By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Tesla is claiming Elon Musk won his legal battle over his $56 billion pay package because shareholders voted for the compensation, despite a judge rescinding it earlier this year, according to court filing made public on Friday. The company’s filing comes two weeks after Tesla shareholders voted to…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived a software engineer’s proposed class action claiming Meta Platforms refused to hire him because it preferred to give jobs to foreign workers who are paid lower wages. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 ruling said that a Civil…
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – Financial regulators in 25 U.S. states announced on Wednesday a settlement with cryptocurrency investment platform Abra and its CEO for operating without required state licensing. As part of the settlement, Abra agreed to stop making cryptocurrencies available for buying and trading to U.S. Abra Trade customers as of June 15,…
By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) – Value stocks offer some of the most compelling valuations in the U.S. equity market after badly lagging their growth-focused counterparts this year, Bank of America Global Research equity and quant strategist Savita Subramanian said on Wednesday. “These companies are neglected and trading at very low multiples” at present, but offer…
(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc hit $2 trillion in market value for the first time on Wednesday, becoming the fifth U.S. company to surpass that level as optimism around artificial intelligence and potential interest rate cuts this year drove demand for technology-related stocks. The stock rose 3.4% to $192.70, giving the e-commerce giant a market value of…
(Reuters) – American Chip manufacturing supplier Entegris said on Wednesday that it has inked a preliminary deal with the Biden administration for funding of up to $75 million to aid the development of a new facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “We’re not just bringing leading-edge chip technology and (factories) to the United States, we’re also…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected a $30 billion antitrust settlement in which Visa and Mastercard agreed to limit fees they charge merchants who accept their credit and debit cards. U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie in Brooklyn concluded that she was not likely to grant final approval to…
(Reuters) – Google will showcase artificial intelligence features, and updates to its Pixel devices and the Android platform at a special event on Aug. 13, according to invites shared online by the Verge and tech commentator Marques Brownlee. The event will be held at Google’s Mountain View headquarters, and have a keynote beginning at 10…
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – RTX Corp subsidiary Collins Aerospace is in talks with NASA to back out of its contract to build new spacesuits for astronauts on the International Space Station, setting back the agency’s bid to modernize its decades-old spacesuits, according to two people familiar with the discussions. The contract was part…
(Reuters) – U.S. companies borrowed 11% more to finance equipment investments in May compared to a year ago, industry body Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) said on Tuesday. Companies signed up for new loans, leases and lines of credit worth $10.2 billion in May, down 7% from a month ago. “The drop in volume…
