By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) – “Target is my backup option,” said Chloe Guss, a shopper at the retail chain for nearly 20 years whose reservations about some of its products may spell trouble for the business. The New Yorker, 38, mostly shops at Target through her Instacart app for a few groceries and…
By Chuck Mikolajczak and Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are gearing up for the final reconstitution of the benchmark indexes by FTSE Russell on Friday, with the furious rally in artificial intelligence (AI) related stocks over the past year expected to leave an outsized imprint on their final shape. The Russell Reconstitution, an…
(Reuters) – Boeing’s <BA.N> long-awaited first crewed test flight of the new Starliner space capsule was called off for at least 24 hours over a technical issue that launch teams could not resolve in time for the planned Monday night lift-off. The latest flight was scrubbed with less two hours left in the countdown as…
By Gram Slattery and David Shepardson YORK, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged on Monday to rescind a Biden administration rule limiting power plant pollution, and reiterated a promise to block Nippon Steel’s planned purchase of U.S. Steel. In the most detailed economic remarks he has offered on the campaign trail so far,…
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At least three U.S. House of Representatives Democrats were preparing to sign a letter protesting a plan to speed up the official party approval of President Joe Biden’s reelection bid, the lawmakers’ offices said on Tuesday. These Democrats are protesting a move by the party to hold a “virtual…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Tesla has been accused by a U.S. labor agency of discouraging workers at a Buffalo, New York, assembly plant from union organizing by barring them from using phones and other devices, an agency spokeswoman said on Thursday. A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) official issued a complaint late Wednesday claiming Tesla’s…
(This May 14 story is being republished with no changes to text) MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Chinese carmaker BYD Co has postponed plans to produce lithium cathodes for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in Chile by 2025, the firm’s Americas head told Reuters on Tuesday. Chile’s economic development agency CORFO last year said production at a…
(Reuters) – Robinhood Markets said on Monday it had bought artificial intelligence-powered investment platform Pluto Capital, adding the trading app to a growing list of companies looking to offer AI tools to customers. Top technology companies are racing to build AI into their products and services. Generative AI, which aims to create human-like interactions by…
(Reuters) – Chrysler is recalling more than 211,000 vehicles in the United States due to a software malfunction that could disable the electronic stability control system, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Saturday. Due to the malfunction, the Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) control module may disable the electronic stability control system, the…
(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…
