By Chris Prentice and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Global shares turned lower on Monday as traders focused on U.S. inflation data and chip stocks fell, while Beijing’s promise of stimulus and the sudden collapse of the Syrian government boosted oil and gold prices more than 1%. U.S. inflation data this week could cement …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department announced a slew of sanctions on Monday to mark International Anti-Corruption Day and the eve of Human Rights Day, targeting individuals from multiple countries, including the former CEO of SriLankan Airlines over Airbus purchases. Also targeted were North Macedonia’s former deputy prime minister, Artan Grubi, as well as Enver …
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LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will close a legal loophole that enabled human traffickers to store the small boats they use to cross the English Channel as part of a broader German-British deal to tackle people-smuggling, the British interior ministry said. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, elected to office in July, has prioritised cracking down on …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance ministry said it would ask government departments to cut waste, including spending that does not align with policy priorities, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeks to overhaul how the public sector works. The Treasury said in a statement that every pound the government spends would be subjected to a line-by-line …
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By Stephen Nellis SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) – Google on Monday said that it has overcome a key challenge in quantum computing with a new generation of chip, solving a computing problem in five minutes that would take a classical computer more time than the history of the universe. Like other tech giants such as …
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(Reuters) -Kinder Morgan forecast higher earnings for 2025 on Monday as the U.S. pipeline operator bets on growth in its natural gas pipelines and energy transition ventures amid rising demand for the fuel. Shares of the Houston, Texas-based company were up 1.7% after the market close. Pipeline operators such as Kinder Morgan are also banking …
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The Reserve Bank of Australia’s interest rate decision takes center stage on Tuesday, while debate intensifies over the likely success – or otherwise – of China’s surprise announcement that it plans to implement looser monetary and fiscal policy. The RBA is …
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(Reuters) -C3.ai raised its forecast for fiscal year 2025 revenue on Monday, helped by healthy demand for the company’s enterprise artificial intelligence software as companies look for tools to help streamline their workflow. The company now expects revenue to be between $378 million and $398 million, from its previous forecast of $370 million to $395 …
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(Reuters) -The Biden administration will offer oil and gas drilling leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at a sale on Jan. 9, the U.S. Interior Department said on Monday. The agency will make 400,000 acres (161,874 hectares) available to drillers at the auction, the minimum required by a law that mandated the sale. ANWR …
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s environmental regulator has filed three charges against miner Anglo American’s local unit over alleged violations at its El Soldado copper mine in the Valparaiso region. The Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) labeled the charges as “serious,” the second of three levels of offenses, and said Anglo American Sur, the local arm …
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