Activity in Dutch industry grew at the strongest rate in December since September 2018. In particular, the number of new orders increased significantly, but the Dutch Association of purchasing managers (Nevi). Employment also increased, albeit modest. The growth of orders led to the second largest increase in production in two years. Companies were clearly buying more supplies. But the...
The average price of a property in the United States rose by 1.6 percent in October compared to a month earlier. This is reflected in the S & P Corelogical Case Shiller index, which reflects price developments in 20 major American cities. Economists in general counted on a plus of 1 percent. Compared to a year earlier, homes became almost 8% more expensive in October. The US stock exchanges...
Air France will come up with detailed plans for scrapping more than a thousand jobs at low coster Hop! this week, the French newspaper Le Figaro reports. Part of the staff may get new job at the parent company Air France. Air France had already announced almost half the jobs at Hop! in July to be erradicated. They are talking about 1020 out of 2420 jobs. According to Le Figaro, 317 pilots have to...
The services sector in China grew strongly in November, reflecting the Chinese economy’s continued recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. In Japan, the sector in which catering, retail, tourism and aviation, for example, continued to shrink. According to market researchers Caixin and Markit, the Purchasing Manager Index for the Chinese service sector, which indicates activity, rose to a level...
Dutch exports of goods were 2.3 percent lower in August than in the same month a year earlier. In particular, the export of petroleum products, transport equipment and metal products shrank. There were also fewer machines and equipment, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS). The volume of imports was 0.8% lower than a year ago. According to the so-called export radar of the statistical...
Air France operated only half of the flights that would normally start during the same period in November and December. The current travel restrictions require the French branch of Air France-KLM to take that decision. Already earlier this week, KLM crossed out the planned increase in the number of flights this autumn. Air France expects to return to 170 destinations before the turn of the year...
The stock exchanges in New York went out of business on Friday with substantial profits. Investors who wanted to take advantage of recent price declines by buying in heavily pushed up the gauges. Large technology funds were particularly popular. This blinded the prevailing concerns about rising levels of infection in Europe and the United States and the absence of a new American support package...
Elon Musk, CEO of electric car maker Tesla, is calling on his employees to work harder in the coming weeks. Before the end of September, when the quarter ends, as many cars as possible should roll off the production line. A record quarter may then be put on the books, Musk said in an email to his staff. “But we will have a hard time reaching that record,” he said. “The delivery of...
Despite the fact that the Apple Watch is very popular, and Spotify is currently the largest music stream service, both products do not work together. This seems to be changing now, as the service may be carrying out a test. And that test has everything to do with the Apple smartwatch. For many users of the Apple Watch it is a recurring irritation. They do not use Apple Music and therefore cannot...
The Stock Exchange in Japan started the new business week on Monday with a profit. Heavyweight SoftBank was in demand thanks to a major takeover deal from the Japanese tech investor. In addition, the results of the election by the governing party of Japan of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s successor were awaited. The other Stock Exchange meters in the Asian region were also improving. The main...