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Economy
Microsoft, Amazon to invest billions in French tech
Paris (AFP) - Microsoft on Sunday announced four billion euros in investment for developing data centres in France, joining fellow...
Amazon plans to invest 1.2 bn euros in France: Macron’s office
Paris (AFP) - US e-commerce giant Amazon will invest more than 1. 2 billion euros in France, creating more than...
Boeing’s problems rattle US aviation regulator as well
New York (AFP) - The US Federal Aviation Administration, sharply criticized after the crashes of two Boeing planes in 2018...
Hundreds protest outside German Tesla factory
Grünheide (Germany) (AFP) - More than a thousand environmentalists protested outside Tesla's factory near Berlin Saturday, police said, a day...
Iraq hopes oil reserves will exceed 160 bn barrels: minister
Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq, one of the world's biggest oil producers, aims to boost its crude reserves to more than...
China consumer prices rise at faster rate in April
Beijing (AFP) - China's inflation rate quickened last month, official data showed Saturday, as the government works to boost spending...
Yellen urges action to curb US mortgage market risks
Washington (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen flagged risks posed in the mortgage market Friday, as regulators released recommendations...
Biden’s clean energy tax credits likely to remain ‘law of the land’: Brainard
Washington (AFP) - Most of Joe Biden's clean energy tax credits are now law and are unlikely to be reversed...
Senior US Fed official expects no rate cuts this year
Washington (AFP) - A senior official at the US central bank said Friday that she doesn't expect any interest rate...
UK economy exits recession in pre-vote boost for PM Sunak
London (AFP) - Britain has emerged from a short-lived recession with better-than-expected growth in the first quarter, official data showed...
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