USA: Retailers Optimistic, Year-End Shopping Gets Ahead – 11/26/2021 at 7:11 PM
Macy’s department store in New York for Black Friday, November 26, 2021 (AFP / Yuki IWAMURA) Americans didn’t wait until Black Friday, which traditionally kicks off the year-end shopping season, to shop, making retailers optimistic despite inflation, shortages and now a new variant. . The anguish of empty toy shelves indeed seems to have pushed […]
China asks Didi to delist in US, Bloomberg News reports – 11/26/2021 at 7:20 am
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have asked executives of ride-hailing giant Didi Global to develop a plan to delist the company in the United States over data security concerns, Bloomberg News reported. China’s technology watchdog wants management to take the company off the New York Stock Exchange over concerns about sensitive data leaks, the report […]
Biden pledges ‘unwavering’ US support for Ukraine – 11/24/2021 at 8:09 pm
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (Reuters) – Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged the United States’ “unwavering” support for Ukraine, whose relations with Russia continue to grow strained. In a statement issued in memory of the millions of Ukrainian victims of the 1932-33 famine, the US President said that the United States “today reaffirms (their) commitment to the […]
USA-Unemployment claims decline to 199,000 – 11/24/2021 at 2:38 pm
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (Reuters) – Unemployment claims fell in the United States during the week to Nov. 20, to 199,000 from 270,000 (revised) the previous week, the Labor Department said on Wednesday. Economists expected an average of 260,000 jobless claims. Registrations for the week to November 13 have been revised up from an initial estimate […]
Samsung to build $ 17 billion Texas chip factory
The new factory, supposed to be operational by the end of 2024, should create more than 2,000 skilled jobs. South Korean giant Samsung announced Tuesday, November 23 that it will build a chip factory in Taylor, Texas, a $ 17 billion investment that is filling the United States as the semiconductor shortage cause of lead […]
USA-Electoral redistribution undermines the right to vote of minorities-UN – 11/22/2021 at 6:55 pm
GENEVA, Nov. 22 (Reuters) – Redistricting of electoral districts in some states in the United States, such as Texas, can undermine democracy by depriving millions of minority people of equal voting rights as other citizens, said Monday a UN expert. Fernand de Varennes, UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, was speaking at the end of […]
United States: Jerome Powell appointed to retain Fed presidency – 11/22/2021 at 3:46 pm
UNITED STATES: JEROME POWELL DESIGNATED TO KEEP THE PRESIDENCY OF THE FED WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jerome Powell was chosen on Monday by US President Joe Biden for four more years as President of the Federal Reserve (Fed), after a first term marked by repeated criticism of the former tenant of the House white Donald Trump […]
corporate controls will intensify
Faced with the fifth wave of the epidemic, the government wants to encourage compliance with the health protocol to avoid more restrictive measures. «In recent weeks, there has been a certain relaxation in the application of the sanitary protocol in companies. Everyone thought the epidemic was behind us but it is not“. It is with […]
hypersonic missiles will be developed by three companies
The American defense industry giants Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will thus help the United States to better defend itself against China, which is developing this arsenal at high speed. US defense industry giants Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will develop missiles to help the United States better defend itself against hypersonic attacks, […]
hypersonic missiles will be developed by three companies
The American defense industry giants Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will thus help the United States to better defend itself against China, which is developing this arsenal at high speed. US defense industry giants Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will develop missiles to help the United States better defend itself against hypersonic attacks, […]