Workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York have taken to building a union, six months after a similar attempt in Alabama failed, and are already accusing the e-commerce giant of doing everything to dissuade their colleagues. Read alsoAmazon workers reject union creation At this stage, in the United States, no Amazon sorting and logistics … Read more
Weekly jobless claims in the United States continued to decline in mid-October, hitting a new low since the start of the pandemic, a sign that the economy is leaving behind the Delta wave of the virus. 290,000 new requests Between October 10 and 17, 290,000 people registered as unemployed to receive an allowance, 6,000 less … Read more
Europe and the United States concentrate 60% of global patents on plastic recycling or bioplastics, France being distinguished by its high level of specialization, associating public research, large groups and promising startups, indicates the European Office of patents (EPO) in a study Tuesday. Read alsoThe recycling race opens in the building «We see in the … Read more
US consumer confidence fell in October and fell below analysts’ expectations, according to the preliminary estimate of the University of Michigan survey released on Friday. Read alsoEnergy prices: how soaring prices are reflected, from world markets to consumers The index shows 71.4 points, against 72.8 points in September. Analysts expected consumer sentiment to rebound slightly … Read more
The US Competition Authority (FTC) has gone to war against bogus consumer reviews and other favorable but misleading comments that abound on business sites and on the internet. Read also“I needed the money”: how the black market for fake reviews is plaguing the Internet The FTC has issued a warning to 700 businesses in the … Read more
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