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Caixa Capital Anchors a €1 Million Portugal Prize as the Startup World Cup 2026 Lands at Unicorn Factory Lisboa Across 17-18 June — 50 Finalists, a 10-Slot Pitch Cut and a $1 Million October San Francisco Run Frame the Pegasus Tech Ventures Track

Portugal's Startup World Cup 2026 opens 17-18 June at Unicorn Factory Lisboa with 50 startups chasing a €1M Caixa Capital cheque and a $1M Pegasus Tech Ventures ticket to the October San Francisco final — Carlos Moedas headlines, Brisa, Galp and Microsoft anchor the speaker bench.
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Galp's 2025-2026 Billing System Migration Leaves 2% of the Customer Book Unbilled Eight Months In — Households Receive €400-€800 Accumulated Bundles in May, DECO Reminds Clients of the Six-Month Prescription Rule and the Optional-Payment-Plan Right

Galp's 2025-2026 Billing System Migration Leaves 2% of the Customer Book Unbilled Eight Months In — Households Receive €400-€800 Accumulated Bundles in May, DECO Reminds Clients of the Six-Month Prescription Rule and the Optional-Payment-Plan Right

Galp customers are receiving accumulated electricity-and-gas invoices of €400-€800 in May 2026 after the late-2025 billing-platform migration left roughly 2% of the customer book unbilled. DECO reminds clients the six-month prescription rule and the optional-payment-plan right both apply.
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Portuguese Family-Controlled Groups Walk Away With €653 Million From the 2026 Cotada Dividend Cycle — Soares dos Santos Leads, Azevedo and Amorim Take the Next Two Steps of the Podium and Queiroz Pereira Drops Out as Navigator's Cheque Halves

Portuguese Family-Controlled Groups Walk Away With €653 Million From the 2026 Cotada Dividend Cycle — Soares dos Santos Leads, Azevedo and Amorim Take the Next Two Steps of the Podium and Queiroz Pereira Drops Out as Navigator's Cheque Halves

The 2026 dividend cycle of the Portuguese cotadas — the listed companies that anchor the PSI index — has now closed enough of its calendar to allow the family-controlled-group rankings to be drawn. Jornal de Negócios's accounting puts the headline...
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Brent Cracks Below $100 to $99.55 on the Trump-Iran Hormuz De-escalation — Portugal's Energy-Shock Unwind Resets the Pump-Price Trajectory, Galp's Downstream Tail-Wind and the IMF Article IV's Fuel-Excise Recommendation

Brent Cracks Below $100 to $99.55 on the Trump-Iran Hormuz De-escalation — Portugal's Energy-Shock Unwind Resets the Pump-Price Trajectory, Galp's Downstream Tail-Wind and the IMF Article IV's Fuel-Excise Recommendation

Brent July futures cracked below $100 to $99.55 on Thursday, down 12.5% from Tuesday's $113.54 peak, after Trump paused the Hormuz Project Freedom escort initiative. The unwind resets pump-price trajectories and reframes the IMF Article IV fuel-excise recommendation.
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