(Reuters) -Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth’s insurance unit, was fatally shot in the chest on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan, the NY Post and Bloomberg reported, citing police sources. UnitedHealth did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company canceled the remainder of an investor event in Manhattan…
By Yuka Obayashi, Katya Golubkova and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nippon Steel is committed to its $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel and is confident of completing it by year-end, a senior executive said, despite strong U.S. opposition including from President-elect Donald Trump. “We will not give up on the deal… There is…
By Niket Nishant and Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pro-crypto stance is prompting small businesses to allocate portions of their cash to bitcoin, challenging the dominance of traditional assets as companies look for more robust inflation hedges. Over the past month, biotech firms Enlivex Therapeutics, Acurx Pharmaceuticals and Hoth Therapeutics have set…
(Reuters) -Chip equipment maker Applied Materials said on Tuesday it was not changing its outlook for the first quarter in response to the U.S. government’s latest restrictions on semiconductor exports to China. The decision was based on the company’s “initial assessment of the impact” of the new regulations, it added. In its third crackdown in…
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, a senior administration official said. The administration hopes the spending milestone will help to continue the deployment of clean energy even after President-elect Donald Trump, a climate…
(Reuters) – AI chip leader Nvidia could put its growing cash pile to use through possible mergers and acquisitions, finance chief Colette Kress said during a technology conference in Arizona on Tuesday. “We can also think about that in terms of our work, of bringing on great teams in some M&A form,” she said at…
By Greg Bensinger and Stephen Nellis LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Amazon.com’s cloud unit on Tuesday showed new data center servers packed with its own AI chips that will challenge Nvidia, with Apple coming aboard as a customer to use them. The new servers, based on 64 of Amazon Web Services’ Trainium2 chips, will be strung…
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc plans to pilot a new carbon-removal material for data centers, which are at risk of worsening emissions from artificial intelligence systems they power, a startup behind the deal said on Monday. In a twist, AI itself, from the startup Orbital Materials, is what designed the carbon-filtering substance, its…
By Amy-Jo Crowley and Mathieu Rosemain LONDON (Reuters) -French payments group Worldline has attracted early stage takeover interest from private equity firms, as it grapples with a falling share price, profit warnings and leadership change, five people with knowledge of the matter said. Bain Capital is among private equity firms that have been in the…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Energy Department said Monday it is planning to loan up to $7.54 billion to a joint venture of Chrysler parent Stellantis and Samsung SDI to help build two electric vehicle lithium-ion battery plants in Indiana. The conditional commitment award must still be finalized and includes $6.85 billion in…
