Économie
Perte nette de 801 millions d'euros en 2019 — SNCF
Sans ces effets, le " résultat net récurrent " mis en avant par la direction reste néanmoins négatif, à -301 millions d'euros. Hors effet de la grève en décembre, le " résultat net récurrent " serait positif, à + 313 millions d'euros, relève la direction . [Full Article...]
Americans avoiding Corona beer during coronavirus outbreak
On Wednesday, the public opinion and data company YouGov released its own report stating that purchase intent for Corona hit its lowest level in two years. "These claims simply do not reflect our business performance and consumer sentiment, which includes feedback from our distributor and retailer partners across the country". [Full Article...]
Trump Criticizes Fed on Need for Coronavirus Response
James Bullard, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, also said during his speech in Florida that "we could cut rates if we got a global pandemic that actually develops with health effects that seem to be approaching the same level as seasonal influenza, but that doesn't look like the baseline as of today". [Full Article...]
EasyJet warns of softer Italian demand in wake of coronavirus
However, it warned: "We are now experiencing demand weakness on Asian and European routes and a weakening of business travel across our network resulting from the cancellation of industry events and corporate travel restrictions". The outbreak has hit the country hard with hundreds infected, some of which have led to fatalities. Profit after tax slumped to 1.72 billion euros ($1.89 billion) a ye... [Full Article...]
Renault taille dans son réseau de distribution
Enfin, la cession du siège de RRG relève plus d'une opération immobilière et fera l'objet d'un redéploiement de périmètre au cours de cette année. Cette décision intervient dans un contexte délicat pour le constructeur et pour sa filiale. La situation financière de cette dernière était dans le rouge depuis plusieurs années et l'évolution de la distribution automobile n'a pas arrangé sa situati... [Full Article...]
Hedge fund Elliott Management seeking removal of Twitter CEO
Founded by billionaire Paul Singer , New York-based Elliott is one of the world's biggest activist investors with more than $40 billion in assets under mangement and has targeted companies ranging from eBay to AT&T to SoftBank in the last months for improvements. [Full Article...]
Tabac, permis moto, gaz, … tout ce qui va changer au 1er mars
Cette augmentation concerne également les cigares, les cigarillos et le tabac à rouler. Ces hausses de prix ont fait chuter les ventes de 9,32% en 2018 et de 7,2% l'an dernier. Les personnes ayant obtenu leur code "voiture" depuis moins de 5 ans auront jusqu'au 1er septembre pour tenter le permis moto selon les anciennes modalités. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus crash wipes $5 trillion off global stocks
THE global market rout continued on Friday, as traders stampeded away from stocks across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Stock futures showed European indexes set to track the rout in their Asian counterparts on Friday, which comes after another massive selloff on Wall Street overnight. [Full Article...]
Trump Rips Politicized Coverage of Coronavirus Crisis, Defends Administration’s Response
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said that the coronavirus is likely to cause disruptions to everyday life in the USA, such as school closures and changes to public transportation. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones average closed down 123.77 points with a loss of 0.5 percent, while the S&P dropped 11.82 points or 0.4 percent. Trump has also warned Health and Human Services Sec... [Full Article...]
Citroen's Ami Electric Car Costs $22/Month
We need to validate the project in France and other countries first'. We're talking a auto that measures just 7.9 feet in length, tops out at 28 mph , and has a 5.5-kilowatt-hour battery good for 43 miles of range and a full charge in three hours using a standard outlet. [Full Article...]
Person in Washington state first in US to die from coronavirus
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in California standed at 33 as of Thursday. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday the organization had "increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of COVID-19 to very high at a global level", referring to the WHO's formal name for the virus. [Full Article...]
Data breach exposes Clearview AI client list
Clearview told the Daily Beast that the breach did not grant the intruder access to its platform nor the search histories of any law enforcement client. "The general contours of what has been reported seem to indicate that an unauthorized person was able to perform limited commands or queries against the server or database without the expected authentication", Roger Grimes, data driven defense... [Full Article...]
Wall Street connaît sa pire semaine depuis 2008 — Coronavirus
Tokyo a donné le la avec une chute de plus de 2% face aux menaces grandissantes que fait peser la crise sanitaire sur l'organisation des Jeux olympiques. Outre les inquiétudes croissantes liées au coronavirus, les marchés affrontent des "vents de panique sur des seuils techniques" qui entraînent "des ventes forcées", c'est-à-dire intervenant automatiquement en se basant sur des algorithmes, expliq... [Full Article...]
Fed Rate Cut May Be Fully Priced In for April
However, one delegate cautioned against anticipating the central bank to over-react to short-interval market moves. The virus has continued to spread in Italy and Iran. As concerns about the coronavirus have grown, however, the gap between the two has widened at roughly the pace seen last spring before the Fed's run of three rate cuts between July and October. [Full Article...]
Stocks open sharply lower; Dow 10% below recent record high
US stock indexes opened sharply lower on Thursday, as the rapid spread of the coronavirus outside China deepened investor worries about growth and corporate earnings. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe shed 1.31%. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans should prepare for possible community spread of coronavirus. [Full Article...]
AP Fact Check Accuses Democrats of Distorting Trump’s Readiness For Coronavirus
Democrats are "urging" former President Barack Obama to get involved and "broker a truce", the Times alsowrites, but beyond that, Democratic National Committee member William Owen suggested tapping former first lady Michelle Obama as vice president, saying "she's the only person I can think of who can unify the party and help us win" an election that's "about saving the world". [Full Article...]
Gold jumps to new peak as virus spread spurs safe-haven demand
Each time regional stock markets are in a slump, the U.S. or worldwide economy is beset by crisis, oil prices rise or fall or a disease grips the world, gold prices increase because the demand for bullion increases. Earlier today, the precious metal slipped almost 2%, as markets resorted to profit-taking after the recent upsurge to a seven-year high of $1689.40. [Full Article...]
McDonald's offering burger-scented candles for your home
Now, if you want your home, bedroom or any space to smell like a McDonald's Quarter Pounder , here's your chance: Introducing McDonald's scented candles . So ... there are candles coming. Surprisingly, this isn't even the weirdest candle we've seen all year, it hardly compares to Gwyneth Paltrow's infamous vagina-scented Goop candle. [Full Article...]
German Court Grants Tesla Permission To Clear Forest For Berlin Plant
Tesla plans to begin construction of the facility this year and is looking to begin vehicle production by 2021. Aside from claims that the factory would harm the drinking water supply and lead to more traffic, the group questioned whether the deforestation was legal. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus to deal $27 bil. blow to airlines in Asia-Pacific
In December 2019, IATA forecast global revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) growth of 4.1 per cent, so the loss as a result of the COVID-19 virus would more than eliminate any expected growth in 2020, resulting in a 0.6 per cent global contraction in passenger demand the year. [Full Article...]