Jair Bolsonaro, president of Brazil, reported that Petrobras, the state-owned oil company, will initiate a plan of small weekly reductions in the price of fuels. However, the president did not specify quantities, percentages, or terms.
Hydrocarbons have registered a sustained growth in their prices…
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UK GDP stopped growing in the third quarter of the year
The UK's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew between July and September at a rate of 1.3 % compared to the previous three months, when the British economy had grown by 5.5 %, according to the first published estimate by the National…
Fedecámaras estimates a GDP growth of 2 % at the end of 2021
Carlos Fernández, president of Fedecámaras, estimates that the private sector will register a growth between 1 % and 2 % compared to 2020, despite the absence of a public policy and strategies by the State directed towards the private…
Apple fights to be number one in sales in North America
The company Strategy Analytics in its latest study determined that the companies Samsung and Apple are in a fervent struggle to occupy the first place in the distribution and sale of smartphones in North America.
The figures reveal that…
Microsoft becomes the most valuable company in the world
Microsoft toppled Apple from top spot on the stock market, becoming the world's most valued company and regaining its old first place. The company owned by Bill Gates presented last week results above expectations and its price on the stock…
Walmart boosts its presence and profits in Central America
Walmart's net profit in Mexico and Central America grew 48.3% in the first nine months of the year, to almost $ 1.5 billion, according to the company's quarterly accounts report.
Compared to the previous year, the subsidiary's sales grew…
Experts estimate Bitcoin to hit $ 100,000
According to the projections made at the beginning of the year, by experts in the cryptographic market, bitcoin could exceed the barrier of 100,000 dollars during 2021. Specialists from JP Morgan indicated that the trend could break this…
Input shortage affects the German industry
Two-thirds of German industry, 64 %, is suffering from material shortages and struggling to meet production, according to a survey by the Ifo economic institute.
In the previous quarter, the number of companies reporting problems had…
IMF will maintain 6 % global growth forecast for 2021
Kristalina Georgieva, director of the IMF, stressed that the institution will maintain the precision of global economic growth for 2021 at 6 %, However, she considers it necessary to increase the vaccination process to be able to underpin…
China’s GDP presented an expansion of 18.3 %
China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) registered an expansion of 18.3 % in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year, when it had suffered a contraction of 6.8 % as a result of the impact of the pandemic of…