By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Shares of Arm Holdings surged more than 40% on Monday, adding to a staggering rally fueled by optimism around artificial intelligence. The stock last traded up 21% at $139.65 after reaching as high as $164, 42% above its close on Friday. With Monday’s jump, Arm’s shares have gained more than…
By Seher Dareen and Arunima Kumar (Reuters) -U.S. oil producer Diamondback Energy said on Monday it would buy privately held rival Endeavor Energy Partners in $26 billion cash-and-stock deal that continues a rapid consolidation in the top U.S. shale oilfield. The combined company would be the third-largest oil and gas producer in the Permian Basin…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell’s negotiations with Democrats to try to secure more Ukraine aid has drawn mounting attacks from hardliners within his party that some lawmakers say is a direct result of Donald Trump’s rising influence. The Kentucky Republican, the chamber’s longest-serving party leader at 81, has…
(Reuters) – Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos sold around 12 million shares of the online retail and cloud services firm for roughly $2 billion, according to a company filing on Friday, soon after laying out a plan to sell his shares over the next year. The sale took place on Wednesday and Thursday, the filings showed….
(Reuters) -Tesla Inc has temporarily cut prices of some of its Model Y cars in the U.S. until Feb. 29, less than a month after the carmaker cut Model Y prices in Germany. Tesla reduced prices for its Model Y rear-wheel drive and Model Y Long Range by $1,000 to $42,990 and $47,990 respectively, representing…
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Air defence systems operated by U.S.-led coalition troops based in eastern Syria halted six drone attacks targeting their base at the Conoco oil field on Saturday, a security source said. The source did not tell Reuters if there were casualties. Coalition troops and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who together fight remnants…
By Utkarsh Shetti and Supantha Mukherjee (Reuters) -Network giant Cisco is planning to restructure its business which will include laying off thousands of employees, as it seeks to focus on high-growth areas, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The San Jose, California-based company has a total employee count of 84,900 as of fiscal…
By Nathan Layne HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race, said on Friday he had firmly protected gun rights while in the White House and vowed if re-elected to undo all restrictions enacted by President Joe Biden. Speaking to thousands of supporters at an event organized by…
By Sinéad Carew and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -S&P 500 closed above 5,000 for the first time on Friday and Nasdaq briefly traded above 16,000, with boosts from megacaps and chip stocks, including Nvidia as investors bet on artificial intelligence technology and eyed strong earnings data. Nvidia finished up 3.6% and hit a record high after…
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Apple plans to settle a lawsuit that accused tech startup Rivos of stealing its trade secrets related to computer-chip technology, according to a joint court filing on Friday in California federal court. The companies told the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that they had “signed an…
