marc castagnet

Traveller Entrepreneur mobilized by impact investing, education, self sustainable solutions fo social, society and environmental issues

[Invest in China @investing_china]

China's humanoid robot industry is entering a new phase of commercial adoption as prices plummet and production surges, with Unitree Robotics launching its dual-arm humanoid robot R1 at 26,900 yuan ($3,968) and China's humanoid robot shipments reaching 14,400 units in 2025.
Driven by manufacturing advances, supply chain localization and growing production volumes, output is expected to surpass 100,000 and potentially reach 200,000 units in 2026, creating new growth opportunities across the robotics and automotive sectors.
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[marc castagnet @castagnetmarc]

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[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

So it turns out that Congress may have actually waived many of the tax code’s filing and payment deadlines for three and a half years during the pandemic. The fallout is just starting. https://t.co/I5Lk0YFNud

[Jean-François Boilley @JFBoilley]

"Le succès consiste à aller d'échecs en échecs sans perdre son enthousiasme." (Winston Churchill)

[Le Point @LePoint]

🎙️ « En 2025, le Portugal a enregistré un excédent budgétaire. Vous avez entendu ? Un excédent. Et ça dure depuis 2023. En France, ça ne nous est pas arrivé depuis 1974. »

Retrouvez L'EDITO de @gernelle, directeur @lepoint sur #RTLMatin

[AlexNoMatrixé @AlexSofamous]

@franceinfo @LaMurLaMur La première qualité requise pour être un homme politique , c’est d’être un menteur professionnel tout comme les journalistes ‼️🚨

[TeleMediaFr @TeleMediaFr]

« Il faut écouter ceux qu'on aime jusqu'à entendre ce qu'ils n'ont pas dit. » Simone Veil

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

A new book re-examines India’s growth record, social divisions and state apparatus over the past 75 years https://t.co/MennsGxuBs

Illustration: Álvaro Bernis

[Reuters @Reuters]

🔊'They used the four years that they were out of power to come up with a very organized plan... The level of methodical action has surprised me.' Editor Sally Buzbee on President Trump's first year back in office. Listen to the On Assignment podcast https://t.co/CfbkybvvBi

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

The severity of the measures European leaders were toying with shows just how badly transatlantic relations have been harmed https://t.co/my0Vzz0kKM

[Yasmina @yasminalombaert]

Trump is literally making stuff up again. He stands on a stage in Davos telling the world he’s brokered a "security framework" for Greenland, and his own top general says, "We found out about it when everyone else did when it hit the news yesterday."

“We had no discussion about that security framework. We found out about it when everyone else did when it hit the news yesterday. So there was, even though it's been reported elsewhere that we had some military discussion, that is not correct.” Grynkewich said.

Since U.S. General Alexus G. Grynkewich is both a top U.S. General and a NATO commander, Trump's "deal" talk is a betrayal of his own officers.

It’s pathetic. Trump is putting Grynkewich in an impossible spot. You’ve got a four-star general having to essentially call his Commander-in-Chief a liar in front of the international press just to maintain an ounce of NATO's credibility. It’s a total circus.

[Le Point @LePoint]

«Embrace the penguin. » Il n’en fallait pas plus pour que la Maison Blanche devienne la cible de moqueries en cascade sur les réseaux sociaux ➡️ https://t.co/3eODyrXmWZ #ARelire

[Le Journal du Geek @JournalDuGeek]

Temps négatif : la découverte qui remet en question toute notre perception du réel https://t.co/qEgToVlFW3

[Stock Market Scientist™ @MarketScientist]

After turning 30+ in age..

• Reduce your total calorie intake.
• Add more protein to your diet.
• Spend 45-60 minutes on any physical activity.
• Reduce outside food.
• Read books, listen to music.
•Be cheerful in life

Small changes can make a big impact in life😇

[Lukas Ekwueme @ekwufinance]

The decline of the EU in one chart... death by taxation.

Total employment costs for a €60k salary:

- France: €35k
- Italy: €28k
- Spain: €20k

This is the employer side of the equation.

On the employee side:

- Income taxes
- VAT on consumption
- And inheritance taxes when you die

How can the EU succeed
when it is suffocating its working class with taxes?

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

"Donald Trump calls himself the “Peace President.” But this week, as he outlined his plans to capture Greenland and hijack Venezuelan oil, his real agenda became obvious. It’s not peace. It’s extortion, conquest, and theft."

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[Pete @splendid_pete]

An American goes to the ER for high blood pressure, stays under 24 hours, no surgery, no CT, no MRI, and gets a $41,000 bill. Lovely.

Now here’s the part people miss when this gets discussed economically: that $41,000 fully counts toward U.S. GDP.

Not because it’s useful, but because GDP counts priced transactions, not value or outcomes.

And it doesn’t stop there.

The system creates additional GDP layers around the same visit. Hospital administrative labor, insurance claim processing, billing departments, compliance and coding, insurer overhead and profit, financial services handling payments and debt, interest if the patient can’t pay immediately.

So one short ER visit inflates healthcare GDP, inflates services GDP, inflates finance GDP, inflates measured economic activity.

Even though nothing extra was medically produced.

This is why US GDP looks larger than countries with regulated or single payer healthcare. In Europe, the same visit might cost a few hundred euros, involve minimal billing, and generate far less economic activity on paper.

Same patient. Same outcome.
Wildly different GDP contribution.

[Jon De Lorraine @jon_delorraine]

Thierry Breton et la corruption.
Prenez le temps de lire ces lignes

Source : 13 pillards par @anatolium
@elonmusk

[TINO | Bourse, Banque et Investissement | 〽️🔟 @Tino_Bourse]

Thierry Breton est devenu la « bête noire » de Trump et des États-Unis.

Mais la vraie question n’est pas là.

Ce qui pose problème, ce n’est pas qu’un responsable européen agace Washington.

Ce qui pose problème c'est qu’un ancien patron comme Thierry Breton, aux échecs industriels lourds, soit devenu le visage de la puissance numérique française et européenne et qu'il passe ses journées sur les plateaux télé à faire la morale à tout le monde.

À force de confondre souveraineté et sur-réglementation, l’Europe ne s’est pas renforcée, bien au contraire, elle s’est isolée.