Oil prices opened lower on Wednesday, with pessimism over US stocks raising fears that production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will not rebalance the market. Around 13:00 GMT, the price of a barrel of “light sweet crude” (WTI), the American benchmark for crude, lost 63 cents to 47.61 dollars on … Read more
Pharmaceutical group Sanofi announced on Wednesday that the US Medicines Agency (FDA) had approved its drug Libtayo for the treatment of advanced skin cancer, in a statement. “Libtayo Receives Full Approval in Locally Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma (CBC) and Expedited Approval in Metastatic CBC, Following Priority Review by Food and Drug Administration“(FDA) in the United … Read more
New York’s oil price retreated slightly at open on Friday, with the market hesitating between the continued surge in production in the United States and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ efforts to curb its own black gold mining . Around 2:10 p.m. GMT, a barrel of light sweet crude (WTI) for delivery in … Read more
British pharmaceutical company GSK and its German competitor CureVac announced on Wednesday that they would unite to develop a messenger RNA vaccine against new variants of the coronavirus with the hope of being ready for 2022. GSK adds in the press release that it will initially help this year with the production of a first … Read more
New home sales promises in the United States jumped 5% last year, posting a level never seen before for the last month of the year in December, the National Federation of Realtors (NAR) said on Friday. . Read also :Bank: BBVA’s 2020 net profit was cut by 63% by the pandemic and the United States … Read more
The cement group Vicat announced on Friday the creation of a subsidiary dedicated to the treatment and recovery of energy and mineral waste, with two platforms located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Read also :The LafargeHolcim cement manufacturer in search of clean concrete This subsidiary, called Circulère, was officially launched on January 1 with the objective … Read more
The new US Secretary of Commerce, who was auditioned Tuesday, January 26 in the Senate for her confirmation, signaled her intention to remain firm and even «agressive» towards China, deploring the unfair trade practices of the Asian giant. Read also :How Beijing is trying to coax the new US administration Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island’s first … Read more
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen estimated this Thursday evening that “All non-essential travel should be strongly discouraged”, “Because of the very serious health situation” linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read also :Covid-19: Germany does not rule out checks between EU countries in the face of the variant The leader, however, … Read more
Wheat, corn and soybean prices continued to decline slowly on Wednesday in Chicago after welcome rains for harvests in South America amid high prices. And immediately:LIVE – Invested President of the United States, Joe Biden has arrived at the White House “The opportune rains in South America were the trigger for the liquidation coupled with … Read more
Manufacturing activity in the New York area started the year as it ended 2020, in slow motion, disappointing expectations, according to the Empire State monthly indicator released by the Fed on Friday. The index measuring general business conditions in this sector fell 1.4 points to 3.5 points. This is less than expected by analysts, who … Read more