‘Peak Fed’ aggravates U.S. debt ceiling strains: McGeever

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -Markets are struggling to disentangle their assumption the Federal Reserve will quickly reverse its final rate rise within months from anxiety around a summer debt ceiling showdown – and suspect rates pricing may be skewed by the latter. Policymakers have indicated, via their median ‘dot plot’ projections and public…

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China’s CCTV slams Western hype of its population decline

By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Western media reports on China’s population being overtaken by India deliberately ignores China’s development, using the topic to “bad mouth” it and advocate decoupling, state broadcaster CCTV said on Thursday. CCTV’s sharply worded commentary said the subtext from Western media in recent years was that China’s development was in…

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GlobalFoundries sues IBM, says trade secrets were unlawfully given to Japan’s Rapidus

By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, California, (Reuters) -Chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries Inc said on Wednesday it had filed a lawsuit against International Business Machines Corp, accusing it of unlawfully sharing confidential intellectual property and trade secrets. New York-based GlobalFoundries said in its complaint that IBM had shared IP and trade secrets with Rapidus, a new state-backed…

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Japan March export growth slows, annual trade deficit widens to record

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s export growth slowed in March, dragged down by a drop in China-bound shipments of cars and steel in a slide that underscores concern about slackening global demand amid higher interest rates and Western banking-sector jitters. Import growth outpaced exports in March, due to the hefty cost of coal, crude…

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to address Mexican lawmakers on Thursday

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address Mexican lawmakers on Thursday by video, the lower house of Congress said, as he seeks support in his country’s war with Russia. The Mexican government has said it wants to remain neutral in the conflict, and some supporters of Ukraine have criticized leftist President Andres Manuel…

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Musk says Tesla likely to launch full self-drive technology ‘this year’

By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Elon Musk said on Wednesday that electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla likely will launch full self-drive technology this year and generate significant profits that offset some of the margin pressure it’s facing due to aggressive price cuts. “I hesitate to say this but I think we’ll do it…

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