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-US Dollar Index up 0.2% to 97.39

GLOBAL NEWS:

Wirecard in the spotlight again. The German online payments company, which is involved in an accounting scandal, faces new questions from Indian tax authorities in a lawsuit about how much it paid for an Indian subsidiary. The deal involves the acquisition of a Chennai-based based payment processing company called Hermes I-Tickets.

Champion of "tech". Thales has completed the acquisition of Gemalto and will communicate new objectives before the summer. The operation will have cost €4.8 billion and will have taken some time to settle, since it was announced almost a year and a half ago. Thales is strengthening its security and technology skills.

A golden start. Proxinvest has calculated that Tom Enders will receive a golden parachute worth €36.8 million when he leaves his position as CEO of Airbus in less than 10 days. The manager will be replaced by Guillaume Faury.

Let's talk about Carlos Ghosn again. In this case, Renault alerted the French courts to suspicious payments made in Oman, reports Reuters. These flows would have circulated between 2011 and 2016, in the form of performance bonuses paid to the local distributor. What does this have to do with the former leader of the group, you might ask? Well, most of the funds were subsequently transferred to a Lebanese company controlled by Carlos Ghosn's partners, according to the same source. The former manager's lawyer categorically denies this information. In addition, the Financial Times questions four private jets held by the Alliance's holding company.

Precautionary principle. The United States Civil Aviation Administration believes that Boeing still needs to improve the B737 MAX software before the aircraft can fly again. The FAA, already involved in the initial certification process, will not take any risks. In parallel, the Ethiopian authorities could release their preliminary report on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines' B737 MAX as early as this week, in line with rumors that were already circulating yesterday.

Novartis targeted in the United States. The US courts believe that the US authorities have proven that Novartis has organized a "vast system of bribes" for doctors to prescribe its medicines, which allows for legal proceedings. However, a spokesman for the Swiss group said that he still believes that the authorities do not have sufficient evidence.

Steel concessions? ThyssenKrupp and Tata have proposed new concessions to the EU to save their merger. The deadline for antitrust is now June 5. However, no information was provided on the concessions that were allegedly made.

In other news. BHP announced that its operations in Western Australia were affected by a tropical cyclone that reduced iron ore production. Kellogg sold several assets, including cake, ice cream and fruit snacks brands, to Italian group Ferrero for $1.3 billion. Amazon has planned to lower prices by several hundred items in its Whole Foods supermarkets in the United States. Vontobel completes the acquisition of Lombard Odier's asset management business. On Wall Street, Lyft's share price falls below its IPO price. Slack Technologies selects the NYSE for a direct listing.