U.S. Senate approves bill on climate change, drug costs Nvidia slides as slump in gaming demand hits Q2 revenue Tyson Foods down on quarterly profit miss Palantir drops on forecast cut Indexes mixed: Dow up 0.14%; S&P, Nasdaq slip Aug 8 (Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes were mixed on Monday after blockbuster jobs data last …
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Private equity giant Carlyle Group is replacing its chief executive Kewsong Lee, who will leave the New York and Washington-based group just two years after he was appointed in July 2020. Lee’s exit, announced on Sunday evening, came after Carlyle’s board met and decided to end contract negotiations with Lee, according to a source with …
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SoftBank was in a bubble on valuations- Son No sacred areas for cost cuts- Son SoftBank has exited stake in Uber Announced Y400 bln share buyback TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is planning to cut headcount at its flagship Vision Fund investing arm, CEO Masayoshi Son said on Monday, after a …
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A band of billionaires, including Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates, among others, is betting that below the surface of the hills and valleys on Greenland’s Disko Island and Nuussuaq Peninsula there are enough critical minerals to power hundreds of millions of electric vehicles. “We are looking for a deposit that will be the …
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“This is great for Axios, for our shareholders and American journalism,” Jim VandeHei, the media company’s co-founder and CEO, said of the sale to Cox Enterprises. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images “This is great for Axios, for our shareholders and American journalism,” Jim VandeHei, …
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Policymakers in Washington are promoting electric vehicles as a solution to climate change. But an uncomfortable truth remains: Battery-powered cars are much too expensive for a vast majority of Americans. Congress has begun trying to address that problem. The climate and energy package passed on Sunday by the Senate, the Inflation Reduction Act, would give …
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A pair of top Federal Reserve officials is indicating that additional sharp interest rate hikes are on the way as the central bank scrambles to bring down decades-high inflation. San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said Sunday that the Fed is “far from done” in its effort to lower prices. Daly is a member of …
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Congress is poised to approve newly expanded tax credits for electric vehicles, but the rules are written in such a way as to effectively disqualify every EV that’s currently on the market today. That’s because most EVs run on lithium-ion batteries that are mostly made in China. The nation has a lock on some 76 …
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(Kitco News) The strong employment report proved that the U.S. economy is still expanding despite two consecutive negative quarterly GDP releases. And for gold, this means that the price rally could be at risk, according to TD Securities. In reaction to the U.S. economy adding 528,000 jobs in July, gold lost 1% on Friday. The …
Gas prices are displayed at an Exxon gas station on July 29, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The consumer outlook for inflation decreased significantly in July amid a sharp drop in gas prices and a growing belief that the rapid surges in food and housing also would ebb in the future. …
