(Reuters) – Over 42 million customers have used Bank of America’s virtual financial assistant more than 2 billion times since its launch in 2018, the lender said on Monday. The assistant, Erica, helps users with money transfers, bill payments and other mobile banking operations. It can also help customers of the bank’s Merrill Lynch arm…
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) – U.S. crude oil prices last week climbed to their highest this year, but a weak natural gas market, steeper costs and a focus on shareholder returns over new production are keeping shale drillers from big output increases in the world’s top oil and gas producer. The global Brent oil benchmark…
By David Shepardson and Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it would award Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC) U.S. unit a $6.6 billion subsidy for advanced semiconductor production in Phoenix, Arizona and up to $5 billion in low-cost government loans. TSMC agreed to expand its planned investment by $25 billion…
By David Lawder BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday raised her concerns about China’s excess industrial capacity with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, telling him that bilateral relations were now more stable because the two sides can have “tough” discussions. As they began a meeting in Beijing that ran 80 minutes, Li responded…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank will set up a 500 billion yuan ($70 billion) re-lending programme to support the country’s science and technology sectors, according to a statement released on Sunday. The programme will offer loans via 21 banks to small and midsize technology companies at an interest rate of 1.75%. The one-year loans…
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign said a major fundraiser in Florida on Saturday raked in a massive $50.5 million as the former president seeks to replenish diminished coffers in his rematch against Democrat Joe Biden. The event, his biggest fundraiser yet, is a much-needed boost for Trump, who has…
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) -Henry Ford democratized car ownership with his ultra-cheap, mass-produced Model T, and Elon Musk once promised to do the same for electric cars with a Tesla that could sell for $25,000. Now, sources have told Reuters Musk is putting aside the idea of bargain-priced Tesla for the masses in favor…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. military officials met their Chinese counterparts earlier this week for a series of meetings in Hawaii focused on how the two countries can operate safely, U.S. officials said on Friday. U.S. President Joe Biden sought to manage tensions over the South China Sea in a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on…
(Reuters) -A deal between Paramount Global and Skydance Media could see the media conglomerate acquire the independent studio in an all-stock transaction valued at around $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Under the terms being discussed, National Amusements, which controls Paramount, would receive over $2 billion in cash in the first step…
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Apple urged a U.S. appeals court on Friday to overturn a U.S. trade tribunal’s decision to ban imports of some Apple Watches in a patent dispute with medical-monitoring technology company Masimo. Apple told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that the U.S. International Trade Commission’s decision was…
