The President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, in a message addressed to the population, announced the elimination of preventive measures to avoid the spread of Covid-19 since Thursday February 17. “As of today, all the restrictive measures imposed by Covid-19 are suspended.”
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In 2020 Latin America lost 56,000 million dollars
Foreign direct investment from Latin America and the Caribbean fell by 34.7 %, representing a loss of 56,000 million dollars and the lowest level in a decade, according to a new report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the…
Windows suffered more than 111 million infections during 2020
More than 111 million malware infections affected devices with Windows operating systems in 2020, data that shows a decrease in the impact of company devices on this type of malicious software.
Attacks decreased 12 % compared to 2019,…
Apple, the second biggest seller of 2020
Apple recovered the second position in the list of the manufacturers of smartphoneds that sold the most devices in the world, after surpassing the Chinese Huawei with the almost 200 million mobile phones that it has sold throughout the year…
Goldman Sachs revenue grew 13% in 2020
The US investment bank Goldman Sachs posted an attributable net profit of $ 8.915 billion for the whole of 2020, which is equivalent to an increase of 13% compared to the previous year's earnings, despite the impact on its balance sheet of…
Venezuelan government decrees new exemption from import taxes
The measure was published in the Extraordinary Official Gazette No. 6,608 of this Tuesday, December 29.
Article 3 indicates that until April 30, 2021, payment of Import Tax, Value Added Tax (VAT) and Fee for determination of the Customs…
Banks in Europe have supported during the pandemic, but they can end badly
Ten years after emerging from the last global financial crisis, which mainly affected advanced economies, in 2020 the world has once again been plunged into serious economic problems, which have been caused by having to apply confinement…
Japanese GDP rebounds during third quarter of the year
Japan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) experienced a 5.3 % rebound in the third quarter of 2020, thus partially recovering from the 8.3 % drop observed in the second quarter, according to the second estimate of the data released this Tuesday…
SpaceHey, the new social network inspired by MySpace
A student has created a new social network called SpaceHey, which seeks to bring back the original MySpace design, which was first launched about 20 years ago.
An, the 18-year-old student who claims to miss MySpace, has announced the…
Siemens will pay up to 200 million euros among its employees
The German company Siemens will pay most of its employees a bonus for coronavirus of up to 1,000 euros (about $ 1,160), as the company reported on Monday, November 2.
In total, the group will distribute 200 million euros among all…
Nokia to change strategy to compete in 5G revolution
Finnish telecommunications and networking equipment maker Nokia has announced a strategic turn to compete in 5G. "Our performance in 2021 is expected to be difficult and more changes are needed," said Pekka Lundmark, Nokia president and…
Verizon earns 3.677 million in the third quarter of the year
The US telecommunications company Verizon posted an attributable net profit of 4,357 million dollars (3,677 million euros) in the third quarter of 2020, which represents a decrease of 16.1 % compared to the same period last year, according…