Major automakers saw their sales jump in the United States in the second quarter, but the drop in available vehicles due to the persistent shortage of microchips is starting to be felt. Read also :Semiconductors: the little chips that rule the world Toyota took the lead, selling 688,813 units from April to June in the … Read more
The United States will record stronger growth than expected in 2021 and 2022 thanks in particular to consumer spending boosted by savings during the pandemic, according to updated projections from the Congressional Budget Services (CBO) released Thursday. Read also :United States: sharp drop in job creation in the private sector in June This independent agency … Read more
Total sales during the two-day Amazon Prime Day promotional operation amounted to $ 11 billion in the United States, according to data released Wednesday by the Adobe Digital Economy Index. Read also :Pressured by merchants, Amazon maintains its “Prime days” on scheduled dates This amount is up by 6.1% compared to the receipts of last … Read more
The US agency overseeing air travel, the FAA, on Tuesday announced that it would begin distributing $ 8 billion in aid to US airports to help them overcome challenges related to the pandemic. These subsidies were provided for in the massive $ 1.9 trillion stimulus package adopted in March, shortly after Joe Biden came to … Read more
American authorities announced Thursday their intention to invest $ 3.2 billion to accelerate research and development of antiviral drugs against Covid-19 and future pathologies. Read also :United States: when discrimination in favor of minority restaurateurs is deemed discriminatory This project, called “antiviral program against pandemicsIs financed with funds from the $ 1.9 trillion stimulus package, … Read more
Weekly jobless claims rose last week, contradicting analysts’ expectations and rising above the 400,000 claims mark, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department. Read also :Wouldn’t unemployment have “massively” increased with the Covid-19? Between June 6 and 13, 412,000 people applied for unemployment benefits, 37,000 more than the previous week. Analysts were expecting … Read more
The price of the main Chicago-listed wheat contract fell sharply amid expectations of global oversupply. Soybeans also lost ground, while corn rebounded in the wake of a plunge. Read also :The poorest countries weakened by food prices “The wheat market has contracted due to an abundance of reserves in the world despite the difficulties encountered … Read more
Italy’s leading construction group Webuild (ex-Salini Impregilo) announced on Tuesday it had signed a $ 16 billion mega-contract to build a high-speed train line connecting Dallas and Houston in the US state of Texas . Read also :Rail, which shaped America, still has a future It is one of the most important agreements ever won … Read more
A virus that circulates faster than vaccines, insufficient G7 promises, poor international financial support … WHO called on Monday for great solidarity to eradicate the pandemic. At their summit this weekend in England, the leaders of the G7 announced the donation of 1 billion doses – of 870 million doses to which are added the … Read more
The American video game developer Electronic Arts (EA) admitted Thursday that hackers had stolen the source code of some titles in its catalog while ensuring that the cyberattack would not have consequences for players. Faced with cyber attacks, the world enters a zone of turbulence EA, behind the “Battlefield”, “Medal of Honor” and “The Sims” … Read more