By Tim Reid and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help Donald Trump win November’s presidential election, according to new filings, underscoring the influence one of the world’s wealthiest people had on this year’s White House race. The billionaire owner of electric car maker Tesla…
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON – Billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy met on Thursday with Republican lawmakers whose support they will need to win the sweeping spending cuts that President-elect Donald Trump has asked them to find. The two entrepreneurs have been named by Trump to a task force that aims for…
(Reuters) – Alphabet’s Waymo said on Thursday it will expand its autonomous ride-hailing services to Miami, Florida, adding another city to its operations as it seeks to gain an edge in an increasingly competitive market. The company plans to introduce its vehicles to Miami’s streets early next year and aims to launch services to riders…
(Reuters) – New York City police were still searching for the man who killed UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel early Wednesday. Here is what is known about the incident, Thompson, and the suspect: WHAT HAPPENED? HOW DID THE SUSPECT ESCAPE? At about 6:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Thompson was walking from…
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) – Import tariffs during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term broadly lowered stock values on the day they were unveiled, and were associated with lower future profits, sales and employment for the firms whose equity prices were hit the hardest, new analysis by Federal Reserve Bank of New York staff concluded. Firms…
(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 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 Siddharth Cavale and Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) CHICAGO/NEW YORK/NORTH BERGEN, N.J. -Taylor Swift fans and their parents lined up outside some of Target’s nearly 2,000 U.S. stores early on Black Friday to buy copies of her new Eras Tour book. Hoping to buck a long stretch of slowing sales at Target stores – with…
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – The coming week will give investors a fresh view into the health of the U.S. economy with the release of a closely watched employment report that could help determine the trajectory of interest rates in the months ahead. Stocks are heading into December with the benchmark S&P 500…
