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Spanish summer media consumption is fragmenting without audiences disappearing entirely. Dentsu research shows television retaining reach while streaming, radio, outdoor activity, and mobile contexts redistribute attention across a more complex seasonal media mix.
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Swiss Re says European heat mortality risk remains underestimated today. The reinsurer’s warning shifts the climate discussion towards life-and-health exposure, workforce resilience, and risk modelling as extreme temperatures drive thousands of excess deaths.
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Spain has temporarily restored border checks on passengers from Italy. The 30-day measure covers air and maritime arrivals, creating additional mobility friction inside Schengen while excluding most freight and preserving EU free-movement rights.
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Delfin’s succession structure is constraining decisions across Italian corporate power. Eight equal family stakes, supermajority voting thresholds, and a stalled €10bn buyout attempt are limiting strategic flexibility across a €55bn portfolio of influential holdings.
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European banks have extended their run of earnings outperformance again. Sector profits rose 17% year on year, while UBS and Deutsche Bank analysis points to stronger revenues, benign credit quality, and broader earnings engines beyond net interest income.
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Germany’s investment push is colliding with rising domestic political risk. Berlin is courting global capital as high energy costs, industrial weakness, demographic strain, and the AfD’s rise complicate the competitiveness case.
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Zooplus is expanding its marketplace model across continental European markets. Germany follows France with 10,000 additional products as the retailer combines third-party sellers, AI-enriched product information and its existing customer experience.
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Generali has strengthened earnings while returning more capital to shareholders. First-half operating profit rose 11.2%, life inflows hit a record, and the insurer is proceeding with another €500m buyback.
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German industrial orders rose sharply while underlying demand remained fragile. Large contracts lifted June’s headline figure, but eurozone demand fell heavily and orders excluding major deals declined.
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ABN AMRO is expanding its controlled European enterprise AI strategy. A new Mistral partnership builds on rapid internal adoption as the bank weighs productivity, data control, regulatory governance and technological sovereignty.