Sales of new vehicles fell 26.16% last year in Brazil, the worst drop in five years due to the coronavirus crisis, according to figures released Tuesday by the industry. The National Federation of Motor Vehicle Distributors (Fenabrave) reports 2,058,315 million cars, trucks and buses sold last year, the lowest since 2016 (2,050,240), when the country … Read more
General Motors (GM) and Toyota saw their vehicle sales in the United States severely affected by the pandemic throughout the year but ended 2020 on a rebound which is expected to continue in the months to come. GM sales were down 11.8% to 2.55 million units while Toyota’s were down 11.3% to 2.11 million units, … Read more
The price of oil in New York, the WTI, on Tuesday for the first time since February, before the shock of the pandemic, found the threshold of 50 dollars a barrel, the market anticipating an OPEC + agreement on the production of the month next. Around 4:05 p.m. GMT (5:05 p.m. in Paris), a barrel … Read more
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday, January 4 reversed its decision to delist three Chinese companies in the telecom sector, after “Extensive consultations with the competent regulatory authorities”. Read also :The economic war between the United States and China has changed on the technological and financial fronts The New York Stock Exchange announced … Read more
BioNTech and Pfizer laboratories confirmed on Tuesday the delivery of 300 million doses of their vaccine against Covid-19 to the European Union, which exercised an option to purchase an additional 100 million for 2021. Read also :Vaccine: a campaign that starts slowly The EU signed a contract with the companies in November committing initially to … Read more
The city of New York welcomed some 65.2 million tourists in 2018, a new record for the American metropolis, particularly popular with the British, Chinese, Canadians, Brazilians and French, said the New York tourism organization yesterday. According to new figures released by the NYC & Company, approximately 51.6 million Americans and 13.5 million foreigners visited … Read more
The British government announced on Tuesday evening that it had reached an agreement with France, allowing truck drivers stranded in the United Kingdom following the border closure to leave the country with a rapid Covid test on departure. Read also :In Calais, French road hauliers worried and angry “All truck drivers, regardless of their nationality, … Read more
The Paris Bourse is expected to drop sharply on Monday, worried about the new variant of Covid-19, more contagious, which is “out of control” in England. Read also :Stock market: is it the right time to invest? The CAC 40 index futures contract fell 1.60% about 40 minutes before the opening of the session. Despite … Read more
The social plan of the Dietal lighting company, canceled by the Clermont-Ferrand administrative court and targeting a third of the 210 employees at the Saint-Georges-de-Mons (Puy-de-Dôme) site, was finally approved by the Lyon administrative court of appeal, the employee’s lawyer said on Friday. Read also :Covid-19: already three times more social plans initiated in nine … Read more
Dec 18, 2020 Spending a lot of hours on social media like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, or Twitter every day can cause mental health inconvenience. This is shown by a study conducted by American researchers who established a link between hours spent on social networks and an increased risk of depression. Social networks deteriorate the quality … Read more