AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoInvestment & AI: Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion in Germany in 2027, including in data centres, cloud services and logistics. Berlin also struck a partnership with Nvidia to develop industrial AI, aiming to bring the technology into German factories. Industry: German industry has shed nearly 500,000 jobs since 2019, according to an Ifo study, while Roche has put future German investments on hold. Business Deals: Merck agreed to acquire Silence Therapeutics in a deal valued at about $1.3 billion, adding a late-stage rare-disease treatment to its pipeline. Finance: Sparkassen banks have begun offering customers crypto trading through their app, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Economic Outlook: German investor sentiment weakened more than expected in October, and producer-price inflation hit its highest level since 2023 as energy costs climbed.
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