By Michael Erman, Patrick Wingrove and Maggie Fick NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. pharmaceutical industry is pushing to revamp the new law that allows Medicare to negotiate prices for its costliest prescription drugs once president-elect Donald Trump is back in office, according to lobbyists, executives, analysts and healthcare policy experts. Seven lobbyists and executives […]
BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street sued by Republican states over climate push
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street have been sued by Texas and 10 other Republican-led states, which said the large asset managers violated antitrust law through climate activism that reduced coal production and boosted energy prices. Wednesday’s complaint filed in the federal court in Tyler, Texas, is among the highest profile lawsuits […]
Orange signs deal with OpenAI to get access to pre-release AI models
By Gianluca Lo Nostro (Reuters) – Orange has struck a multi-year partnership with OpenAI in Europe that will give the French telecoms operator access to pre-release AI models, group chief artificial intelligence officer Steve Jarrett said on Wednesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Orange will become the first telecoms firm in Europe to have direct access to […]
Exclusive-Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say
By Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor’s alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter. The operation involved mercenary hackers who successfully breached the email […]