MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is practising stealth manoeuvres of Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles in its Volga region, the defence ministry said on Thursday. The ministry published video of Yars missile launchers moving through a snowy forest. The Yars is a nuclear missile that can be moved around on truck carriers or deployed in silos. Russia…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. chipmaker Nvidia’s proposed acquisition of AI startup Run:ai will have to be approved by EU antitrust regulators before the deal can be completed, the European Commission said on Thursday. The EU competition enforcer said Nvidia will have to formally seek its approval for the deal, following a request from the Italian…
By Alex Lawler, Ahmad Ghaddar and Yousef Saba LONDON (Reuters) – OPEC+ at its Dec. 5 meeting made further changes to its oil production policy, by delaying a planned increase in output further into next year as it faces a weaker oil demand outlook. The oil producer group on Thursday pushed back the start of…
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve’s latest Monetary Policy Report to Congress, released on Friday, was upbeat about the state of the economy but warned about some concerning aspects of the financial system. The report, which comes ahead of next week’s testimony before Congress by Fed Chair Jerome Powell, said central bank officials…
By Ankika Biswas and Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) – Just days ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election in the U.S., investors are trying to gauge how stock markets will react as polls and betting platforms point to a tight race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Harris’ lead over the Republican…
By Sourasis Bose (Reuters) -Canada’s Barrick Gold missed Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Thursday, weighed down by higher costs and lower production at its Nevada mines. Total gold output at Nevada Gold Mines fell to 385,000 ounces in the July-to-September quarter, compared with 401,000 ounces in the preceding three months, the company reported…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues meet this week to discuss their next interest rate move, they’ll face a much more complicated situation than they did only two months ago, due to the historic rise in long-dated Treasury yields since the central bank’s jumbo rate…
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has no concerns over working with Donald Trump and his incoming administration on the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics given the President-elect’s continued support of those Games, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Thursday. The Los Angeles Olympics were awarded in 2017 when Trump was president following…
(Reuters) – Blackstone Real Estate on Wednesday entered into an agreement to take Retail Opportunity Investments Corp private in an all-cash transaction valued at about $4 billion, including debt. Reuters reported on Sunday that the alternative asset manager was in advanced talks for the acquisition of the company, which owns strip malls across the United…
(Reuters) – Lyft said on Wednesday it will partner with Mobileye and two other companies in the robotaxi industry to bring self-driving cars onto its ridehail platform and bolster research and development in the sector. The app-based taxi platform will incorporate cars owned by third-party fleet operators, equipped with the Mobileye Drive self-driving system, as…
