Swiss industry optimistic for 2023 after sales rise in 2022

ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s mechanical and electrical engineering companies are cautiously optimistic about their prospects for 2023 after the sector reported higher sales, exports and orders last year. Sales rose 9.4% in 2022 compared with 2021, said Swissmem, the trade association whose members include ABB. liftmaker Schindler and Siemens. Exports rose by 5.6% to 72.3 …

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Deutscher Arbeitsmarkt im Februar kaum verändert

Nürnberg (Reuters) – Die Zahl der Arbeitslosen in Deutschland ist im Februar nahezu unverändert geblieben. Die Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) verzeichnete von Januar auf Februar einen Anstieg um 4000 auf 2,62 Millionen, wie die Behörde am Mittwoch in Nürnberg mitteilte. “Insgesamt zeigte sich der Arbeitsmarkt trotz der angespannten wirtschaftlichen Situation beständig”, sagte BA-Chefin Andrea Nahles. …

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German manufacturing activity remains weak in Feb but some encouraging signs -PMI

BERLIN (Reuters) – German manufacturing activity continued to shrink overall in February but output rose for the first time in nine months as supply-chain bottlenecks showed signs of easing, a survey showed on Wednesday. S&P Global’s final Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for manufacturing, which accounts for about a fifth of Germany’s economy, fell to 46.3 …

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France’s manufacturing sector shrinks in Feb as export demand weakens -PMI

PARIS (Reuters) – Activity in France’s manufacturing sector declined in February, after stabilising the previous month, due in part to worsening export demand, a survey by S&P Global showed on Wednesday. “Moderate declines in December and January provided some hope that the worst was behind us, but the latest results throw this into doubt,” said …

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Insider – Tesla bereitet Überarbeitung seines “Model Y” vor

Shanghai/San Francisco (Reuters) – Tesla will Insidern zufolge seinen Bestseller “Model Y” umfassend überarbeiten. Die Änderungen, die bei Tesla unter dem Projektnamen “Juniper” geführt würden, beträfen sowohl den Innenraum als auch das Äußere des SUVs, sagten zwei mit dem Vorgang vertraute Personen der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters. Ziel sei es, dass das überarbeitete Auto ab 2024 produziert …

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Thai opposition names property tycoon as adviser amid rumours of PM candidacy

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s biggest opposition party on Wednesday named a well-known local property tycoon as its new adviser ahead of an upcoming election, adding fuel to speculation he was being lined up as another prime ministerial candidate. The Pheu Thai party, which together with its previous incarnations has won every Thai election since 2001, …

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