#AUSTRIAN News
Trump Overtakes Soros' Net Worth
zerohedge.com Trump Overtakes Soros' Net Worth Former President Donald Trump's net worth topped $6.4 billion on Monday following the completion of a 29-month-long SPAC deal for his social…
South Royalton: Looking Back
mises.org Menger's path-breaking Principles of Economics, published in 1871 and newly published by the Mises Institute with an introduction by Peter G. Klein, not only introduced the…
Governments urged to reconsider bid to delay deforestation law
euronews.com Forest conservationists and environmental campaigners have reacted angrily to governments' efforts within the EU Council to water down a recently adopted law designed to…
AM Resources Boosts Lithium Prospects in Austria
tipranks.com AM Resources Corp (TSE:AMR) has released an update. AM Resources Corp has expanded its foothold in the Austrian Pegmatite Belt with the discovery o...
How Andreas Sator built one of the most popular podcasts in Austria
simonowens.substack.com Welcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media industry newsletter. If you've received it, then you either subscribed or someone forwarded it to you. If you fit into the…
Chicago wants to stop Glock pistols being turned into machineguns
economist.com “THAT PUNK pulled a Glock,” says Bruce Willis’s character in the action-packed 1990s Christmas classic “Die Hard 2”. “You know what that is?” You may well do. That gun on…
Is Javier Milei making Argentina great again?
reason.com In January, Argentine President Javier Milei went to Davos, Switzerland, to lecture the rich and powerful about the miracles of capitalism. During his speech at the World…
Where Fisker went wrong: Once seen as a strong EV challenger, the automaker has now been delisted and is on the brink of bankruptcy
finance.yahoo.com Fisker Inc. once likened itself to Apple. CEO Henrik Fisker wanted his EV startup, which just got kicked out of the New York Stock Exchange, to be different from others.…
Total eclipse of the art: Why the disappearing sun captivates artists
euronews.com The upcoming 8 April total solar eclipse, which for a few minutes will appear to many North Americans to have extinguished the sun, is already casting a wide shadow. A…
Bitcoin Only: Phil Champagne Breaks Down 'Crypto' Myths
tftc.io Key Takeaways The Bitcoin Standard podcast episode with Phil Champagne explores a variety of topics, from the fundamentals of economic principles to the nuanced differences…
Fiery exchange over Nature Restoration Law overshadows climate debate
euronews.com The failure of EU ministers to rubber stamp a political agreement on a new Nature Restoration Law risks undermining climate action and damaging the EU's credibility both…
Austrian Economics Research Conference 2025
mises.org The Austrian Economics Research Conference is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of the Austrian school, bringing together leading scholars doing research in this…
Tutoring platform GoStudent reaches profitability amid tradeoffs
techcrunch.com Vienna may have a wealth of museums, public transportation, spring water and social housing, but tutoring platform GoStudent is another of its crown jewels. Its services are…
How 1990s libertarians laid the groundwork for cryptocurrency
reason.com The Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek wanted to denationalize money. David Chaum, an innovator in the field of cryptography and electronic cash, wanted to shield it from…
Ukraine to drop Russia business blacklist after backlash from countries
theglobeandmail.com Ukraine will scrap its “sponsors of war” blacklist, the centrepiece of its campaign to pressure companies doing business in Russia, on Friday, after a backlash from…
Cannabis: German growers celebrate as hemp is legalized – DW
dw.com Grass, weed, cannabis: Smoking dope has become legal in Germany. A government plan to liberalize rules on recreational cannabis has cleared its final parliamentary hurdle,…
The US is pressuring the biggest Western bank in Russia to cancel a $1.6 billion industrial investment
aol.com None Shares in the bank fell as much as 16% Wednesday, as the planned deal could potentially lead to sanctions. • None The US has been stepping up pressure on foreign banks…
Fifty shades of brown: how splits in Europe’s hard right sap its power
economist.com Is it possible to build an entire political philosophy out of hating George Soros? Nothing delights the European hard right more than demonising the financier, who has spent…
With backing from NATO Innovation Fund, OTB Ventures will invest $185 million into European deep tech
techcrunch.com Not a day goes by without some confirmation that deep tech is on the rise in Europe — and that public and private capital investors are here for it. Latest case in point,…
Raiffeisen pulls AT1 bond deal over Russia deal fears
ft.com Shares in Austrian bank fall 8.7% on concerns over Deripaska asset swap deal
Sam Ash is closing over a dozen music stores: 100-year-old company joins the list of embattled retailers
fastcompany.com Sam Ash, a professional instrument and equipment company, will close 18 of its retail stores, including its iconic location in Midtown Manhattan, according to media reports.…
U.S. pressures Austria’s Raiffeisen to drop Russian tycoon deal, sources say
theglobeandmail.com The United States is pressing Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, to drop plans to buy a 1.5 billion euro ($1.6-billion) industrial…
Exclusive-Washington pressures Austria's Raiffeisen to drop Russian tycoon deal, sources say
aol.com The United States is pressing Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, to drop plans to buy a 1.5 billion euro ($1.6 billion) industrial…
Kevin Macdonald Spy Thriller, Israeli Orthodox Drama Win SeriesMania Development Awards
hollywoodreporter.com Projects from Oscar-winning Scottish director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), Philippine filmmaker Erik Matti (On the Job) and Austrian auteur Barbara Albert…
Industrial Policy, East or West, for Development or War?
nakedcapitalism.com Yves here. Jomo describes the hypocrisy of advanced economies (with Western-dominated international institutions as amplifiers and enforcers) who opposed emerging nations…
COPPA DELLE ALPI 2024: THE GRAND TOUR OF THE ALPS STARTS FROM TRIESTE AND FINISHES IN COURMAYEUR
benzinga.com BRESCIA, Italy, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The fourth edition of the Coppa delle Alpi was presented today. This year's event will go beyond the winter regularity race…
The banking loopholes Russia has used to stay afloat are closing
businessinsider.com Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks after polling stations closed in Moscow, Russia. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov New sanctions pressure from the US Treasury is pulling…
Commission backs use of farmland for aviation fuel production
euronews.com In a bid to cut the climate impact of flying, the European Commission says agricultural land can be used for aviation biofuel production, providng it does not interfere with…
ProSieben Sat.1 appoints Markus Breitenecker to executive board
thedesk.net Markus Breitenecker. (Courtesy photo) The board of directors at German broadcaster ProSieben Sat.1 has appointed Markus Breitenecker to a new executive role. Starting next…
The Gas Find That Could Transform Europe’s Energy Future
finance.yahoo.com Riding on the heels of Austria’s largest gas discovery in 40 years by Austrian OMV, junior explorer MCF Energy (TSXV:MCF; OTC:MCFNF) announced on Monday morning another…
The morning-after pill brand handed out at Olivia Rodrigo’s concert is fighting stigma against emergency contraception
aol.com Good morning, Broadsheet readers! It's dealmaking time for women's soccer teams, an Austrian heiress is letting strangers donate her $27 million inheritance, and a morning…
World's population forecast to peak in 2080 before declining, new projections show
foxweather.com Researchers are projecting the world's population to peak in 2080, with more than 10.13 billion people on Earth, before the population begins to drop. New human population…
Transforming Wealth with Bitcoin: Raphael Zagury’s Strategies for Portfolio Maximization
tftc.io Key Takeaways This episode of What Bitcoin Did dives into a myriad of topics surrounding Bitcoin, portfolio allocation, and the evolving investment landscape. The discussion…
Europe decides it doesn’t like lab-grown meat before it’s tried it
economist.com For its detractors, it is an abomination—“Franken-meat”. For its advocates, meat grown from animal cells (known as lab-grown, cultured or cultivated) promises to help save…
In Europe, green policies rule while green politicians struggle
economist.com Imagine a scantily clad woman suggestively wiggling her behind in your direction, then inviting you to dance like a feverish chicken. You might think you have somehow landed…
Masters of spin
theguardian.com In the corner of a dimly lit room, the face of a middle-aged woman is bathed in the greenish-yellow glare of a giant slot machine. Next to her, an increasingly agitated man…
11 Sunglasses Brands to Try
247wallst.com Although glasses with tinted lenses existed before, it wasn’t until the early 20th century that tinted lenses were utilized for glare reduction and protection. In 1929…
'Extreme wealth as power must be regulated': 31-year-old heiress is letting 50 strangers give her $27 million fortune away
fortune.com Marlene Engelhorn hadn’t given much thought to the wealth that surrounded her as she grew up. She always considered the fortune, inherited from Friedrich Engelhorn, the…
Vienna Stock Exchange adds Jump Trading as its newest trading member
thetradenews.com The Vienna Stock Exchange has welcomed Jump Trading Europe as a new international trading member. The addition of Jump Trading brings the total of members connected to the…
Remembering Hayek’s Remarkable Nobel Lecture
fee.org Thirty-two years ago this month—on March 23, 1992—Austrian economist, political philosopher, and Nobel laureate Friedrich August von Hayek passed away at age 92. It is not…