Oil prices up, hit nearly 3-month high as US inflation eases
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose over 1% on Thursday to their highest in nearly three…
Chip wars: How ‘chiplets’ are emerging as a core part of China’s tech strategy
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Eduardo Baptista (Reuters) – The sale of struggling Silicon Valley startup zGlue’s patents in 2021…
Strike at Canada’s Pacific ports ends with tentative, 4-year deal
By Chris Helgren VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) -Dock workers at ports along Canada’s Pacific coast and their employers accepted a…
Elon Musk launches AI firm xAI as he looks to take on OpenAI
(Reuters) -Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur, launched his long-teased artificial intelligence startup xAI on Wednesday, unveiling a team comprised of…
Nigeria’s Senate approves Tinubu’s $800 million World Bank loan request
By Camillus Eboh and Elisha Bala-Gbogbo ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday speedily approved a request by President Bola Tinubu…
WHO’s cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen -sources
By Jennifer Rigby and Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – (This June 29 story has been corrected to drop the reference…
AI startups bringing dollars but lean workforces to ailing San Francisco
By Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – In a frenzy unseen since the birth of social media in the early 2000s,…
Biden ‘guarantees’ US backs NATO in Finland, but Trump shadow lingers
By Steve Holland and Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Thursday gave his assurance that the United…
U.S. Treasury posts sharply higher $228 billion June deficit
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government posted a $228 billion budget deficit for June, up 156% from…
US govt tells vaccine makers to price updated COVID shots reasonably
(Reuters) -COVID vaccine makers should price their updated shots for the fall at a reasonable rate that would reflect the…