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War in Ukraine, live: the United States announces military aid of more than 2 billion dollars – Le Monde

War in Ukraine, live: the United States announces military aid of more than 2 billion dollarsThe worldWar in Ukraine: the United States supplies long-range rockets for the first timeLe FigaroUkraine to get longer range western weaponsPointUkraine to get new US and Franco-Italian arms shipmentsThe worldWar in Ukraine: the United States will provide for the first time GLSDB bombs which will double the porThe IndependentSee full coverage on Google Newssource site

Chinese Communist Party officials Hoping to see “e-CNY digital yuan” transactions in Suzhou surpass $300 billion this year.

According to local news agency JS China, on February 1, the annual meetingaboutA trial of a central bank digital currency (e-CNY CBDC) was attended by senior Communist Party officials in Suzhou. as part of the results of the meeting Party officials have set a preliminary performance indicator (KPI) of 2 trillion yuan ($300 billion) for e-CNY CBDC transactions in the city by the end of 2023. Authorities have also set a goal of processing $30 billion worth of e-CNY loans....

Indian corporate empire: Adani suffers 100 billion crash

Status: 02/02/2023 12:48 p.m Indian entrepreneur Gautam Adani is one of the richest people in the world. Serious allegations have now been made against him. A planned IPO has been canceled for the time being, and its shares are in free fall. By Charlotte Horn, ARD Studio New Delhi At the celebrations earlier this week in the Israeli port city of Haifa, Gautam Adani clearly enjoyed the attention. A subsidiary of the Adani Group has just acquired a majority stake...

Boeing signs $1.6 billion contract with the Pentagon to equip ballistic missiles

A 9-digit contract. On Wednesday, the Pentagon announced that aerospace giant Boeing has won a $1.6 billion contract with Washington to supply guidance systems for the Minuteman III Intercontinental ballistic missiles.The contract, which runs until February 1, 2039, does not provide for a specific number of guidance systems to be delivered by Boeing, said the US Department of Defense, which publishes the contracts awarded to the various suppliers on a daily basis. “The work will be carried out on the...

Meta lost $4.3 billion against Metaverse in Q4 2022, cumulative full-year loss of $13.7 billion.

Tech giant Meta's metaverse outlay continues as the company's Reality Labs division reported a fourth-quarter loss of $4.3 billion. Reality Labs was tasked with spearheading the company's push into the metaverse, with losses of $13.7 billion for the full year. While both numbers are bigger than last year, they are better.analyst forecastLittle is expected Reality Labs to post a loss of $4.4 billion during the fourth quarter and $13.8 billion this year. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg still steadfastIn its dedication...

Almost a billion euros spent, a record for a winter transfer window (thanks Chelsea)

Nearly a billion euros were spent in the Premier League during this winter transfer window, a new record, the British audit firm Deloitte reported on Wednesday the day after the closing of this supposedly secondary market. With 920 million euros, the English championship has almost doubled the previous record for a winter transfer window, established in 2017-2018 (486 million euros), before the Covid crisis.Realized Wednesday evening at the end of the market, the transfer of Enzo Fernandez to Chelsea for...

At 151.5 billion euros in 2022, the state deficit better than expected by the government

The government will have finally been more pessimistic than reality. The State deficit for the year 2022 will be 151.5 billion euros, i.e. an “improvement of 19.5 billion compared to the forecasts of the last amending finance law”, announces Gabriel Attal in Le Figaro Tuesday evening.According to the Minister Delegate for Public Accounts, the State has notably recorded better tax revenues, “7 billion higher than expected”. Corporate tax (IS) thus brought in 3 billion better than expected.Expenditure lower "by 12...

Analysts expect Meta’s cumulative loss to Metaverse in 2022 to be nearly $14 billion.

Analysts expect Reality Labs' losses to continue to increase. "We expect Riality Labs' costs to increase again in 2023," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during an earnings call last October. Reality Labs, the division responsible for the metaverse, posted a $3.7 billion loss during the third quarter of 2022, which is expected to rise to $4.4 billion in the fourth quarter. Although Zuckerberg has been fairly transparent about the massive costs involved in investing in his dream to bring Meta...