SAP shares surge to all-time high after results, plans to restructure 8,000 jobs in push to AI

An employee works in an office at the SAP SE campus in Walldorf, Germany.Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of German software company SAP jumped to an all-time high in early deals Wednesday after the company released its latest financial results and announced plans to restructure 8,000 jobs in a push...

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UK and Switzerland to sign post-Brexit financial services deal

The U.K. and Switzerland are deepening the ties between their financial services sectors with a new post-Brexit deal.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesLONDON — The U.K. and Switzerland on Thursday will sign a post-Brexit financial services deal designed to bring two of Europe's largest banking centers closer together.British...

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Israel-Hamas war poses risk of global market contagion, economist says

Mohamed Aly El-Erian, chief economic advisor for Allianz SE, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. El-Erian spoke alongside former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and economist Michael Spence, his co-authors for their book Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg...

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Global bond rout looks ‘tremendously dangerous’ for stocks, hedge fund manager warns

An intensifying bond rout is piling pressure on the global economy and creating a "tremendously dangerous" outlook for equities, the chief investment officer of Livermore Partners hedge fund said Friday.A new era of higher interest rates has caused bond yields to surge, hampering returns for investors and flipping on...

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Peace talks in the Middle East will take time to resume, World Bank chief says

MARRAKESH, MOROCCO - OCTOBER 13: Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group, speaks during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco on October 13, 2023. (Photo by Abu Adem Muhammed/Anadolu via Getty Images)Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesThe president of the World Bank on...

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