By Martin Coulter (Reuters) -Apple is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation. The negotiations are about licensing Gemini for some new features coming to the iPhone software this year, the report said, adding that the terms or branding…
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Top oil executives and ministers descend on Houston this week for one of the world’s biggest energy conferences emboldened by blockbuster mergers, stable oil prices and less pressure for a large-scale move to clean fuels. Global oil prices have remained in a range between $75 and $85 per barrel, a…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Dawn Chmielewski NEW YORK (Reuters) -Walt Disney on Monday received a critical endorsement from a proxy advisory firm when Glass Lewis urged shareholders to re-elect all of the company’s directors in one of the season’s most hotly contested boardroom battles. The recommendation, which can sway how investors vote in critical elections,…
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds piled into bank and financials stocks at the fastest pace in a year, Goldman Sachs said in a note, just in time to catch highs seen European and U.S. banking indices. Financial stocks in North America, Europe, and emerging-market Asia were among the most sought-after stock sectors…
(Reuters) – U.S. Steel, whose deal to be bought by Japan’s Nippon Steel has run into political resistance, including from President Joe Biden, forecast first-quarter earnings below estimates on Monday due to lower demand in its tubular business. The company’s tubular business produces steel casing and tubing, line pipes and mechanical tubing, catering to customers…
By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, cementing his already tight grip on power in a victory he said showed Moscow had been right to stand up to the West and send its troops into Ukraine. Putin, a former KGB lieutenant…
