France wants Renault to maintain its French plants
The French government will insist on preserving Renault production plants in France and wants it to remain the carmaker’s global centre for engineering, research, innovation...
Denmark plans to create energy islands in Baltic and North Sea
Denmark on Wednesday proposed a more than tripling of its offshore wind capacity by building two energy islands linked to new wind farms in the...
Retirement services provider Human Interest extends funding round to $50 million
Human Interest, which helps small and medium-sized businesses set up 401K plans for employees, said on Wednesday it had extended its Series C funding round...
EPA chief says no decision yet on industry requests to reduce 2020 biofuel mandates
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not yet decided whether to grant requests from the oil refining industry to reduce biofuel blending mandates this year,...
Hungary bans changing gender on IDs
Hungary’s parliament voted on Tuesday to ban transgender people from changing their gender on identity documents, in a move that LGBT activists say increases fear...
Lonza CEO says up to Moderna who would get COVID-19 vaccine first: CNBC
U.S. drugmaker Moderna must decide which country would be first to get an experimental vaccine it is developing for COVID-19, should the treatment prove successful,...
Wall Street climbs as investors hold out for recovery; Nasdaq at three-month high
Wall Street’s main indexes surged and the Nasdaq hit its highest level in three months on Wednesday as investors clung to hopes of a recovery...
Turkey says low risk of second outbreak, opens to some medical tourism
Turkey does not risk a second wave of infections from the new coronavirus at the moment and it is preparing to start controlled “medical tourism”...
Mayo Clinic, NBA partner for league antibody study
Mayo Clinic research hospital will conduct a leaguewide study to determine how many NBA coaches and players have developed antibodies to the coronavirus....
Pompeo defends firing of State Dept watchdog, says should have done it earlier
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday defended his recommendation the State Department’s inspector general be fired, saying he should have done it earlier,...