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Boeing persona non grata in China?

Airbus shares rose on the morning of April 15 on the Paris Stock Exchange after Bloomberg revealed that China plans to freeze Boeing deliveries to its national airlines. This is obviously the latest...

Publicis confirms annual targets thanks to major contracts

On Tuesday, Publicis confirmed its forecasts for 2025, driven by significant commercial gains and advertising expenditure that is globally stable despite a context marked by global trade tensions.

Xi Jinping on a strategic tour of Southeast Asia

Xi Jinping begins a crucial diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia on Monday. Three countries are on the Chinese president's agenda: Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia. Three key partners chosen for both...

Applied Materials takes 9% stake in BE Semiconductor

Applied Materials has announced that it has acquired 9% of the capital of BE Semiconductor Industries , a Dutch manufacturer of assembly equipment for the semiconductor industry....

Which listed companies are making people redundant in Europe?

Difficult economic conditions and persistently low demand are forcing many companies in Europe to freeze hiring or cut jobs. Since the beginning of 2025, several groups have announced staff...

Atlas Holdings seals the deal with De La Rue for £263mn

In a strategic financial move, Atlas Holdings has snapped up the iconic British banknote manufacturer De La Rue. With the board's endorsement of Atlas's fair and reasonable offer, De La Rue is set to...

Switch 2 prices shock - Sony takes opportunity to raise price of PS5

After the announcement of the Switch 2, the discovery of the machine's price and that of the games through pre-orders continue to cause a stir, while Sony raises the price of its PS5 digital edition.

Halfords: New CEO and a positive profit outlook

In a move that signals a fresh chapter for Britain's Halfords, the company has appointed Henry Birch, former chief of Rank Group, as its new CEO. Birch takes the wheel from Graham Stapleton, who is...

TotalEnergies production tops forecasts in Q1

TotalEnergies forecasts hydrocarbon production at the top end of its range for Q1 2025, with year-on-year growth of around 4%. According to an update published on Tuesday, production should reach...

Goldman Sachs in the wake of its rivals

While we await tomorrow's results from Citigroup and Bank of America, Goldman Sachs offered us a glimpse of its quarterly results today, providing a solid overview of its financial health. After a 12%...

Sandoz sues Amgen in the US

Swiss pharmaceutical group Sandoz announced on Monday that it had filed an anti-competitive practices complaint against US-based Amgen, accusing it of blocking the market entry of biosimilar...

Panama stuck between the giants

Dug by the United States in 1914, the Panama Canal came under Panamanian control in 1999. A transition that Donald Trump likes to recall as a strategic error, especially in view of China's growing...

Alphabet and Nvidia bet on SSI's intelligence

The two tech giants have joined the ranks of venture capital funds backing Safe Superintelligence , the start-up of Ilya Sutskever, former artificial intelligence researcher at Google and co-founder...

China - United States: the end of tariff escalation?

After a week of escalating tariffs between the world's two leading powers, over the weekend the United States reduced tariffs on smartphones and computers imported from China to 20%. While this may be...

Intel sells control of Altera to Silver Lake

The semiconductor giant is continuing with its refocusing strategy by selling 51% of Altera to Silver Lake. This transaction is designed to strengthen the independence of the FPGA business, while...

Holcim plans to spin off its North American activities in June

On Monday the Swiss company Holcim announced that the demerger of its North American activities should take place in June, subject to shareholder approval at its AGM scheduled for May 14. The company...

Mehul Choksi, Indian jeweller wanted for bank fraud, arrested in Belgium

Indian jeweler Mehul Choksi was wanted by the Indian government for a $1.8bn bank fraud.

J Sainsbury: Price wars amongst UK retailers

With the publication of Sainsbury's annual results fast approaching on Thursday, the UK's second-largest food retailer could follow Tesco's lead in lowering its profit outlook for the year in a bid to...

Italy's Gianluigi Aponte to buy CK Hutchison's ports

After China blocked BlackRock's takeover of the ports, Gianluigi Aponte, owner of MSC, is now trying to buy Panama Canal's 43 ports.