The New York Stock Exchange concluded the session on a nuanced note on Wednesday, after an opening at half-mast and the sudden rise in bond rates during the day. The Dow Jones advanced 0.25%, the Nasdaq index finished close to balance and lost 0.06% while the broader S&P 500 index gained 0.16%. The American market … Read more
Censorship of the Barnier government “is not chaos” but we must avoid “a progressive loss of credibility” of France due in particular to a “debt too large”said the first president of the Court of Auditors, Pierre Moscovici, on LCI on Sunday. Censorship “is neither a disaster nor something trivial. (…) The markets did not tremble, … Read more
A year of “strategic decisions” opens for the German industrialist Thyssenkrupp weighed down by a new annual loss and which is working on the restructuring of its activities, in particular the steel branch in search of financing, its management indicated on Tuesday. Many uncertainties remain over the future model of this conglomerate in full transformation, … Read more
After Michelin, degreasing risks continuing in French factories, fears the Minister of Industry, with automobiles and chemicals being particularly weakened, both in France and in Germany. “There will probably be announcements of site closures in the coming weeks and months”declared Mr. Ferracci at the microphone of France Inter on Saturday. The social balance sheet “will … Read more
Big day for Boeing: the American aircraft manufacturer published its worst quarterly loss in four years on Wednesday, but hopes for the validation of a new social agreement, which would put an end to the costly strike which has paralyzed two crucial factories since mid-September. No surprise: Boeing announced a net loss of $6.17 billion, … Read more
It is an increasingly rare spectacle: greyhound racing, in decline since the ban on betting, still survives thanks to a handful of enthusiasts, who sometimes cross France to have their dogs compete. At the end of September, south-east of Tours (Indre-et-Loire), for example, there were around fifty of them braving the cold, at the foot … Read more