Long-awaited privatization of state assets begins In France. Paris confirmed that it intends to sell large blocks of shares in the airports operator ADP, the energy and gas company Engie and the organizer of lotteries Française des Jeux (FdJ). On Monday, the government will submit for consideration a draft amendment to the law that prohibits the sale of state assets by the government. The law is...

International investors are concerned about involvement of Europe and Canada in the trade war with the United States. Therefore, they are reducing investments in shares of European companies and companies of other developed countries. At the same time, the investors are willing to increase their investments in US assets, which will benefit both from the trade war and from tightening of the...

On Wednesday, the US Fed predictably raised the key rate by 0.25 percentage points, bringing it to 1.75-2% per annum. The American regulator is more optimistic about the state of the economy in the country (primarily employment), noting that inflation is approaching the target of 2%. This may lead to a more rapid tightening of the Fed’s policy. Now, most of the members of the Federal Open Market...

It has long been believed that there is connection between myopia and diligent studies. Scientists at the universities of Bristol and Cardiff have checked whether these assumptions are correct. The results of the study were published last week in the scientific journal The BMJ. To test the hypothesis, scientists analyzed genetic profiles, data on visual acuity and education data of nearly 68,000...

The IMF will give Argentina a loan of $ 50 billion, and this is even more than expected. For a time, the loan will help to restore confidence of investors, experts say. Now most developing countries suffer from capital flight because of the policy of the US Federal Reserve. Argentina agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to open a $ 50 billion credit line to stabilize the peso...

The prices for gasoline are growing all over the world. According to Bloomberg analysts, the average increase in gasoline prices is 6.1% over the past three months. Analysts of the agency studied gasoline prices in 61 countries of the world and compiled a ranking of countries with the highest prices for gasoline. 1. Hong Kong Gasoline price per liter: $ 2.08 Experts note that Hong Kong...

The summit of the heads of state and government of the G7 countries will take place on June 8-9, in Quebec, Canada. The summit will be dedicated with problems of free trade and cooperation of G7 countries in the international arena, as well as measures to protect the climate. There are serious disagreements on all these issues between the United States and the other six countries. Given this, and...

The last program of aid to Greece is ending at the end of August. Greece is now preparing to return to the world financial markets after an eight-year absence. So far, everything is going rather well. There were potential problems associated with the political crisis in neighboring Italy, which could intervene in the situation due to a sharp drop in investor confidence in the entire south of...

Europe is entering a struggle for domination in the South China Sea. France and the United Kingdom have declared their commitment to preventing domination of any one country, namely China, in an important maritime region through which goods worth more than $ 5 trillion are transported, the Asia Times writes. Both European powers are expected to carry out regular patrols in the area in order to...