BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s lithium prices rebounded on Friday after a powerful earthquake hit Chile’s major lithium producing region, although growing demand concerns weighed on the metal used in electric vehicle batteries. The most-traded November lithium carbonate futures on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange rose 2.9% to 89,800 yuan ($12,356.89) per metric ton on Friday, having…
(Reuters) -Credit card giant American Express raised its full-year profit forecast on Friday, as its wealthy customers persisted in splurging on travel, dining and entertainment. The company also reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit, underscoring the benefit it has enjoyed by focusing on a premium customer base. AmEx’s affluent cardholders have somewhat insulated it from weakness in…
By Aatreyee Dasgupta (Reuters) – Top U.S. steelmakers are expected to post a decline in second-quarter earnings and could face additional pressure from a further retreat in steel prices heading into a slow summer season, according to analysts. Nucor, Steel Dynamics and U.S. Steel have highlighted a fall in profitability in their steel-making operations on…
By Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast is delaying the launch of its planned $4 billion factory in North Carolina to 2028 and cutting its delivery forecast for this year by 20,000 units amid uncertainties in the global EV market. VinFast, founded by Vietnam’s richest man Pham Nhat Vuong in…
(Reuters) – Tesla on Thursday launched a new rear-wheel drive variant of its Model 3 long-range vehicle, at a price $5,000 lower than the all-wheel drive version, according to the electric vehicle maker’s website. The new Model 3 long-range variant is priced at $42,490. There were no changes to the prices of the base Model…
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Intel’s push into software is going well and the company could have cumulative software revenue of $1 billion by the end of 2027, Chief Technology Officer Greg Lavender told Reuters. Intel made north of $100 million in software revenue in 2021, the year Lavender was brought in from cloud…
(Reuters) – Top U.S. independent oil producer ConocoPhillips said on Friday it received a second request from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for information on its proposed acquisition of rival Marathon Oil. ConocoPhillips said both companies received the requests on July 11 and are working with the FTC to review the merger. CONTEXT Conoco said…
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – ASML shares briefly crossed the 1,000 euro ($1,084.30) mark for the first time on Monday, an all-time high, following positive research notes on top customer TSMC ahead of both companies’ earnings. ASML is the world’s biggest vendor of chipmaking equipment and Europe’s third most valuable company with a market capitalisation of 390…
TORONTO (Reuters) – TD Bank’s chief compliance officer has left the bank, according to a memo sent internally, at a time the Canadian lender faces U.S. regulators and the Justice Department in a probe related to its anti-money laundering program. Monica Kowal, who joined the bank in 2017, left the company this week, and will…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese tech companies, from industry giants to ambitious startups, converged at the World AI Conference in Shanghai this week to showcase their latest innovations and express strong support for the country’s artificial intelligence sector even as it faces U.S. sanctions. More than 150 AI-related products and solutions are being exhibited at the…
