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France to plough cash into low-emission planes: Macron
France to plough cash into low-emission planes: Macron
Business and Economy
by  AFP

France will pump hundreds of millions of euros into developing low-emission aircraft, engines and aviation fuel in the coming years, President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. Paris would dedicate 300 million euros ($330 million) to aircraft and motor research, Macron said during a visit to jet engine maker Safran just outside the capital.

US chip giant Micron to invest $600 mn in China plant
US chip giant Micron to invest $600 mn in China plant
Business and Economy
by  AFP

US chipmaker Micron said Friday it would invest more than $600 million in a packing and testing factory in northern China, less than a month after Beijing banned its chips from critical infrastructure projects. China's cybersecurity watchdog last month said Micron had failed a national security review, telling operators of "critical information infrastructure" to stop buying its products.