HelloFresh Is Investing $70 Million to Have AI Help Plan Dinner
The Berlin-based company announced on Monday a $70 million investment in its menu subscriptions. The funds will more than double the number of meals on offer and increase the range of star proteins such as beef and seafood. It will also bolster the use of AI technology to streamline decision making during ordering, even as the choices for recipes increase.
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European banks also took a drubbing but have since recovered as those exposed to Russia cut ties. It has not been all doom and gloom and the European STOXX 600 index is not far off March's record high. Aerospace and defence stocks have had a supercharged rally since February 2022, with gains ranging from over 600% for Leonardo to over 1,500% for Rheinmetall. "If the fighting stops in Ukraine, I'd expect defence stocks to come off a little bit but I think the fundamental reason why defence stocks have rallied is still there," said Toni Meadows, CIO at BRI Wealth Management. "If Putin is still there and Trump is still there, then the need for Europe to spend on defence is still there." 2/ HEATED The invasion triggered a surge in European energy prices. Brent crude rose as much as 30% to $139 a barrel, while natural gas prices soared nearly 300% to record highs. Crude subsided in the following months. But Dutch TTF futures, the regional benchmark for natural gas soared as Europe scrambled for an alternative to the Russian gas that fed over 40% of total demand. Europe has since become increasingly reliant on U.S. super-chilled liquefied natural gas. The European Union has committed to boosting its purchases of U.S. crude, gas and coal from around $75 billion in 2024 to $250 billion per year to 2027, under a new U.S. trade deal - a figure most experts say is unrealistic. Oil and gas prices are below 2022 peaks, but they are higher than five years ago, up 50% and 300%, respectively. 3/ GENIE OUT OF THE BOTTLE Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the war ensured the inflation genie was well out of its bottle as energy and food prices soared with agricultural exports from Russia and Ukraine - two leading grain exporters - disrupted. Central banks backtracked on the notion that an inflation spike was "transitory" and aggressive interest rate hikes followed. Since late 2022, inflation and rates have come down in big economies and focus shifted to U.S. tariffs. High food prices remain a concern, especially for developing economies. World food commodity prices rose in July to their highest in over two years, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. "If Ukraine could operate normally as an economy, that would help food prices around the world," said April LaRusse, head of investment specialists at Insight Investment. 4/ UKRAINE AND RUSSIA Ukraine's economy was battered by the war. The country was forced to restructure $20 billion of its government debt last year as it could no longer afford the repayments given the demands of the conflict. Its bonds then rallied on hopes that a re-elected Trump would broker a peace deal but plunged following increasingly ugly exchanges between Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy culminated in February's infamous Oval Office meeting. The bonds recovered some ground again this week. Russia's economy also contracted after the West introduced sweeping sanctions but soaring defence spending led to a rebound in 2023 and 2024. After jacking up rates to combat the subsequent inflation spike though, some Russian officials now warn of recession risks. Russia's rouble sank to a record low soon after the invasion, but rebounded to seven-year highs later in 2022 as imports dried up. It is up nearly 40% against the dollar this year. Russia and China meanwhile now do more of their trade in the yuan, which has overtaken the dollar as Russia's most traded foreign currency. 5/CURRENCIES UPENDED The war hit the euro, which fell almost 6% against the dollar in 2022 as the economic impact was felt. Analysts say any improving sentiment created by a ceasefire could help the euro, but note that other factors, such as monetary policy were also key. 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