(Reuters) – Nikola Corp on Tuesday reported a bigger quarterly loss and said it would pause production to streamline the assembly line at its Coolidge, Arizona, factory amid sluggish demand for its battery-powered trucks. The company said it would double down on cutting costs and that it will build battery electric trucks only to order,…
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus delivered 54 airplanes in April, bringing its total for the year to 181, down 5% from the same period a year ago but enough to re-establish an industrial lead over U.S. rival Boeing, company data showed on Tuesday. The world’s largest planemaker also sold five planes in April, all of them…
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Meta Platforms Inc’s opposition to proposed legislation that would compel payment by its Facebook unit and other internet companies for journalistic content was based on a flawed argument that news has no economic value. Speaking to a parliamentary committee about the…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday he opposes the idea of extending the nation’s debt-ceiling through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, ahead of an afternoon meeting with Democratic President Joe Biden. Asked by reporters whether he would support such a move to help…
By Hyunjoo Jin and Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) -Tesla Inc on Monday broke ground on a Texas lithium refinery that CEO Elon Musk said should produce enough of the battery metal to build about 1 million electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025, making it the largest North American processor of the material. The facility will push Tesla…
By Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investment bankers working on mergers, acquisitions or equity offerings are expected to have their bonuses cut by the biggest proportion on Wall Street this year, compensation consultants Johnson Associates said in a report on Tuesday.As deals dry up, bonuses for investment bankers are forecast to shrink 10% to…
(Reuters) – Americans’ confidence in Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s economic stewardship has skidded to the lowest of any recent U.S. central bank head, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday that also showed broad doubts about the country’s economic leadership overall. Just 36% of respondents to a Gallup poll taken last month said they…
By Ananya Mariam Rajesh and Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -Coty Inc on Tuesday raised its annual profit forecast for the second time, as the CoverGirl parent banks on price hikes, new launches and resilient demand for its high-end and affordable fragrances and cosmetics. The company also crushed estimates for quarterly earnings, as improving supplies of…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. small business confidence fell to more than a 10-year low in April on worries about the near-term economic outlook and persistent worker shortages, but there were few signs that businesses were having difficulties accessing credit. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) said on Tuesday its Small Business Optimism…
By Kane Wu and Yantoultra Ngui HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. private equity group KKR & Co Inc and Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management are among potential bidders for the waste and recycling management arm of Singapore’s energy group Sembcorp in a deal that could value the unit at around $500 million, said two sources with…
