13
UPS
Odyssey
Olympics
2020
International
athletics
hockey
India’s Olympic odyssey: From 1912 Stockholm discussions to bidding for 2036
These documents, a few of which are being reprinted for our readers, reveal a series of letters exchanged between the British Olympic Association, the International Olympic Committee and the India Office, discussing the prospects of Indian participation at the 1912 Olympics. Had this participation happened, India would have been among the first Asian countries to embrace the Olympic movement, alongside Japan, which established a national Olympic Committee in 1911 before participating in the 1912 competition.
20.06 / 17:47
Opinion
Justice
Courts
The European Union's top court rules that disinfectants can't be advertised as 'skin friendly'
The European Union’s top court says products such as disinfectants can’t be advertised as “skin friendly.”
20.06 / 17:47
UPS
Citizens
Diversity
country
reports
Equality
Young heiress distributes millions to organizations that help improve Austrian society
A young German-Austrian heiress has realized her plan to redistribute almost all of her assets to organizations that are devoted to protecting the climate, improving education and health care, or supporting gender equality among other issues
20.06 / 17:47
20.06 / 10:57
markets
UPS
information
dutch
Germany and Dutch-owned operator end talks on grid sale because of budget constraints
A state-owned Dutch company that is the biggest electricity grid operator in Germany says talks on selling its German business to the government in Berlin have been terminated due to the administration’s budget constraints
18.06 / 07:17
security
Election
Trade
country
testing
rights
EU elections: Far-right parties have gained influence
Many of us didn’t notice that the world’s biggest and second-biggest democratic exercises took place back to back, as our Lok Sabha election was followed by the just-concluded European Union (EU) elections during 6-9 June, with an electorate of nearly 400 million people. Indeed, 2024 is an electorally significant year, marked by the scheduled participation of about half of the world’s eligible voters across 60 different countries. Voters in the EU’s 27 member states cast their ballots to choose 720 representatives to the European Parliament in Brussels.
17.06 / 13:41
UPS
Booking
Manufacturing
cover
recommendations
prevention
Germany's biggest industrial union seeks a 7% raise for millions of workers
Germany’s biggest industrial union says it will seek a 7% pay increase for millions of workers in negotiations starting later this year
16.06 / 06:29
Sony
electronic
classical
fun
Cassette players make a comeback in 2024
instant cameras like Instax. Chinese electronic company Fiio came to CES in January 2024 with the CP13 – a portable cassette player with a sleek design and a few retro touches. James Chunge, CEO of Fiio, said he wanted to pay homage to the original Sony Walkman that came out in 1979.
13.06 / 03:45
COST
awards
Uniper
country
rights
Relationships
German energy company Uniper says a tribunal awarded it billions in damages from Russia's Gazprom
German energy company Uniper says a tribunal has awarded it more than 13 billion euros (nearly $14 billion) in damages for gas that Russia's Gazprom hasn’t supplied since 2022
11.06 / 16:27
President
War
country
travelers
gatherings
peace
Zelenskyy appeals for help with Ukraine's energy network as recovery conference opens
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for short-term help in repairing his country’s electricity network and long-term investment in its energy system
10.06 / 15:40
07.06 / 15:13
markets
COST
track
reports
Interviews
mountaineering
Apollo's co-president said it is one of the few private equity firms OK with higher rates
Back in December 2023, when the market was pricing in six or so rate cuts, Apollo Asset Management's co-president Scott Kleinman had a more contrarian view: He said he'd be betting against any rate cuts in 2024.
07.06 / 13:03
Citizens
Election
country
reports
Equality
rights
The secret behind the world’s happiest country
America and Germany fell out of the top 20. War- and revolution-racked Afghanistan held the bottom spot in the ranking of 143 countries, with a score of only 1.7 compared with Finland’s 7.7 and Denmark’s 7.6.Gender equality, trust in national institutions and fellow citizens, and low corruption are all important factors in Finns’ happiness, says Kai Sauer, Finland’s ambassador to Germany. In 1906 Finland became the first country in the world to give women both the full right to vote and to run in parliamentary elections.
06.06 / 13:21
06.06 / 00:13
Provident
FIVE
Strategy
wellness
2020
Interviews
International
Brookfield says it can triple size of private equity business in 5 years
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. can triple the size of its private equity unit in the next five years, said Anuj Ranjan, the head of the business, in an interview with Bloomberg TV.
05.06 / 07:15
UPS
CEO
Death
wellness
Simulation
love
voice
Mourners can now speak to an AI version of the dead. But will that help with grief?
Several companies have emerged in the last few years to develop grief-related technology, where users can interact with an AI version of the deceased
04.06 / 16:48
UPS
CEO
Death
wellness
Simulation
voice
rights
Mourners can now speak to an AI version of the dead. But will that help with grief?
Several companies have emerged in the last few years to develop grief-related technology, where users can interact with an AI version of the deceased
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