Top News Stories from the Past Week

Monday:

The Investment Summit kicks off, and $SAN (+0,1 %) Sanofi announces its first billion-euro investment in Frankfurt. An insulin plant is to be built by 2032.

https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/medizin-milliardenprojekt-sanofi-baut-neue-insulinfabrik-in-frankfurt/100263264.html?utm_source=hb-eveningbriefing&utm_medium=nl&utm_campaign=standard-free&utm_content=19102026

Tuesday:

For companies in Germany, the shortage of skilled workers remains the biggest challenge (73% of companies). The often-cited energy shortage comes in second at 57%. Bureaucracy is also a major challenge for many companies, at 49%.

https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/konjunktur/investitionen-acht-grafiken-zeigen-die-wahre-lage-des-standorts-deutschland/100261531.html

$ADS (+1,73 %) Adidas raises its profit forecast. The world’s second-largest sporting goods manufacturer is expected to post an operating profit of 2.5 billion euros. Revenue also increased by more than 7% in the third quarter.

https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/quartalszahlen-adidas-erzielt-rekordergebnisse-und-hebt-gewinnprognose-an/100263709.html

Wednesday:

PHP vulnerabilities are driving up cybersecurity stocks such as $NET (+0,26 %) Cloudflare. Cloudflare fends off attackers before they can even reach the website.

https://de.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/kritische-phpsicherheitslucke-bedroht-70--aller-websites--cloudflare-und-cybersecurityaktien-legen-kraftig-zu-3715602

Friday:

A new $MRNA (-6,89 %) Moderna vaccine reduces the risk of dying from skin cancer by 42%. The risk of metastasis was also reduced by 38%. The vaccine is based on mRNA technology and is individually tailored.

https://m.bild.de/leben-wissen/medizin/durchbruch-in-grosser-studie-krebs-impfstoff-senkt-sterberisiko-um-42-prozent-6adb132cae90f8cf4e4bafc1