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The move will cost the company an estimated $610 million, according to a filing they made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The vehicles were previously recalled for passenger-side inflators. However, we respect NHTSA's decision and will issue a recall", Ford conceded. Analysts are anticipating good news from Ford when it releases quarterly results February 4.

Italy, which is using vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna Inc as AstraZeneca awaits clearance for use of its vaccines across the European Union , says Pfizer deliveries were 29% lower than planned this week and would be down 20% next week. Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at the weekend said the government was considering legal action against AstraZeneca's "unacceptable" announcement.

Photo taken on January 21, 2021 shows the European Central Bank (ECB ) President Christine Lagarde during the live streaming of a press conference following ECB's governing council meeting held at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.

Britain, Canada, Germany, Saudi Arabi, and Japan are among other strong backers of the programme, which intends to finance vaccines for the poorest 92 countries through donations, while the rest will buy doses through the facility."In the biggest global health crisis arguably in the last century, the USA really has been absent from global efforts to control the pandemic and distribute the interventions that could make the biggest difference for the world's poorest and most vulnerable people", ...

About this, users are very nervous and anxious about their private chat or photo-video messaging platform. Amid many doubts, let's try and address some of the more important questions on everyone's mind. This means that ads will be shown based on your likes and dislikes and other habits. She said there would be no change in the way WhatsApp shares deliver data with Facebook for non-business chats and account data.

Diesel prices also neared an all-time high as fuel rates were increased for the second consecutive day. Given that the price of petrol in Mumbai was Rs 75.28 a litre on April 1, 2020, it means the cost of this fuel has risen by Rs 17 a litre in nine-and-a-half months.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen is calling on Congress to do more to fight a deep pandemic-induced recession, saying the threats of a longer and even worse downturn are too great to cut back on support now. The Treasury Secretary nominee, Janet Yellen advised the U.S lawmakers in acting fast on COVID-19 support packages during her Senate confirmation hearing held yesterday.

California's Department of Public Health told providers to pause the distribution of the vaccine on Sunday evening, after some patients in San Diego reported after-effects of the vaccine including throat tightening and high blood pressure, indicative of a rare allergic reaction.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is among those urging Trudeau to take Biden to task over the decision and to "respond with consequences" if it's not reversed. "There are huge opportunities for every single province with the United States". While some social media users didn't seem pleased with bleak forecasts for the future of oil shipments from Canada to the United States, others argued instead about the importance of the environmental aspect of the issue at hand.

The holder of the ticket has the option of taking the jackpot as a lump-sum payment, in which case it will be worth $546.8 million, or receive the full $731.1 million jackpot in instalments over the next 29 years. The Oct. 23, 2018, Mega Millions game had one victor get $1.537 billion, the most valuable ticket in usa history. And while it seems his path to White House was a hard one, his odds of becoming President of the United States were only 1-in-10,000,000.

However, boosts from Microsoft Corp , Apple Inc and Facebook Inc helped offset some of those losses, keeping the main United States stock indexes from falling further. Mies added, regarding the decline in the virus and the reopening of the economy. Investors also remain focused on the 46th president's proposed $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, a day after he took office.

Two winning tickets matched four out of the five numbers, resulting in a prize of $150,000. Wednesday's winning Powerball ticket was sold at the Coney Market convenience store in Lonaconing, a small, remote town in Allegany County in the Georges Creek Valley.

Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. However, its economy only stagnated in the final quarter of previous year according to a preliminary estimate by the Federal Statistical Office, which said last week that gross domestic product shrank 5 per cent over the course of 2020.

YesHis Majesty's government has only exempted the people of the European Union from freedom of national sovereignty, when it is already opposing the next villain from Brussels. In a letter to The Times newspaper published on Wednesday, the musicians said the government had "shamefully" broken a promise to negotiate a deal allowing musicians to perform in the European Union without the need for visas or work permits.

But past year an appeals court ordered the company to open talks with publishers . The change will affect the way Google in future remunerates publishers for reproducing excerpts from their content. In return, France's ruling body argued that publishers would have seen steep declines in traffic if they hadn't done so, because Google has a 90 percent share of the search market.

Following this, the Chinese government reportedly started a "coordinated regulatory crackdown" on the Alibaba Group - most significantly halting at the last moment in November, the $34.5-billion public offering of Alibaba's financial services arm, Ant Group Co.

At her first White House briefing, press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden's desire to have his Cabinet confirmed and in place is "front and centre for the president", and she said he was hoping to have his national security nominees in place Thursday or Friday.

The unemployment rate remained stuck at a still-high 6.7 percent. The Department of Labor said Thursday that almost 16 million people were still claiming some form of unemployment benefits through all government programs as of the week ending January 2.

Mercedes-Benz late January showed off its highly anticipated electric crossover , the EQA, which boasts a 430-km range and a few styling changes versus the SUV its based on. In Europe, the Mercedes-Benz EQA will be priced starting at 47,450 euros ($A74,163 converted) in Germany. EQ models get exclusive blue and rose-gold accent options, for example, as well as a traffic-sensing navigation system with topography and charging station location information.

The Head of Competition policy of the European Commission said in a statement that the "geo-blocking" fine that has been levied shall act as a reminder for all PC video gaming companies to go by the EU competition law. Bandai, Focus Home , Koch Media and ZeniMax ) and some of their respective PC video games distributors in the EEA (other than Valve ), containing clauses which restricted cross-border (passive) sales of the affected PC video games within the EEA, including the ...

Including owner-occupier's housing costs (CPIH), the annual rate was 0.8% in December, marginally higher than November's rate of 0.6%. The rise was slightly higher than many economists' forecasts of 0.5%. Transportation prices were down 0.6 per cent as air transportation prices fell 14.5 per cent. Clothing and footwear prices - which rose last month, unlike in December 2019 - also contributed to higher inflation.

Ma has resurfaced after months out of public view, quashing intense speculation about the plight of the billionaire grappling with escalating scrutiny over his internet empire. Jack Ma had virtually disappeared from the public eye since early November, when he was hauled in front of regulators. The video appeared on Chinese business news and other websites.

The merger creates the fourth-largest auto company in the world, and incorporates 14 vehicle brands: Peugeot, Citroen, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Alfa Romeo , Maserati, Abarth , Lancia, Opel, Vauxhall, Chrysler, Jeep , Dodge and Ram. Stellantis will have 14 brands, from FCA's Fiat, Maserati and US -focused Jeep, Dodge and Ram to PSA's traditionally Europe-focused Peugeot, Citroen, Opel and DS.

Ms. Yellen will take the reins of an economic recovery that is faltering amid a monthslong surge in virus cases and deaths, which have topped 400,000 since the pandemic began. Asked what outlays would provide the biggest "bang for the buck", Dr Yellen said spending on public health and widespread vaccinations was the first step.

Lee, also known as Jay Y. Lee, was caught up in a massive influence-peddling scandal that brought down the government of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye. But while Samsung will be steered day-to-day, experts say that the company may suspend big decisions such as mergers and acquisitions as well as large investments until Lee is in a position to take up the reins.