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US General Motors plants to go on nationwide strike

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Workers at General Motors Co factories went on nationwide strike on Monday. It has become the largest strike of United Auto Workers (UAW) union in more than a decade, Dow Jones writes. Union leaders called for a strike amid stalled negotiations on a...

BP to sell several oil projects to comply with Paris Climate Agreement

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BP CEO Robert Dudley is planning to sell several oil projects and cut production on some other sites to comply with the Paris climate agreement, Bloomberg reports. At a teleconference, Dudley said the BP management was exploring the possibility of...

Aramco selects nine banks for IPO

Aramco selects nine banks for IPO
Saudi energy company Saudi Aramco has invited nine major banks as global coordinators for the initial public offering of its shares. The list of invited banks includes Citi, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Bank of America Merrill Lynch,...

French EDF stocks crash after reports of defective components in nuclear reactors

French EDF stocks crash after reports of defective components in nuclear reactors
Investors reacted extremely negatively to a message from Framatome, a subsidiary of Electricite De France, about some "deviations" in the welds of already manufactured and delivered components for nuclear power plants, as well as in new products of...
Markets & Industries

US oil inventories down 6.9 mln barrels per week

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U.S. commercial oil reserves (excluding the strategic reserve) for the week ended September 6 fell by 6.9 million barrels, or 1.6%, to 416.1 million barrels, the USA Energy Information Administration (EIA) review said in a weekly review. Analysts...

Analysts: new ECB measures may not live up to expectations

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Investors expecting an aggressive stimulus package from the European Central Bank on Thursday are about to be disappointed, analysts said. Forecasts of a significant easing of monetary policy, including lower interest rates and the resumption of the...

JPMorgan creates Volfefe index to track impact of Trump's tweets on the markets

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Bank analysts developed the Volfefe index, which assesses the impact of tweets by US President Donald Trump on markets and, in particular, on the yield of US government bonds. This is reported by Bloomberg and CNBC. The...

Global electric cars sales fall for the first time in history

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Electric vehicle sales in the world fell for the first time in history in July, according to consulting company Sanford C. Bernstein. Sales of electric cars immediately fell by 14% to 128 thousand units The main reason for the drop in demand is...
In-depth coverage

The French industrial bakery Mecatherm to conquer the world through efficient, tailor-made installations

In today’s business world, you need to be willing to innovate and adapt if you want to get ahead. No matter the industry, flexibility in production and variety in products offered can be excellent routes to success. One company embracing this idea and providing its clients with the means to do so is Mecatherm, a world leader in industrial bakery installations, causing waves around the world wit...
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“Wherever we go, we are above all at the service of the local authorities' urban project” an interview with Carmen Munoz, CEO of the French Company Citelum

Citelum, a subsidiary of the French energy group EDF, is a company specializing in urban lighting, which currently generates more than 75% of its revenue from international operations. Its general manager, Carmen Munoz-Dormoy, explains how the company has established itself abroad and how it is involved in local urban development.1. In your last activity report, you stated that you ar...
World & Politics

Finland calls on EU to stop imports of meat and soy from Brazil due to Amazon fires

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Finnish Finance Minister Mika Lintilä stated that the Finnish authorities have stopped importing the products from Brazil, and were seeking a general ban on the import of Brazilian meat and soybeans throughout the European Union. This was announced...

Oil prices jump after attacks in Saudi Arabia

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The attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, for which Yemeni rebels claimed responsibility, deprived the country of nearly 60% of its production, and the world - of 6% of its oil supplies. The fires at the two facilities have not yet been...

EU backs off in Brexit talks, says Brexit may be postponed

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The European Parliament (EP) may advocate postponement of Brexit. It may happen in case when the agreement with the EU is not reached by October 31. According to President of the European Parliament David Sassoli, a vote on the relevant resolution...

Shinzo Abe rearranges Cabinet of Japan

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arranged large-scale reshuffling in his government. One of the newly introduced officials may replace Mr. Abe after his resignation in 2021. Foreign Minister Taro Kono is leaving his current position for the post...
Management & Strategy

Keep it personal: Set and keep your personal boundaries at work

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Do you feel that your colleagues steal your time and attention? Do you have a thousand small tasks but no time for the main goal? Are you torn between work responsibilities, but have no energy for personal relationships, leisure and what you really...

Unlearn what you have learned: How ignorance prevents our victories

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Sometimes we worry that we may seem ignorant, inattentive, incompetent. We are afraid to fail in public. We are not asking questions for which we supposedly should already know the answer. But this is precisely what prevents us from moving forward...

Nissan CEO returns part of bonuses he received

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Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa apologized “for the inconvenience” and admitted that the company paid him more than expected. Hiroto Saikawa agreed to return the full amount of the overpayment - 47 million yen (€ 400 thousand), reports Reuters. At the...

Give, not take: Creating better motivation for everyone

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Speaking of rewards, we usually mean individual prizes for personal achievements. However, such rewards are often ineffective, writes Tom Rath in his book Are You Fully Charged? It is often thought that people care only about their own interests and...