Cummins posts quarterly profit beat on strong demand for power products from data centers

(Reuters) – Cummins Inc beat third-quarter profit estimates on Tuesday, due to robust demand for its power generation products from data centers, sending the shares of the company up more than 4% in pre-market trading. Rising demand from the technology industry’s energy-hungry AI data centers has bolstered the results of power solution providers in recent…

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Trump unlikely to undo Biden’s IRA climate legislation, TotalEnergies executive says

By America Hernandez PARIS (Reuters) – French oil major TotalEnergies does not anticipate that Donald Trump would pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change or undo Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) legislation if he became U.S. president again, the company’s strategy director said on Monday. Aurelien Hamelle made the comments while presenting…

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Lucid beats revenue estimates, reaffirms annual production

(Reuters) -Lucid beat Wall Street expectations for third-quarter revenue on Thursday and reiterated its annual production forecast as it benefits from strong demand for its luxury electric sedans. Lucid shares rose 8% in trading after the bell. The company reported third-quarter revenue of $200 million, narrowly beating estimates of $198 million, according to data compiled…

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French antitrust agency probing Microsoft over Bing access

PARIS (Reuters) -France’s antitrust agency is investigating Microsoft over concerns that it is degrading the quality of results when smaller rivals pay to use Bing technology in their own search-engine products. “We are fully cooperating with the Autorite’s investigation,” a Microsoft spokesperson said, referring to the regulator’s French name. Bloomberg reported the investigation earlier on…

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Putin says China is Russia’s ally, backs its stance on Taiwan

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday described China as Russia’s ally and threw his weight behind Beijing’s claims over Taiwan, while stating that no countries had anything to fear from deepening Sino-Russian cooperation. The two countries have not declared a formal military alliance, but Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed…

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