By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nippon Steel’s proposed $14.9 billion takeover of U.S. Steel would create national security risks because it could hurt the supply of steel needed for critical transportation, infrastructure, construction and agriculture projects, the U.S. said in a letter sent to the companies and seen by Reuters. Decisions by Nippon could…
By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices held near a 14-month low on Thursday as bearish worries about demand in the U.S. and China and a likely rise in supplies out of Libya offset a big, bullish withdrawal from U.S. inventories and a delay to output increases by OPEC+ producers. Brent futures were…
By Helen Coster and Gram Slattery NEW YORK (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he would establish a government efficiency commission headed by billionaire supporter Elon Musk if he wins the Nov. 5 election, during a wide-ranging speech in which he laid out his economic vision for the country. The former president…
(Reuters) – Democrat Kamala Harris’ campaign for U.S. president raised more than $300 million in the month of August, more than twice as much as her Republican opponent Donald Trump raised during the same period, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing two unnamed sources. Trump’s campaign said on Wednesday that his campaign and party raised…
By Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) – A shift to shorter settlement for U.S. securities transactions earlier this year had a greater-than-anticipated impact on market participants across the board, with Europe reporting the greatest hit, a Citigroup survey showed. The U.S. sped up its settlement cycle in May, requiring that equities, corporate and municipal bonds…
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar slipped against most major currencies on Wednesday after July U.S. job openings data signaled a softening labor market, tilting the odds further in favor of larger interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Traders boosted bets that the Fed will deliver a half-a-percentage-point reduction at its…
By Kenrick Cai, Krystal Hu, Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK -Safe Superintelligence (SSI), newly co-founded by OpenAI’s former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion in cash to help develop safe artificial intelligence systems that far surpass human capabilities, company executives told Reuters. SSI, which currently has 10 employees, plans to use the funds…
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is preparing to block Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel, a source said on Wednesday. The move by Biden would deal a blow to the proposed $14.9 billion deal. The president has previously expressed concern over Nippon’s deal to buy the 122-year-old iconic U.S. steelmaker. U.S….
By Yoruk Bahceli and Tom Westbrook (Reuters) – World stocks steadied on Tuesday and the dollar remained near a two-week high as investors turned cautious awaiting a raft of economic data that may determine how deeply the U.S. will cut interest rates. Focus was on the U.S. ISM manufacturing activity survey due later in the…
By Ricardo Brito and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Tensions between Brazil and Elon Musk’s business empire ratcheted up further as the country’s telecoms regulator threatened to sanction his satellite broadband company Starlink hours after its top court stood behind a controversial decision to ban social network X from the country. Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da…
