Month: May 2023

Government officials exclusively revealed to Reuters that India, backed by China, is trying to build a consensus within the G20 group to let countries choose a roadmap to cut carbon emissions instead of setting a deadline to end the use of fossil fuels.  The post India, China propose ‘multiple pathways’ on cutting use of fossil […]

Sources exclusively revealed to Reuters that the U.S. government could delay a decision on giving electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers tradable credits under a renewable fuel scheme, due to concern about legal challenges to the plan.  The post US government may delay decision on electric vehicles biofuel program appeared first on Reuters News Agency.

Reuters exclusively reported that Microsoft is offering to charge more for its Office product when bundled with its messaging app Teams (versus Office without Teams) in an attempt to stave off an EU antitrust investigation. Microsoft was hit with more than 2.2 billion euros in EU antitrust fines in the previous decade for various antitrust […]

Shares of Spanish industrial testing company Applus jumped 14% after Reuters exclusively reported on May 4 that the company had attracted interest from private equity firms Apax, Apollo, I Squared, and TDR. Applus confirmed in a statement through Spanish market regulator on May 5 that it has received unsolicited approaches from investors, granting them access […]

Reuters was first to report on Sunday that the bankers running the sale process for Subway have given the private equity firms vying for the sandwich chain a $5 billion acquisition financing plan, hoping to overcome a challenging environment for leveraged buyouts and fetch the company’s asking price of more than $10 billion. So far, […]

Reuters was the first to report that a U.S. banking regulator was preparing to put regional lender First Republic Bank in receivership, marking the second largest U.S. bank failure of all time and the biggest since the 2008 financial crisis. First Republic shares dropped as much as 58% in after-market trading on Friday after the […]

Reuters was first to report that SoftBank Group Corp’s chip maker Arm Ltd has filed with regulators confidentially for a U.S. stock market listing, setting the stage for this year’s largest initial public offering. While SoftBank had said in March it planned to list Arm in the U.S. stock market, the company’s IPO registration shows […]

In his first interview with international media since the government announced plans for state control of the metal key for electric vehicle batteries, Economy Minister Nicolas Grau exclusively revealed to Reuters that the country will commence discussions with SQM over its operations in the Atacama. Chile aims to convince the world’s No. 2 lithium mining […]

Reuters exclusively reported that Tesla has begun producing the Model Y in Shanghai with the intention to sell it in Canada this year, marking the first time it will ship cars to North America from China. Because of the cheaper pricing on the new version of the Model Y, both the entry-level version of the […]

Reuters exclusively revealed that the European Commission has updated draft patent rules to make it easier for patent holders to sue companies over royalty disputes in hopes that the move will end costly legal spats over patents essential to key technologies for telecoms equipment, mobile phones, computers, connected cars and smart devices. The post EU […]