BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany needs to be decisive in consolidating its public finances and to set clear spending priorities, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Tuesday. “The state can’t continue to spend more money than taxpayers provide,” he said at a press conference after the 27th meeting of the Stability Council on federal and…
By Andrea Shalal and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co’s deal to buy First Republic Bank pushed the Biden administration into a corner, leaving officials scrambling to explain how their stance against mergers squared with allowing the largest U.S. bank to get even bigger. At a White House event on small business…
By Nupur Anand, Anirban Sen, David French and Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) -On March 12, as several U.S. banks reeled from a crisis in confidence, JPMorgan Chase & Co put its might behind First Republic Bank, giving the troubled lender what two sources said was a $10 billion financing. The JPMorgan facility did not…
By Akriti Sharma (Reuters) -Tesla Inc has raised prices in a range of up to $290 in Canada, China, Japan and the United States, its website showed on Monday, after the company slashed prices of its top-selling vehicles since the start of the year. The hike was the first on its two top-selling models at…
By Joseph White LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) – Shutting down the assembly lines that build Super Duty pickup trucks at Ford Motor Co’s Kentucky Truck Plant is a multimillion-dollar action company managers try hard to avoid. As part of a new approach to stamping out quality demons, Kentucky Truck Plant manager Joseph Closurdo said he stopped…
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic’s budget deficit doubled to 200 billion crowns ($9.30 billion) in January-April, a record for the four-month period and reaching two thirds of the full-year target, raising doubts the plan will be met. Overall expenditure rose 26.7% due to higher social costs including pensions and subsidies to bring down energy…
By Liz Hampton DENVER (Reuters) – U.S. shale producer Diamondback Energy on Tuesday said rig prices are falling and steel costs are set to decline by about $20-$25 per foot, a sign the inflationary pressures that plagued the oilfield in the past year are easing. Diamondback’s second-quarter average rig dayrate is down from the first…
By Medha Singh (Reuters) -What’s the cost of students using ChatGPT for homework? For U.S. education services provider Chegg Inc, it could be nearly $1 billion in market valuation. Chegg signaled the rising popularity of viral chatbot ChatGPT was pressuring its subscriber growth and prompted it to suspend its full-year outlook, sending shares of the…
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan inflation rose to a record 36.4% in the year to April driven mainly by food prices, the highest rate in South Asia and up from March’s 35.4%, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday. Pakistan’s rural areas recorded food inflation of 40.2%, the bureau told Reuters. Food inflation for…
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan inflation rose to a record 36.4% in the year to April driven mainly by food prices, the highest rate in South Asia and up from March’s 35.4%, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday. Pakistan’s rural areas recorded food inflation of 40.2%, the bureau told Reuters. Food inflation for…
