By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a jury’s verdict clearing Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his company of liability over allegations they misled investors when the billionaire posted on social media in 2018 that he had “funding secured” to take the electric car company private. The San Francisco-based 9th…
(Reuters) – Cummins Inc beat third-quarter profit estimates on Tuesday, due to robust demand for its power generation products from data centers, sending the shares of the company up more than 4% in pre-market trading. Rising demand from the technology industry’s energy-hungry AI data centers has bolstered the results of power solution providers in recent…
(Reuters) -Vaccine maker Moderna’s chief executive officer Stephane Bancel will vacate his role as the company’s chief commercial officer, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday citing one person familiar with the matter. The company’s president Stephen Hoge will take charge of sales as well as medical and research affairs, according to the report. Bancel will remain…
(Reuters) -Super Micro Computer, whose auditor unexpectedly stepped down last week, on Tuesday flagged uncertainty about the timing of its annual report but said a probe about accounting practices had not found evidence of fraud by the company. Shares of the San Jose, California-based server maker fell about 10% in extended trading. The company said…
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Demand for green power in the United States will grow regardless of who is the country’s next president, major players in the wind energy sector Vestas and Orsted said on Tuesday. Offshore wind developers have seen profits shrink in recent years due to rising raw material costs,…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway extended their retreat from stocks in the third quarter, slashing their holdings in Apple and boosting cash to a record $325.2 billion. Berkshire also reported a 6% decline in quarterly operating profit, largely the result of higher insurance underwriting liabilities including for Hurricane Helene, and currency…
ZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis expects to increase its annual sales by least 5% per year in the coming years, CEO Vas Narasimhan said in an interview on Saturday, with the pharmaceuticals giant having nothing to fear from the end of patent protection on some drugs. “I am very confident that we will achieve average growth…
(Reuters) – Apple will invest up to $1.5 billion in Globalstar to fund the expansion of its iPhone communication services, the satellite provider said in a regulatory filing on Friday. Shares of Globalstar jumped over 30%, while Apple was down around 1.4% a day after it forecast tepid quarterly revenue growth. Under the funding agreement,…
(Reuters) – AT&T said on Monday it had struck a $1 billion multi-year deal with Corning to buy fiber, cable, and connectivity solutions, as the U.S. telecom giant looks to expand its high-speed internet services. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT With the U.S. wireless market facing a slowdown, telecom companies such as AT&T and rival Verizon have…
By Tatiana Bautzer and Nupur Anand NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon blasted several major U.S. regulatory initiatives on capital rules, card payments and open banking at a conference on Monday. The outspoken executive, 68, who runs the largest U.S. lender, criticized what he called overlapping or ill-conceived regulations. “It’s time to…
