By Sam Tobin and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Microsoft’s appeal against Britain’s block on its $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard was formally paused by a London tribunal on Monday, to give the parties more time to resolve the dispute. Microsoft, Activision and Britain’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), had all asked…
By Stephen Nellis, Karen Freifeld and Andrea Shalal (Reuters) – The U.S.-based Semiconductor Industry Association trade group on Monday called on the Biden administration to “refrain from further restrictions” on chip sales to China as chief executives from the biggest U.S. semiconductor firms planned to visit Washington this week to press their views on China…
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Investments in space startups stayed flat in the second quarter, a positive sign for a sector that faced a funding slump over the past few quarters due to the grim economic outlook, a report by venture capital firm Space Capital showed. The April-June period saw $6 billion in investments in…
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Tesla sued Australian company Cap-XX in Texas federal court on Friday, claiming its supercapacitors used for storing energy in electric-vehicle batteries infringe two U.S. patents owned by a Tesla subsidiary. Tesla CEO Elon Musk pledged in 2014 not to “initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday the United States was making good progress in bringing inflation down and she did not expect the U.S. economy to enter into a recession. Yellen, speaking to Bloomberg TV from India during a meeting of Group of 20 finance officials, said slower…
(Reuters) – U.S. startup Fisker said on Monday it would produce 100 limited edition electric sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for the Indian market and expects to begin deliveries in the fourth quarter this year. The company had said in September it would begin selling its Ocean electric SUVs in India by July 2023, with local…
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Microsoft said on Friday that Chinese hackers misappropriated one of its digital keys and used a flaw in the company’s code to steal emails from U.S. government agencies and other clients. The company said in a blog post that the hackers were able to use the key – which they…
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Tesla’s strategy to boost sales through price cuts is likely to have powered its strongest revenue growth in five quarters while dragging down margins to a three-year low in the April-June period. The Elon Musk-led electric-vehicle maker has since late last year launched a price war to stoke demand and…
By Jahnavi Nidumolu and Krystal Hu (Reuters) -Twitter’s cash flow remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue and a heavy debt load, Elon Musk said on Saturday, falling short of his expectation in March that Twitter could reach cash flow positive by June. “Need to reach positive cash flow before we…
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Globally agreed rules leave crypto firms with no option but to introduce basic safeguards to prevent the blow-ups seen at FTX exchange and other crypto casualties, the G20’s Financial Stability Board said on Monday. The FSB published on Monday final recommendations requested by the G20 on supervising firms that…
