Economía

The Magnificent Seven –Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla– maintain their strength with a combined profit of $557 billion –or €480 billion– in the first half of the year, once Nvidia’s results are known. It is more than triple (258%) compared to the same period in 2021, before ChatGPT and the AI fever emerged, which have benefited them and at the same time cast doubt on them, without disrupting their stability for now. A colossal figure despite covering only six months. Behind the strong rise is mainly Nvidia, which has gone from being just another listed company to a monster: it earns 28 times more, with over $100 billion up to June.

Widows have always had a reserved seat in the world of investments. The Scottish Widows investment fund was created in the early 19th century to assist women who lost their husbands in the Napoleonic wars and today manages more than 200 billion euros. In Spain, the dividends from the elevator company Zardoya were once known as “the widows’ dividend,” for being as reliable as leaving a pension.

Shein has it all. The Chinese-origin portal that shook fashion with its cheap clothes now distributes everything from screens to pencils. What it does not have is a good answer about who Yangtian Xu is. The low profile of its enigmatic founder makes him an unknown even at home. On the eve of its stock market debut this Tuesday, he remains in the background.

Long and heavy the summer of this 2026. In Spain, the level of political tension has continued to rise, reaching a paroxysm thanks to the Ceuta episode. An unexpected and adverse scenario for Pedro Sánchez and his latest major bet on the mass regularization of immigrants. The key points…

In the month of July, at the height of the arrival of visitors to Spain, the tourism sector reached nearly 3.1 million jobs. 110,000 more workers were registered with Social Security, 3.1% more than last year. Employment in this industry continues to grow fueled by the latest records of international tourists, which increased by 5% in the first half of the year, reaching 46.6 million. Even so, the unions remind that these figures still hide a high turnover in the workforce and difficulties in attracting and retaining workers, who often end up opting for other jobs with better salaries and greater possibilities for work-life balance.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has just announced, in his words, “the greatest oil deal in history” between his country and Venezuela. But what exactly does it consist of? Who benefits from this pact?

The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, has confirmed the “historic oil agreement” with the United States previously announced by Donald Trump on his Truth Social account. The Chavista leader thanks Trump and the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in a statement for “their willingness in the development” of an alliance she describes in a statement as “a historic milestone in bilateral relations.”

The new flexible retirement rules, which allow pensioners to return to work as self-employed and combine this activity with part of the pension, have been in effect since this Friday. The royal decree, published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) in May, extends this modality to self-employment. Until now, retirees could only apply it if they returned to work as employees.

Doctors know that when circulation in the arteries is blocked, there is a risk of having a heart attack. For the first time, several key maritime navigation channels are simultaneously experiencing disruptions, which increases costs, delays delivery times, and heightens the specter of inflation, when maritime transport accounts for more than 80% of global goods trade.

The persistent rise in oil prices due to the Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is already having a strong impact on prices. General inflation rises in August, reaching 4.3%, according to the preliminary CPI indicator from the National Statistics Institute, seven tenths higher than that recorded in July and the highest rate in the last three years, since February 2023. With the August data, inflation records two consecutive months of increases and stands above 4% for the first time since April 2023.