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Saturday, December 9, 2023

The 5 business news to remember this Friday morning (nuclear, Eiffage, Amazon, Alibaba, Argentina)

Nuclear: Eiffage hits the jackpot by winning the construction of the Penly EPR2 infrastructure

The construction giant Eiffage has signed the contract with EDF for the civil engineering works for the two EPR2 nuclear reactors in Penly (Seine-Maritime), for an amount exceeding 4 billion euros.

The Eiffage logo on a construction site in Cannes

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Amazon will soon sell cars in the United States… and deliver them

On the occasion of the Los Angeles Auto Show, the e-commerce giant announced a collaboration with the South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai. Thus, Amazon will market new vehicles from the latter on its website, only in the United States, starting next year.

An Amazon logo

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China: Alibaba tumbles on the stock market, despite its good quarterly results

The shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba fell more than 7% at the opening of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday, after the group announced that it was abandoning its plan for its cloud business. day before. To explain this about-face, the company cites “American restrictions on the export of advanced computer chips”.

The Alibaba group logo in Beijing, China

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Guyana: a trio of operators chosen to relaunch air connections from December 4

The local authority of Guyana (CTG) on Thursday chose a trio of operators to resume domestic connections in this landlocked department. They were no longer regularly insured since the liquidation of Air Guyane. The group must now obtain approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) to be able to start its contract on December 4. The isolation of the largest department in France remains a serious concern for elected officials from all walks of life.

The right urges the government to act quickly in Guyana

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MAINTENANCE- « Argentinians observe a catastrophic status quo » (Jean-Jacques Kourliandsky, IRIS)

INTERVIEW. Inflation, distrust of politics and a Parliament more fragmented than ever with the unexpected incursion of the libertarian party… Before the second round of the presidential election which takes place this Sunday, Argentina finds itself at a political crossroads, embodied by the two finalists: the current Minister of the Economy Sergio Massa and the ultra-liberal anti-system troublemaker Javier Milei. Jean-Jacques Kourliandsky, associate researcher at IRIS and specialist in Latin America, deciphers these opposing forces in the third largest economy on the South American continent.

Presidential candidate Javier Milei, in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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