By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer Pegatron’s first U.S. factory, in Texas, is expected to be completed by the end of March, with trial production to begin around then or April, President and CEO Kuang-Chih Cheng said on Friday. The company, a supplier to Apple, Microsoft and Tesla, said…
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Fidelity Investments said on Friday it had reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit accusing Broadcom of threatening to cut off its access to software that had become central to the financial firm’s systems, creating a risk of outages and trading disruptions. The Boston-based asset manager moved…
Jan 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has sent notices to states and partners pausing public health grants that add up to about $5 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. HHS did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment. “The temporary pause is for HHS to implement a…
By Steve Holland, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Jan 22 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States has an “armada” heading toward Iran but hoped he would not have to use it, as he renewed warnings to Tehran against killing protesters or restarting its nuclear program….
FRANKFURT, Jan 16 (Reuters) – The German automotive industry is still seeing open questions, particularly insurance issues, before resuming transports through the Suez Canal, its business association VDA said on Friday. “The top priority for everyone involved is the absolute safety of the crews — this is a prerequisite for any decision to resume wider…
Jan 18 (Reuters) – European capitals may hit the U.S. with 93 billion euros ($107.71 billion) worth of tariffs or restrict American companies from the bloc’s market in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to NATO allies opposed to his campaign to take over Greenland, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The retaliation measures…
By Nicholas P. Brown NEW YORK, Jan 18 (Reuters) – European “weakness” necessitates U.S. control of Greenland for global stability, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday even as some lawmakers sounded alarms about the Trump administration’s effort to acquire the Arctic territory held by Denmark. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program, Bessent…
By Francois Murphy VIENNA, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Regional fears of a U.S. attack on Iran have eased after President Donald Trump said Tehran had assured him that protesters would not be executed, but he is keeping “all of his options on the table”, the White House said. The last major strikes on Iran were…
Jan 16 (Reuters) – OpenAI said on Friday it plans to start testing ads in its chatbot ChatGPT’s free and Go tiers, for users in the U.S. in the coming weeks. Microsoft-backed OpenAI plans to test ads at the bottom of the answers in ChatGPT when there is a relevant sponsored product or service based…
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Oil executives and lawyers for international oil companies are lobbying the U.S. and Venezuelan governments for changes in the OPEC member’s hydrocarbon law that would give them the right to freely export the oil they produce in Venezuela, sources involved in the talks said. As the administration…
