BEIJING (Reuters) -Prices of lithium carbonate futures in China slid by more than 3% on Friday to hit their lowest in two weeks. The most active lithium carbonate futures on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange touched the lowest level since August 8 at 78,720 yuan ($10,957) per metric ton. ($1 = 7.1842 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is considering taking equity stakes in companies getting funds from the 2022 CHIPS Act but has no similar plans for bigger firms boosting U.S. investments, such as TSMC and Micron, a White House official told Reuters. The official confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that the administration …
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By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s core inflation slowed for a second straight month in July but stayed above the central bank’s 2% target, keeping alive market expectations for another interest rate hike in the coming months. The nationwide core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes fresh food items, rose 3.1% in July from a …
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By Ira Dugal and Swati Bhat BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s central bank said on Thursday the current inflation-targeting framework has worked well for the economy and signalled it could be kept intact, as the authority sought stakeholder views on the path ahead in a discussion paper. With the current framework up for review by April 2026, …
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BOGOTÁ, 21 ago (Reuters) -Al menos 18 personas murieron y más de setenta resultaron heridas el jueves en Colombia en dos ataques atribuidos a diferentes facciones disidentes de la antigua guerrilla de las FARC, informaron las autoridades. En Cali, la tercera ciudad más poblada del país, un vehículo de carga con explosivos fue detonado en …
By Lucy Craymer and Scott Murdoch WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand’s Fonterra Co-operative Group said it will sell its global consumer and associated businesses to French dairy major Lactalis for NZ$3.845 billion ($2.24 billion), which sent its shares surging to a more than 7-year high on Friday. Shares of the dairy company rose 17.1% in early …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -Airport scanners at office entrances, road closures for large-scale midnight rehearsals, drones banned, guards stationed 24/7 on all overpasses: Beijing has effectively paralysed its urban core for a 70-minute military parade on September 3. The “Victory Day” parade, marking the end of World War Two following Japan’s formal surrender, will …
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(Reuters) -Nvidia has told some component suppliers to suspend production of its H20 AI chip, designed specifically for the Chinese market, the Information reported on Thursday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the communications. According to the report, Nvidia instructed Arizona-based Amkor Technology to stop production of the H20 chips this week and also …
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By Idrees Ali and Jonathan Landay (Reuters) -Military chiefs from the United States and a number of European countries on Thursday presented options to their national security advisers for providing security guarantees to Ukraine, officials said. This followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to help protect the country under any deal to end Russia’s 3-1/2-year-old …
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By Milana Vinn (Reuters) -Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy human resources software provider Dayforce for $12.3 billion, including debt, in a take-private deal that executives hope will help expand on the company’s AI capabilities. Dayforce, which operates on a single data platform, uses artificial intelligence to help companies forecast matters such …
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