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VW announced that it would cut a total of 100,000 jobs (50,000 in addition to the 50,000 already agreed in Germany).
VW announced a few weeks ago that it would cut 50,000 jobs, in addition to the 50,000 jobs already agreed in Germany. The share, which had fallen for a long time, promptly rose by a few percent and was even the biggest winner in the Dax for several days.
This is typical news that often dominates daily events, even outside of the business and financial media, and provides apparent evidence that stock markets reflect a very ugly side of capitalism. But such price reactions are almost always short-term in nature. The example of VW also shows this.
According to a study by the Rockwool Foundation Berlin, the GDR increased its economic output by 7.4 percent in 1988 through economic espionage in the West. Industrial value creation was therefore even 22.3 percent higher.

A manipulation scandal is shaking the Turkish capital markets. Following investigations into fraud and criminal organization, assets were frozen and dozens of people were arrested. The crisis affects hundreds of thousands of small investors.

Torben Kleinfeldt, head of the infrastructure company Friedrich Vorwerk, warns in an interview of significant security gaps and risks of sabotage in German power lines and substations. He calls for measures based on the British model.

A new study by the Rockwool Foundation Berlin shows that the GDR economy benefited massively from Stasi espionage in the West. Economic output rose by 7.4 percent and industrial value creation by as much as 22.3 percent.

In an interview, Scalable co-CEO Erik Podzuweit calls for more courage from Germans when investing money and advocates turning savers into investors. He talks about retirement planning, ETFs, tax incentives and the role of artificial intelligence.
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