Returning to its highest since September 21, the Paris Bourse is about to chain a second week of gains in a row, which had not happened since mid-August. The soap opera of the fiscal stimulus plan in the United States continues to hold the markets in suspense, thus maintaining a renewed appetite for risk.  Another supporting factor is the continued acceleration […]
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Euronext buys Borsa Italiana from LSE for € 4.325 billion
Euronext will buy Borsa Italiana, operator of the Milan Stock Exchange, from the London Stock Exchange for 4.325 billion euros, the two groups announced on Friday. The operator of the Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam stock exchanges will get their hands on that of Milan with the support of the Italian public establishment Cassa Depositi e […]
Coronavirus-Pelosi wants global deal for US economy support plan
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (Reuters) – Support for the US aviation sector is a matter of national security and any law supporting it can only be approved by Congress if parliamentarians are confident that they can draft a text with broad outlines, a said Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday. In an […]
China-Services activity continued to grow in September-Caixin
BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Reuters) – The recovery in China’s service sector activity picked up speed in September, advancing for a fifth consecutive month, according to final Caixin / Markit survey results released on Friday, with a number of hires on the rise for a second month in a row. The services PMI index calculated by Caixin / Markit […]
Freewheeling weekend in the markets
After a week of closure, Chinese financial markets will reopen their doors on Friday, to take note of the PMI Caixin index of non-manufacturing purchasing managers for September. After returning to expansionary territory in May, the statistics should recover further, to reach 54.7 in September, against 54 in August. In France, it will be a question of industrial production in August. In July, […]
LIVE Coronavirus: Russia beats its record with 12,126 new daily cases
The virus is still active. More than 36.2 million cases of infection have been officially diagnosed worldwide since the end of December, for a toll of 1,057,084 deaths. Faced with the deterioration of indicators, Lille, Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne will spend Saturday in the maximum alert zone due. These cities will join Aix-Marseille, Paris and Guadeloupe, where […]
Russia attempts mediation between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh
Vladimir Putin invited to Moscow this Friday the heads of the Armenian and Azerbaijani diplomats, Zohrab Mnatsakanian and Ceyhun Bayramov, who accepted, after meeting Thursday evening with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. He intends to plead a truce in the fighting. This is the first time since the start of military operations on […]
The main Latin American economies sick with Covid-19
Despite a disastrous health toll (150,000 dead and 5 million confirmed cases), the recession will probably not be as deep as expected in Brazil. The IMF, which predicted a historic drop of 9.1% of GDP this year, revised its forecasts downwards: -5.8% (including -7% in the first half), with a slight recovery of 2.8% of GDP next year. […]
United States: Democratic governor, target of , escapes planned kidnapping by militia
They planned to kidnap the governor of Michigan to cause “civil war.” Thirteen men, including seven members of a militia, the Wolverine Watchmen, were indicted after the FBI foiled their plot thanks to informants and undercover agents. The group planned to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, a frequent target of Donald Trump, before the presidential election on November […]
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the World Food Program
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded this Friday the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), announced the Norwegian Nobel Committee, arguing that the need for multilateral solutions was “more visible than ever”. Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize is a “moment of pride”, reacted a spokesperson for the Program. “One of the beauties of WFP’s work is that […]
