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The author noted that a medium-sized energy company was obtaining a net margin of 9% after investing billions and creating jobs. He also stated that the state retained 21% of its profits, 30% of its income, 50% of the price of energy, and 45% of the labor costs of its employees. He added that some people wanted more state intervention. (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that the "decline of inns" in Germany continues unabated and pointed to the upcoming closure of the Munich inn Lohengrin. The establishment is set to close on December 26, 2026, after 20 years of operation. Operator Josef Schlenc cited sharply rising costs alongside stagnant revenues as the reason and had supported the business for two years using reserves, Boeminghaus wrote. The responsibility for the wages of long-standing employees had also become a burden. Boeminghaus also referred to a warning from the Bavarian Hotel and Restaurant Association, stating that without significant improvements in the framework conditions, half of the inns could be lost. In 2025, 24,064 corporate insolvencies were registered nationwide in Germany, 10.3 percent more than in the previous year. Rising costs, bureaucracy, and economic stagnation were putting pressure on the businesses, he wrote. Germany is losing economic and social substance as a result. He cited FOCUS online from October 28, 2026, as his source. https://t.co/R4QM5XkkEP #Gastronomie #Wirtschaftskrise #München (translated)

The publication claimed that Harry Kane had concluded his most glorious year by winning the Ballon d'Or in his hometown. It also noted that the English player had prevented a historic clean sweep of Spanish football and that Lamine Yamal would still have another year to win the award. https://t.co/pGpuQp1hh7 #HarryKane #BalónDeOro #Fútbol #GB #ES (translated)

Dr. Christoph Canne wrote that Audi is building a new plant in Georgia (USA) while the future is being debated in Neckarsulm. According to Reuters, the Q7, Q8, and Q9 models are expected to be produced there. Canne classified them as large, high-margin SUVs that are currently more likely to be expected with combustion or hybrid drive rather than purely electric, according to Audi's current product strategy. #Audi #SUV #Automobilindustrie (translated)

Tourism Undersecretary Elisabeth Zehetner presented a new tourism strategy to improve the declining margins in quality hospitality and to increase the economic value creation in domestic tourism from 23 to 35 billion euros by 2035. #Tourismusstrategie #Wirtschaftsentwicklung #Fachkräftemangel (translated)

Lula wrote that images from the Northeast moved him and that, in aerial scenes of a crowd, each face represented a story, a dream, and a hope. He said that Juazeiro and Petrolina were filled with energy, which brought him gratitude and pride, and stated that the emotion born on the banks of the Velho Chico would reach all of Brazil. In the end, he made a call to the public and highlighted the number 13. #Nordeste #Juazeiro #Petrolina (translated)

Javier Milei recalled that, after his speech in Davos in 2024, political analysts, politicians, and journalists harshly criticized him. He asked if they would acknowledge that he was right and they were wrong, although he said he doubted it due to what he considered a lack of intellectual honesty, knowledge, and self-criticism, as well as questionable human quality. He also attributed the criticism to a combination of limited intellectual capacity, ignorance, and ideological blindness. #Davos2024 #Política #AnálisisPolítico (translated)

The author pointed out that a ten-year debt above 4% was serious because it made state financing more expensive: as it renewed its loans, it paid more interest and had less room for services and investment. He added that, with a lot of debt and little growth, the pressure to raise taxes and cut spending increased. (translated)

Nachez reported, citing Motorsport Japan, that Honda believed it would still need time to reach its optimal level alongside Aston Martin. Watanabe noted that the priority was to be able to compete adequately next year and that the HRC power unit still had a wide margin for improvement looking ahead to 2027. #Honda #AstonMartin #Motorsport (translated)

Housing has been excluded from the main guarantees of the welfare state in Europe, becoming a burden for many families, especially young people, who face difficulties in accessing affordable housing despite having jobs and access to other welfare services. #Vivienda #EstadoDelBienestar #MercadoInmobiliario (translated)

Here the problem is not that they want to hold a gathering, it is that they want to do it outside the law. The Madrid City Council will sanction the people from the camp for housing in Puerta del Sol who used the fountain of the statue of Carlos III to bathe. They will do so once they have been identified, as access is currently "extremely difficult," according to the mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, due to the number of tents present. #Madrid #Acampada #Desalojo (translated)

Funcas warns that persistent inflation is negatively affecting households and that public administrations lack the margin to face new shocks, while maintaining its GDP growth forecast at 2.5% for this year, although it increases the inflation projection to 3.7%. #Inflación #EconomíaEspañola #CrecimientoEconómico (translated)

"Therefore, this funding will cease." The leader of the French far-right already hinted this Wednesday from Brussels that, if elected, she will maintain aid to Ukraine only for six months, but then she will put a stop to it because she no longer has "the means," Le Pen stated on the sidelines of a meeting with her allies from the Patriots group. #Ucrania #LePen #Europa (translated)

Maxim Röder wrote that a graphic shows why he was still carefree and fully invested in 2023 and 2024, but is now thinking more about it. He explained that the planned investments from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle have reached historically unprecedented levels. As risks, Röder mentioned that annual investments of one trillion dollars required revenues from AI software amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars. Additionally, chips with cycles of three to six years could later burden operating margins due to depreciations. He questioned how much free cash flow would remain for stock buybacks when the funds were flowing into data centers and transformers. Röder wrote that no one knows how the developments will turn out. However, the risk today is significantly higher than in 2023, 2024, or 2025. #Investitionen #BigTech #Risiko (translated)

MagistraThor described the system of appointing members of the CGPJ as disastrous and stated that political parties appointed them and that they acted under their orders, with hardly any autonomy. She added that she hoped that if the government changed, the system would be reformed so that judges would choose the judicial members, as, she said, happened in all European countries. #Justicia #CGPJ #ReformaJudicial (translated)

Nachez reported that Yasuaki Asaki, former head of Honda F1, suggested that the change from Kakuda to Fukao at the helm of the project could be due to Honda already knowing the expected power for their 2027 engine and its development margin, and having concluded that at the current pace they would not catch up to their rivals. He also noted that Asaki suspected that the latest ADUO measure to reduce turbo lag could have absorbed a large part of the power gained. Nachez cited Sportiva Japan. #F1 #Honda #Motorsport (translated)