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The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament has jointly organised a Trade Union Forum with the European Trade Union Confederation. The gathering brings together centre-left MEPs and union representatives to discuss workers' rights and labour priorities in EU policy. Little detail has been released so far about the agenda or outcomes of the event.

A civil rights coalition is calling on the US Federal Trade Commission to ban the use of AI-driven surveillance pricing in housing and consumer markets. The practice involves companies using personal data and algorithmic tools to set individualised prices, which the coalition argues can lead to discrimination against protected groups and unfair costs for consumers. The group is pressing regulators to treat the practice as a civil rights and consumer protection issue.

Bitcoin Group SE has published its Half-Year Report 2026, putting the spotlight on a planned relaunch of its bitcoin.de trading platform. The company says the relaunched exchange will come with a significantly expanded product offering. The report was picked up by financial news aggregators, drawing attention from crypto market watchers interested in the German operator's growth plans.

The Retail Energy Supply Association, a US trade group representing competitive retail energy suppliers, has elected a new president to lead the organization through 2027. The appointment signals continuity of the group's advocacy for retail energy markets during a period of policy debate over electricity and natural gas competition.

Hedge fund ExodusPoint Capital Management has joined a growing group of hedge funds partnering with Anthropic to use its artificial intelligence technology. The move, reported by Bloomberg, signals that major quantitative and multi-strategy funds continue to invest in AI tools for trading, research and operations, adding ExodusPoint to a list of prominent asset managers working directly with the AI company.