Économie
United States eases restrictions on Huawei; founder says U.S. underestimates Chinese firm
The agency said it was granting Huawei a "temporary general license" through August 19 allowing for transactions "necessary to maintain and support existing and now fully operational networks and equipment, including software updates and patches, subject to legally binding contracts and agreements" signed before May 16. [Full Article...]
Australia’s prime minister set to form majority government
A jubilant Morrison hugged community members after an early Sunday service at the Horizon Church in Sydney's southern suburbs, from where he was first elected to parliament in 2007. So strong was the expectation the government would fall that one betting agency even paid out bets on a Labor win days before the election. Meanwhile, Liberal MP Gladys Liu will be predicted as the victor in the easter... [Full Article...]
Ford plans to complete 7,000 salaried job cuts by September
The 7,000 cuts include some salaried positions in South America, where Ford is closing a plant and exiting some vehicle markets. The plan is to shed 2,300 jobs through buyouts and layoffs in the United States , 1,500 of which have already been made. [Full Article...]
Gilets jaunes. 15 500 manifestants, la plus faible participation depuis l’acte 1
Ils étaient entre 500 et 700 à Nancy , où un appel similaire a été lancé, selon une première estimation de la préfecture. La Préfecture de Haute Garonne annonce avoir procédé à cinq interpellations pour " port d'arme prohibé, outrage à personne dépositaire de l'autorité publique, violences sur personne dépositaire de l'autorité publique et participation à un attroupement avec le visage dissim... [Full Article...]
FCC Chairman is Cool With T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
T-Mobile and Sprint are on the brink of clearing one of the two major regulatory hurdles to their blockbuster telecommunications merger . Winning Pai's support required Sprint and T-Mobile to modify some of the terms of the deal to address concerns about 5G deployment and rural coverage, which the two companies spelled out in a letter to the FCC . [Full Article...]
Google supprime la licence de Huawei — Android
La guerre économique entre la Chine et les Etats-Unis enfle et atteint le numérique. Washington vise Huawei l'accusant d'espionner pour le gouvernement chinois. Pour les utilisateurs de téléphones intelligents Huawei , les conséquences peuvent être importantes, car Google met régulièrement à jour ses différentes versions d'Android , le plus souvent pour des raisons de sécurité. [Full Article...]
Manchester Airport CHAOS: DOZENS of flights CANCELLED due to fuel supply problems
The airport is still open, but it is urging travelers to check with their specific airlines to check on the status of their flights. A power cut at Manchester airport led to chaos and stopped aircraft from being refuelled yesterday, leaving 13,000 passengers stranded. [Full Article...]
Indiana Unemployment Rate Fails To Improve, Now Even With U.S.
Alabama's unemployment rate is up slightly despite what officials are calling record employment in the state. The DWD says the decrease in jobs last month was primarily due to losses in the financial activities and manufacturing sectors. Mining and construction reported the largest employment increase with a gain of 5,500 jobs, or 7.7%. A total of 1,600 fewer residents were employed and 1,600 fe... [Full Article...]
Un homme s'endort ivre dans sa Tesla en pilotage automatique sur l’autoroute
Une patrouille de police de la province d'Utrecht remarque sur l'autoroute un véhicule Tesla, les voitures autonomes d'Elon Musk, roulant à faible allure derrière un camion, alors que l'autoroute est complètement vide, rapporte le Parisien . [Full Article...]
Los Angeles police arrest kidnapping suspect
The terrifying scene was caught on surveillance cameras at a McDonald's on May 14. Security video shows a young woman walk up to a 4-year-old boy inside a Los Angeles McDonald's on Tuesday, then pick him up and hurriedly walk out , KNBC reports. [Full Article...]
White House moves to delay auto tariffs for up to six months
In 2018 the U.S. imported $191.7 billion in passenger vehicles and light trucks, with more than $90 billion of these imports coming from Canada and Mexico , which are duty-free under USMCA, Bloomberg says . Passenger cars are now subject to a 2.5 percent US tariff but Trump has threatened to raise that to 25 percent, arguing that the European Union and other countries have higher barriers to U... [Full Article...]
Walmart CFO: 'Increased tariffs will lead to increased prices for our customers'
The company may also strike up deals with suppliers to try and reduce the price increase. The comments came after the nation's largest retailer reported its best sale performance at its established USA namesake stores for the fiscal first quarter in nine years. [Full Article...]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is buying supercomputer maker Cray for $1.3 billion
The news follows HPE's acquisition almost three years ago of supercomputer vendor SGI, for $275 million, both moves bolstering the company's HPC technology portfolio and, presumably, HPE's no. "Answers to some of society's most pressing challenges are buried in massive amounts of data". Seymour Cray , who helped originate the company in the 1950s, is widely recognised as designing the first com... [Full Article...]
Taco Bell-themed hotel to open for 3 nights in California
There are plenty of fanatics that need their fix of the Bell every week and for those taco junkies, your favourite hotel is about to open. There's going to be a salon where guests can get Taco Bell-inspired nail art and hairstyles. Chipotle employed a similar tactic when it expanded its rewards program nationwide. The resort also plans on offering food that will only be available at the resort. [Full Article...]
Tattoo ink recalled because of bacteria 'harmful to human health'
Common symptoms of tattoo ink-related infections include the appearances of rashes or lesions where the contaminated ink has been applied. They did have the Dynamic black ink, but tattoo artist Nicki Ninteman said , "We checked all the lot numbers and all of ours are clean, so we're good". [Full Article...]
Livraisons de repas : Amazon entre au capital du britannique Deliveroo
La plateforme entend utiliser cet argent frais pour embaucher du personnel pour son siège londonien , toucher davantage de clients et lancer de nouveaux produits. Signe de l'âpreté du combat pour imposer sa domination sur chaque marché, Delivery Hero et Takeway ont conclu en décembre un accord par lequel le premier a cédé ses activités en Allemagne au second pour 930 millions d'euros tout en en... [Full Article...]
Thomas Cook tanks as it posts £1.46bn loss
Thomas Cook also took an impairment charge of £1.1 billion relating to a 2007 merger with British package-holiday company MyTravel. Thursday's report was Thomas Cook's third profit warning in less than a year, which has led to an 80% drop in its share price since 2018. [Full Article...]
China Escalates Trade War With Tariffs On $60B Of US Exports
Kudlow also said it could be "a couple of months" before Trump is able to impose 25 percent tariffs on a remaining $300 billion worth of Chinese goods. Not by us. A lot of people try and steer it in a different direction. Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan are seen as particularly exposed, along with economies such as Australia that have a large trade weighting toward China. [Full Article...]
Saudi calls attacks on oil pumping stations 'act of terrorism'
Drone war has escalated over the past months between Saudi Arabia , which has been leading an Arab coalition since March 2015 to support the Yemeni exiled government, and the Iran-allied Houthi rebels who seized much of Yemen's north in late 2014. [Full Article...]
Feast Your Eyes on the New iPhone 2019 Colors
Apple might be loath to discuss its future iPhone plans, but that isn't stopping the rumor mill from churning out reports . However, there's one persistent rumor about Apple's next iPhone that seems to be more solid than most, with repeated leaks suggesting a triple-lens iPhone 11 is looking very likely - although the buzz around the design hasn't been exactly glowing, with the square camera ... [Full Article...]