KBRA Releases Research – Electric Vehicle Residual Values in Europe: On the Road to Greater Stability? March 12, 2026 KBRA releases research examining recent trends in electric vehicle (EV) residual values across Europe and the implications for auto asset-backed securities (ABS). Following a sharp repricing after pandemic-era supply constraints unwound, recent data indicate that the pace of EV residual-value declines has moderated. The report also highlights how EV adoption trends, charging-infrastructure expansion, and evolving [...]
REPLY: The Board of Directors Approved the Draft Financial Statements for the Year 2025 March 12, 2026 All economic indicators are positive. Consolidated turnover of €2,483.6 million (€2,300.5 million in 2024); EBITDA at €467.6 million (€410.6 million in 2024); EBIT at €391.7 million (€330.4 million in 2024) Group net profit at €250.9 million (€211.1 million in 2024) Approval of the proposed dividend distribution of €1.35 per share.
Fourth Appoints Veteran Product Leader Scott Collison as CEO March 12, 2026 Fourth, a leading provider of workforce and inventory management solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced the appointment of Scott Collison as Chief Executive Officer. A proven builder of enterprise software platforms with more than two decades of experience scaling technology companies, Collison will lead Fourth into its next phase of AI-led product innovation for [...]
Waiv Secures $33 Million to Scale AI Precision Testing March 12, 2026 Waiv, a Paris-based startup, spins out of Owkin to accelerate AI-enabled precision oncology testing
Blitz Golf: Golf’s answer to T20 cricket coming to London March 12, 2026 When LIV burst into the sporting galaxy it promised to be “golf, but louder”. So what do you call golf that lasts just three hours and has been described as the sport’s version of Twenty20 cricket? The answer, it seems, is Blitz. Established in Australia back in 2018, Blitz Golf shot to prominence when cricketer [...]
‘Fibremaxxing’: How food manufacturers made fibre cool again March 12, 2026 “Fibremaxxing,” the UK’s new healthy eating trend, erupted at the start of 2026, as fibre replaced protein as the go-to fashionable food. Previously mundane, bland foods like prunes and seeded bread surged in popularity, with posts with the hashtags “fibremaxxing” having been viewed more than 150m times on TikTok. Sales of prunes increased 60 per [...]
Nature Medicine Study Shows AI Outperforms Therapists on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy March 12, 2026 Randomized, double-blind trial shows Limbic’s clinical reasoning layer turns leading LLMs into mental health specialists, achieving gold-standard clinical performance
NAFFCO Group and Verona Shelters Launch Strategic Joint Venture to Scale Civil and Military Shelter Production Globally March 12, 2026 NAFFCO Group has entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Verona Shelters to form a strategic partnership dedicated to developing and manufacturing advanced civil defense and military shelter solutions in the United Arab Emirates. The partnership significantly expands global production capacity for protective shelter infrastructure at a time when governments and critical industries are strengthening [...]
Lloyds Bank investigating ‘technical glitch’ as users see rogue transactions March 12, 2026 Lloyds Banking Group is looking into a “technical glitch” that left users of the bank’s app on Thursday morning seeing other users’ transactions on their mobile app. The group – which consists of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland – responded to concerned customers on X in the early morning that it was looking into [...]
Horse racing came together to fight tax hikes. Now it must unite again March 12, 2026 The Jockey Club’s chief executive’s recent rallying cry to British horse racing was bang on, writes Ed Warner. All successful sports have tentpole events, the occasions that attract attention well beyond hardcore fanbases and which drive profits that may (although not always) provide financial scaffolding for its lesser players and promoters. The Cheltenham Festival is [...]