Italy extends diesel tax cut to Wednesday amid rising fuel prices

Societe Generale analysts highlight CNY’s firm trend, with the currency advancing to 6.7424, its strongest level since February 2023, on Dollar weakness and lower US yields. The PBoC reiterates an accommodative stance and targeted support while avoiding explicit rate or RRR cut signals, as 10-year CGB yields fall below 1.70%. Policy support underpins currency strength…

Disney posted mixed quarterly results on Wednesday, far surpassing Wall Street expectations for earnings while slightly missing estimates for revenue.  The company’s quarterly results were once again lifted by its parks and streaming divisions.  Revenue for Disney’s experiences segment, which includes global theme parks and cruises, was up 10% year over year to $9.97 billion….

Portugal’s DigitalGov sets out the benefits of sovereign cloud for public administration. Plus, the UK unveils a new framework designed to simplify how government organisations purchase cloud technology and enable more SMEs to compete for contracts The Portuguese government has outlined why it believes sovereign cloud is a strategic foundation for the digital transformation and…

Zach Witkoff, co-founder and CEO of World Liberty Financial and chairman of Alt5 Sigma Corp., right, and Eric Trump at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, Aug. 13, 2025. Adam Gray | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal financial regulator has conditionally approved an application for a bank charter by an entity connected to World…

Missouri voters rejected a bid to ditch the state’s income tax Tuesday, while big votes loom in Florida and California this fall.