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  Without a new budget, the country is facing a deficit of up to 6.6% of the GDP in 2025, more than double the European Union's standard.   No matter what the French government had warned about, neither domestic nor international turmoil followed immediately after Prime Minister Barnier's cabinet's downfall and his resignation. But without a valid budget, the public deficit may rise further, as well as the uncertainty that is pushing up the refinancing costs of the country's already enormous debt.   President Macron will now need to appoint a new Prime Minister, who will be tasked with forming a new government. But the chances of adopting a new budget before the year's end are very slim.   If no budget is voted on by December 20, one of the possibilities is to extend the 2024 budget to 2025. "A rollover of the 2024 budget to the entire 2025 fiscal year would likely deliver a government budget deficit of c.6.3-6.6% of GDP, up from an estimated 6.1% of GD...

Although manufacturing growth in Spain rose at a slower rate in November because of flooding, it was still above the key 50 level. Turkish manufacturing demand inched up but German and French figures failed to offer seasonal cheer. Spain's manufacturing figures showed a slight fall in November, according to the HCOB manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), coming in at 53.1 and down from 54.5 in October. That was less than analyst forecasts of 53.5. Output and news orders were lower, partly due to the heavy flooding in the eastern region of Valencia which caused widespread disruption across parts of Spain from the end of October, S&P Global reported. Even though growth was slower, it was still the 10th month in a row that Spain experienced manufacturing growth, bucking the general trend across Europe.  New export orders rose at their highest rate since September 2021, with international sales also up. Purchasing and employment activity also rose although at a slower ...

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KEY POINTS OpenAI is allowing employees to sell about $1.5 billion worth of shares in a new tender offer to SoftBank, CNBC has learned. SoftBank’s latest investment adds to OpenAI’s recent $6.6 billion funding round at a $157 billion valuation. The deal was spurred by SoftBank billionaire founder and CEO Masayoshi Son, who was persistent in asking for a larger stake in the company, a person familiar with the matter said. OpenAI is allowing employees to sell about $1.5 billion worth of shares in a new tender offer to SoftBank, CNBC has learned.   The new financing will allow the Japanese tech conglomerate to get an even larger slice of the AI startup and allow current and former OpenAI employees to cash out their shares, two people familiar with the matter told CNBC.   Employees will have until Dec. 24 to decide if they want to participate in the new tender offer, which has not previously been reported, one of the people said. The deal was spurred by SoftBank billionair...