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What was behind the Facebook outage

May 10, 2026 • 06:20 PM

Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp were offline for more than six hours on Monday evening. In the meantime, the services are running again. But other problems of the company still exist: Today, Tuesday, the whistleblower Frances Haugen will testify in the U.S. Senate and repeat her serious accusations. At least Facebook was able to get the technical outage under control during the night, and it is now clear what was behind it. Answers to the most important questions: Why are Facebook services...

Many banks charge negative interest even on medium balances

May 10, 2026 • 06:20 PM

Lower allowances and higher penalty interest rates on call money or checking accounts: According to the comparison portal Verivox, credit institutions are increasingly tightening existing negative interest conditions for private customers. At the same time, the number of banks and savings banks that charge the so-called custody fee is increasing. 392 institutes counted Verivox at the end of the third quarter (conditions 29.9.). Since the beginning of the year, 214 financial institutions have...

More price transparency at the gas station

May 10, 2026 • 06:20 PM

Anyone who regularly takes their car to the gas station is familiar with this: the spontaneous glance at the signs when driving in, the quick comparison between gasoline and diesel, the noticeable price shifts, even between morning, noon and evening - and the eternal question: When is actually the best time to fill up? And in the meantime, some are probably also wondering how much it might cost to drive an electric car now? Or would these even be the right days for hydrogen? Often these were not...

Berlin Airport may run out of money in 2022

May 10, 2026 • 06:20 PM

BER Airport in Schönefeld will soon need the next financial aid from the state owners. The liquidity is still secured until February 2022, "until then we need fresh money," said Aletta von Massenbach, the designated BER CEO, on Friday after a meeting of the supervisory board of the airport company of Berlin, Brandenburg and the Federal Government (FBB) in Schönefeld. The current FBB chief financial officer will succeed Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, the previous head of FBB, on Oct. 1. He had...

Evergrande announces millions in on-time interest payment

May 10, 2026 • 06:20 PM

Heavily indebted Chinese real estate group Evergrande has promised to pay millions in interest on time, betting it will calm financial markets. In a statement to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Wednesday, the company said it had agreed on a plan to pay interest on a domestic bond that matures in 2025. The payments are worth 232 million yuan (30.5 million euros), according to Bloomberg news agency. The interest payment, promised for Thursday, could prevent Evergrande's imminent bankruptcy for the...

Brandenburg to fund battery factory with 120 million euros

May 10, 2026 • 06:20 PM

The government in Brandenburg, led by Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD), wants to give the green light for a state subsidy for the battery factory that Tesla plans to build next to its nearly completed e-car plant, according to Daily Mirror reports, with a total investment volume of around 5 billion euros and at least 2,000 jobs. Brandenburg's Economics Minister Jörg Steinbach (SPD) informed the cabinet on Tuesday about an "administrative agreement planned with the federal government," the...

Despite support from Mikhail Fridman's structures Viktor Baturin loses a case against his sister Elena Baturina in Austrian Court

May 10, 2026 • 06:20 PM

In the city of Kitzbuhel, Austrian court has refused Victor Baturin the claim against his sister Elena Baturina, a billionairess, Forbes-listed entrepreneur and philanthropist. The two of them co-established Russian company INTECO in 1991 with each holding a 50% stake in the company for the first decade of its operation. Viktor Baturin filed an anti-defamation claim against his sister to Austrian court in 2017, shortly after his release from Russian prison in 2016. According to the claimant,...

 DKB charges negative interest above 50,000 euros

May 10, 2026 • 06:20 PM

The Berlin direct bank DKB, actually popular with younger and thrifty customers because of low costs, is lowering its allowance for negative interest. A spokesman confirmed corresponding reports to the F.A.Z. on Thursday. New customers will be charged a 0.5 percent custodial fee on checking and overnight accounts for balances of more than 50,000 euros starting Sept. 1, he said. Previously, the allowance was 100,000 euros. Existing customers will also no longer be spared the negative interest...

Home office is a culture change that cannot be ignored

May 10, 2026 • 06:20 PM

Are all workers back at work this Monday? Certainly not. But the obligation imposed on companies by lawmakers to allow their employees to work from home has ended with the expiration of the federal emergency brake. This means that the decision on where to work, is once again in the hands of bosses and HR offices - and with it the question of what can be learned from the experience of mandatory home office time. Both continue to harbor potential for conflict between employers and employees. Yet...

E-Commerce : cheap purchases from China is over

May 10, 2026 • 06:20 PM

On July 1, the biggest EU-wide VAT reform since the creation of the Single Market in 1993 comes into force. The reform affects all traders who sell products online across borders in Europe or deliver them to Europe from third countries: small Internet retailers in and outside the EU, corporations such as Amazon, international manufacturers and brands that deliver directly to end consumers in the EU - and ultimately consumers as well. For some products, prices are expected to rise. The most...

Ein gesunder Lebensstil beinhaltet Achtsamkeit - diese Apps können bei der Stressreduktion helfen

May 10, 2026 • 06:20 PM

Stress ist in der heutigen Zeit ein immer wieder auftretendes Problem. Arbeit, Familie und Freizeitleben ist nicht immer leicht unter einen Hut zu bekommen. Achtsamkeit und Selbstwahrnehmung bleiben dabei oft auf der Strecke liegen. Yoga, puzzeln, meditieren oder basteln - es gibt viele Hobbys, die problemlos in den eigenen vier Wänden ausgelebt werden können und zudem noch ein hohes Potenzial haben, Stress zu reduzieren. Es ist wichtig, sich regelmäßig Zeit für sich selber zu nehmen. In...

CDU wants to ease the tax burden on businesses

May 10, 2026 • 06:20 PM

In the days when the CDU/CSU is fine-tuning its election program, business representatives are closely following every sentence uttered by the party leaders. Most recently, for example, they were relieved to register that Armin Laschet seems determined to end the stalemate on tax policy. "During the crisis, we did a lot to secure the liquidity of companies. It is absurd to withdraw liquidity by raising taxes after the crisis," the CDU chairman said at the German Family Business Day. The...

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