By Akash Sriram and Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – Tesla is expected to report an 8% jump in third-quarter deliveries of its electric vehicles on Wednesday, Wall Street estimates show, driven by extended incentives and lucrative financing plans in the world’s largest auto market, China. Responding to sluggish Chinese spending amid flagging economic growth and rising…
(Reuters) -AT&T said on Monday it would sell its entire 70% stake in satellite TV provider DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6 billion, exiting a business marked by declining distributions for the telecom operator. AT&T, which acquired DirecTV in 2015, signed a joint-venture agreement with TPG in 2021, in which the private equity…
By Milana Vinn and David French (Reuters) – Buyout firm TPG has emerged as the frontrunner to pick up a minority stake worth $2 billion in Creative Planning, in a deal that could value the wealth management firm at more than $15 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday. The deal would mark…
By Haripriya Suresh and Praveen Paramasivam BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian authorities are set to begin a forensic investigation into the cause of a fire that broke out on Saturday at a Tata Electronics factory that makes components for Apple iPhones, a Tamil Nadu state official said on Sunday. The factory, for which Sunday was a…
By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) – Assets in actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) worldwide hit a record $1 trillion at the end of August, according to data provider ETFGI, boosted by easier regulations and a wave of product innovation. Active ETFs seek to outperform the indexes they are benchmarked to, including the S&P 500, the Nasdaq…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the U.S. deployment of intermediate-range missiles in the Philippines “undermines regional peace and stability”, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. Speaking to South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul in New York on Saturday, Wang also called for avoiding “war or chaos on the Korean Peninsula”, the…
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese air and naval forces are conducting manoeuvres in a disputed area of the South China Sea, the military said on Saturday, hours after the country’s top diplomat discussed ways of reducing regional tension with his U.S. counterpart. The news comes after Australia and the Philippines said their militaries would…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Thyssenkrupp’s 27,000 steel workers must brace for deep cuts, the new head of the conglomerate’s steel division told a German newspaper, setting the stage for significant layoffs. “Tough cuts are necessary. We have to become more profitable,” Dennis Grimm, spokesperson for Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe’s (TKSE) executive board, told Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ)…
(Reuters) – TD Bank is close to a possible guilty plea to criminal charges that its U.S. retail bank failed to curb money laundering tied to Chinese crime groups and illicit fentanyl sales, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Canada’s second-largest lender is in talks with U.S. federal prosecutors and its U.S. retail arm…
(Reuters) – Apple has left negotiations to participate in an OpenAI funding round expected to raise about $6.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday. The tech giant recently fell out of the talks for the round, set to close next week, the newspaper said, citing a person familiar with the matter. Other firms,…
