By Hyunjoo Jin San Francisco (Reuters) -Kentucky is requiring that electric vehicle charging companies include Tesla’s plug if they want to be part of a state program to electrify highways using federal dollars, according to documents reviewed by Reuters. Kentucky’s plan went into effect on Friday, making it the first state to mandate Tesla’s charging…
MILAN (Reuters) – Carmaker Stellantis will invest up to 200 million euros ($218 million) to ensure its Italian Mirafiori site, the historic home of Fiat, remains one of its primary locations for what it is calling its “green campus” programme. Mirafiori, which is in Turin, will rank alongside Poissy in France and Russelsheim in Germany…
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – British billionaire Richard Branson severely damaged Virgin Group’s reputation by residing in a tax haven while UK-based airline Virgin Atlantic sought a government bailout during the pandemic, according to internal Virgin emails cited in a $250 million London lawsuit on Monday. The emails were cited by lawyers for U.S….
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -British banks faced fresh criticism on Monday for the savings rates they offer to cash-strapped customers, in the latest intervention by parliament’s influential Treasury Select Committee. The committee said it had written to the country’s “Big Four” banks – Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and NatWest – asking if they believed their…
By Amruta Khandekar and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) -European shares erased gains by the closing bell to finish lower on Monday as AstraZeneca led falls among healthcare stocks that outweighed gains by Generali and among miners buoyed by hopes of more policy stimulus from China. The pan-European STOXX 600 index dipped 0.2%, reversing gains of some…
By Chavi Mehta (Reuters) -Rivian Automotive beat market estimates for second-quarter deliveries on higher production and stable demand for its electric vehicles, sending the company’s shares up more than 14% on Monday. The quarterly delivery numbers are a positive sign for the EV startup that has for months struggled to raise output in the face…
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -An alleged sex assault victim of Kevin Spacey said the “slippery” Hollywood actor had tried to “groom” him, and the repeated groping assaults had left him feeling physically sick, a London court heard on Monday. Spacey, 63, is on trial at Southwark Crown Court accused of a dozen allegations of…
By Orhan Coskun, Ezgi Erkoyun and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will continue its monetary policy U-turn, which began with a sharp post-election rate hike last month, until the inflation outlook improves significantly, the central bank said on Monday. The hawkish policy guidance came as data showed the central bank’s net foreign reserves recorded…
(Reuters) -Reliance Jio said on Monday it would launch a 4G feature phone priced at 999 rupees ($12.19), the latest attempt by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s telecom arm to grab market share in India’s massive and under-penetrated hinterlands. Jio, which famously disrupted the Indian telecom sector in the last decade by introducing cut-price tariffs, will roll…
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England said on Monday that banks may be underestimating their exposure to private equity and to commodity markets at a time when rising interest rates could squeeze liquidity in markets. Nathanael Benjamin, the BoE’s executive director for authorisations and international banks, set out his priorities for the…
