By Brendan O’Boyle and Ana Isabel Martinez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who took office this week as her country’s first woman leader, announced a package of reforms on Thursday aimed at bolstering women’s rights in a country with some of the world’s highest levels of gender violence. On her second full…
(Reuters) – OpenAI said on Thursday it has secured a new $4 billion credit facility, in addition to the $6.6 billion investment the AI startup unveiled on Wednesday. The revolving credit facility that is undrawn at closing has been established with JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley , Santander, Wells Fargo, SMBC, UBS and…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East could have significant economic ramifications for the region and the global economy, but commodity prices remain below the highs of the past year. IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack told a regular news briefing that…
By Niket Nishant (Reuters) -Carlyle-backed StandardAero racked up a $10.38 billion valuation after its shares opened 29% above the offer price in their NYSE debut on Wednesday, as investors bought into what could be one of the last major U.S. listings of the year. The aircraft maintenance services provider had priced its offering above range…
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration heaped pressure on U.S. port employers to raise their offer to secure a labor deal with dockworkers, whose strike entered a second day on Wednesday, choking half the country’s ocean shipping. The strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association union has blocked goods from food to…
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Barnard’s star is a red dwarf, the smallest type of regular star and much smaller and less luminous than our sun. At about 6 light years away, it is the closest single star – one not orbiting with other stars – to our solar system. It is, in cosmic…
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) -OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has raised $6.6 billion from investors, which could value the company at $157 billion and cement its position as one of the most valuable private companies in the world. The funding has attracted returning venture capital investors including Thrive Capital and Khosla Ventures, as well as…
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -France, Greece, Italy and Poland will vote on Friday for tariffs of up to 45% on imports of electric vehicles (EVs) made in China, officials and sources said, enough to get the European Union proposal passed in a move likely to increase trade tensions with Beijing. The European Commission, which…
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -France, Greece, Italy and Poland will vote on Friday for tariffs of up to 45% on imports of electric vehicles (EVs) made in China, officials and sources said, enough to get the European Union proposal passed in a move likely to increase trade tensions with Beijing. The European Commission, which…
By Nora Eckert and Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) -General Motors will assure investors next Tuesday that there is no need to panic about decelerating demand for electric vehicles and the U.S. automaker could even improve its profits in 2025, according to two people familiar with the plans. The message at the company’s investor day is…
