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The American car group General Motors (GM) has reached a settlement with the South Korean LG Electronics over the costs that GM had to incur to recall the Chevrolet Bolt. Because the battery of the electric car could catch on fire,…
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The Nobel Prize in Economics is not one of the 'classic' prizes as invented by founder Alfred Nobel (1833-1896). The award is an initiative of the Swedish central bank and has been awarded since 1969. In that year, the Dutchman Jan…
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French President Emmanuel Macron will host a Franco-African 'summit' conference in Montpellier on Friday, to which he has not invited a single African head of state. He, therefore, calls it "a new, unusual African-French summit". …
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Stock exchanges in New York started the trading day with gains on Thursday. Investors on Wall Street reacted with relief to the breakthrough in the protracted political negotiations on the debt ceiling in the United States. In…
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German construction workers are threatening a nationwide strike to enforce their demands for higher wages and other improved working conditions. The head of the trade union IG Bau reported this to the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.…
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Tuesday will be an important day for top woman Kristalina Georgieva of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is reportedly being questioned today by other IMF executives about the allegations of unethical conduct against her. …
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Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars is being floated on the stock exchange in Stockholm. This should raise an amount of 25 billion Swedish krona, equivalent to 2.5 billion euros. Volvo Cars are owned by the Chinese car company Zhejiang…
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Volkswagen wants to evolve into a software-oriented mobility provider and already offers over-the-air updates for the electric ID.3, ID.4 and ID.4 GTX. So is the car becoming more of a smartphone on four wheels? Volkswagen wants to…
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The UK economy grew significantly faster in the second quarter than previously estimated. As a result, companies stepped up their investments even further than the UK National Statistics Office had initially estimated during that period.…
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The arrival of 5G will add little to the total electromagnetic radiation. Even at full network load, the radiation remains below the recommended safety standards, researchers conclude. With the advent of commercial 5G networks, new…
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