Bloomberg France’s greenhouse gas emissions from its power sector jumped to a five-year high in 2022 as nuclear outages forced it to use more gas to keep the lights during the energy crisis. Emissions from generating electricity rose 16% to 25 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, grid operator Reseau de Transport d’Electricite said in a report. The increase shows ...

  Bloomberg The resignation of YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki after 25 years at Google is another example of an unsettling trend in Silicon Valley: High profile women are heading for the exits. Just this week, Meta Platforms Inc Chief Business Officer Marne Levine stepped down after 12 years at the social media juggernaut. Last year, Sheryl Sandberg left her role ...

Bloomberg Twitter Inc has shut two of its three India offices and told its staff to work from home, underscoring Elon Musk’s mission to slash costs and get the struggling social media service in the black. Twitter, which fired more than 90% of its roughly 200-plus staff in India late last year, closed its offices in the political centre New ...

  Bloomberg Driving a shiny new Mercedes-Benz may soon become a distant dream for many but the most affluent. The average price of a Mercedes reached some$76,590 last year — a 43% increase over 2019 levels. That chimes with the carmaker’s push even further upmarket by focusing on top-end models like the S-Class sedan to bolster profits. The company has ...

  Bloomberg AutoNation Inc, one of the biggest car dealership chains in the US, expects prices for new and used cars to decline this year as manufacturers crank up volumes and offer more incentives to price-sensitive buyers. The company said that fourth-quarter earnings rose to $6.37 a share, a record for the period and easily beating the $5.82 average forecast ...

  Bloomberg Purplebricks Group Plc, the UK estate agent that has seen its market capitalisation shrink from a peak of £1.4 billion in 2017 to a mere £26 million, is putting out the “For Sale” sign. The property broker has started a review that may result in a sale of the company or some of its assets after undertaking a ...

  Bloomberg DoorDash Inc shares jumped after an optimistic earnings report that showed resilient demand for pricey takeout even amid a cost-of-living squeeze. The company also said its president would be stepping down as part of a slate of executive changes. DoorDash is anticipating adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $120 million to $170 million in the ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden expects to speak with Xi Jinping about the Chinese balloon shot down by the US earlier this month, signalling a desire to end a dispute that has highlighted the fragility of relations between the world’s biggest economies. Biden disclosed plans for the call as part of his most extensive remarks yet about the balloon saga, which ...

  Bloomberg A British security guard who spied for Russia at the country’s Embassy in Berlin in exchange for money was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison on Friday. David Smith, 58, who collected a range of highly sensitive information from and about the embassy with the intention of supplying it to Russia, pleaded guilty to multiple breaches ...

  Bloomberg The US is sending its top China defense official to Taiwan, according to the Financial Times — though it’s unclear how Beijing will respond given the softer tone it has adopted in its diplomacy with the US and allies recently. The deputy assistant secretary of defense for China, Michael Chase, will make the trip “in the coming days,” ...