Leader of the Republicans in the US Senate Mitch McConnell on Wednesday offered Democrats a temporary solution to break the parliamentary deadlock and avoid the imminent risk of a US default. Read alsoUS default could trigger further recession, warns Janet Yellen “To protect Americans from a short-term crisis brought on by Democrats”, Mitch McConnell proposes … Read more
Pharmaceutical group Johnson & Johnson announced on Tuesday that it had submitted data to the United States Medicines Agency (FDA) for authorization for a booster injection in adults of its single-dose vaccine against Covid-19. Read alsoCovid-19: competition mounts between laboratories for the third dose of the vaccine These data include the results of a clinical … Read more
European markets ended lower on Friday as US indices moved in the green, welcoming in particular a positive announcement about a new treatment under study against Covid-19. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones was up 0.85%, the extended S & P500 index by 0.56% and the high-tech Nasdaq index by 0.09% around 4:50 p.m. Read … Read more
American and Chinese artificial intelligence start-ups have together captured around 80% of global venture capital investments in the sector, according to an OECD study published on Thursday. Sino-US domination of AI investments is stronger than in any tech sector combined, where the US / China pair captures an average of 72% of VC investments. Of … Read more
Manufacturing activity contracted in September in China, a first since early 2020, due in particular to power cuts that weighed on an already slowing economy, according to official figures released Thursday. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), which measures the activity of factories nationwide, stood at 49.6, down from 50.1 in August, the National Bureau of … Read more
Global retail giant Walmart on Wednesday announced plans to hire 150,000 people ahead of the holiday season to work in its supermarkets, with most of those positions intended to be permanent and full-time. Read alsoEmployment: Castex releases 1.4 billion for training The group, the largest private employer in the United States with approximately 1.6 million … Read more
The boss of General Motors, Mary Barra, will take in January the head of the organization representing the largest American companies, Business Roundtable, and thus become the first woman to lead it. She will succeed Doug McMillon, general manager of Walmart supermarkets, who himself replaced Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase bank, details a statement … Read more
Commercial crude oil reserves in the United States rose significantly last week, according to figures released by the United States Energy Information Agency (EIA) on Wednesday, as the market expected a further decline. Read alsoOil climbs helped by declining US stocks During the week ended September 24, crude inventories rose 4.6 million barrels (Mb). Analysts … Read more
Promises of home sales rebounded sharply in August in the United States after two months of decline, said Wednesday the National Federation of Realtors (NAR). Read alsoHigh-end real estate boom in the United States The index measuring signings of promises to sell jumped 8.1% in July compared to July, to stand at 119.7 points, where … Read more
Several major American airports will soon use software to calculate when an aircraft must leave the boarding gate to prevent it from waiting on the tarmac before take off with the engines on, and thus limit emissions but also delays. . Developed by NASA and the FAA, the American agencies in charge of space and … Read more