Biden steps up ‘Buy American’ program
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden announced a plan yesterday to strengthen “Buy American” policies, proposing to increase the US-made content in hundreds of billions of dollars of government purchases.
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden announced a plan yesterday to strengthen “Buy American” policies, proposing to increase the US-made content in hundreds of billions of dollars of government purchases.
PARIS: Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away, or conjure up a virtual version of your workplace while at the beach.
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple said Tuesday its profit in the just-ended quarter nearly doubled amid improving consumer spending and a “growing sense of optimism” as pandemic lockdowns eased.
KUWAIT: The global economy will expand by six percent this year, but disparities between nations are widening as advanced economies accelerate while developing countries fall behind, the IMF said yesterday.
LONDON: British department store chain Selfridges Group has been put up for sale by Canada’s Weston family for £4.0 billion ($5.5 billion, 4.7 billion euros), media reports said Monday.
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced the inauguration of a COVID-19 vaccination center in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, in an effort to speed up the vaccination process to contain the virus spread in one of the most populated areas.
KUWAIT: Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah briefed the Cabinet on the latest developments on global pandemic situation relating to the spread of the coronavirus and variants.
MUMBAI: Losses at India’s Tata Motors narrowed between April and June, boosted by a 108-percent jump in revenues, the company said yesterday, even as COVID-19 lockdowns and semi-conductor shortages hit its bottom line.
ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi will slash the cost of establishing new businesses by “more than 90 percent” from today to increase the “competitiveness regionally and internationally” of the emirate, already a magnet for commerce.
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