By Jane Lanhee Lee and Stephen Nellis SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) -U.S. semiconductor toolmaker Applied Materials Inc on Monday said it plans to spend up to $4 billion on a research center in the heart of Silicon Valley to speed up advances in semiconductor manufacturing. The center based in Sunnyvale, California, will come on line…
By Jaiveer Shekhawat (Reuters) -Mizuho Financial Group Inc will buy U.S. M&A advisory firm Greenhill & Co Inc for $550 million including debt, the companies said on Monday, as Japan’s No. 3 lender eyes a bigger share of the world’s largest investment-banking fee pool. Greenhill shares more than doubled to close at $14.66 on Monday…
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – State Street Corp will offer retail fund investors proxy voting choices, the firm said on Monday, moving ahead of rivals with a strategy that could blunt criticism of index funds’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies. By the end of 2024, the firm’s asset-management arm, State Street Global Advisors, aims…
By Jaiveer Shekhawat and Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) – Shares of PacWest Bancorp jumped on Monday after the troubled regional lender announced that it had agreed to sell $2.6 billion worth of real estate construction loans at a discount in a bid to improve its balance sheet. PacWest’s stock rose nearly 20% on the deal, giving…
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department reiterated Monday it expects to be able to pay the U.S. government’s bills only through June 1 without a debt limit increase, leaving just 10 days for White House negotiators and congressional Republicans to reach a deal. In her third letter to…
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – A federal judge has ordered 3M Co CEO Michael Roman to attend mediation aimed at resolving nearly 260,000 lawsuits alleging that 3M military earplugs caused hearing loss, saying the negotiations have reached a “critical juncture.” U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers, in whose Florida court the lawsuits have been consolidated, on…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Creeping optimism that a deal will be reached over the U.S. debt ceiling standoff looks to be just about enough to sustain investors’ risk appetite, although Asian markets on Tuesday could be vulnerable to a reversal. Flash purchasing…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Creeping optimism that a deal will be reached over the U.S. debt ceiling standoff looks to be just about enough to sustain investors’ risk appetite, although Asian markets on Tuesday could be vulnerable to a reversal. Flash purchasing…
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari cautioned that while it may appear like the worst of the banking sector’s stresses are over, history showed more trouble can’t be ruled out. “It’s far too soon to declare all-clear” and say that actions by the Fed, Treasury…
By Nupur Anand and Lananh Nguyen NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co is beefing up its commercial banking business that caters to tech startups and other early-stage companies, the company said on Monday. The largest U.S. lender plans to add staff after it hired more than a hundred bankers this year to serve…
