WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Meta said on Friday it was rolling back some restrictions that had applied to former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. The social media company indefinitely suspended Trump’s accounts following his praise of people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The company then reinstated his accounts in early […]
Wall Street closes higher on bets for Fed rate cut
By Noel Randewich and Medha Singh (Reuters) -Wall Street closed higher on Friday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting intraday record highs, on bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September, while big banks fell after reporting mixed results. Some of the market’s most valuable companies bounced […]
Musk’s Neuralink says tiny wires of brain chip in first patient now stable
By Leroy Leo and Sriparna Roy (Reuters) -The tiny wires of Neuralink’s brain chip implant used in the first participant in a trial run by Elon Musk’s company have become “more or less very stable”, a company executive said on Wednesday. The company had in May said that a number of tiny wires inside the […]
Take Five: Cancel Summer?
LONDON (Reuters) – Pressure on Joe Biden to step out of the U.S. presidential election race, mounting expectations of a September Fed rate cut, Q2 earnings, an ECB meeting and Britain’s king unveiling the legislative programme of the new Labour Government. Don’t race off for that summer break just yet. Here’s what to expect in […]
Intel on track for cumulative software sales of $1 billion by end 2027, exec says
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Intel’s push into software is going well and the company could have cumulative software revenue of $1 billion by the end of 2027, Chief Technology Officer Greg Lavender told Reuters. Intel made north of $100 million in software revenue in 2021, the year Lavender was brought in from cloud […]
Citi profit beats on surge in investment banking, services strength
By Tatiana Bautzer and Manya Saini (Reuters) -Citigroup beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter profit on Friday, boosted by a 60% jump in investment banking revenue and gains in its services division, sending the company’s shares up 3% before the bell. The third largest U.S. lender reported a profit of $1.52 per share in the […]
JPMorgan beats profit estimates on investment banking boost
By Niket Nishant and Nupur Anand (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase beat estimates for second-quarter profit on Friday, as its investment banking business benefited from a resurgence in dealmaking and strong capital market activity. More companies are tapping capital markets to raise funds and striking takeover deals as they become confident in the U.S. economy’s ability […]
IBAT launches new lithium extraction technology in Utah
(This July 11 story has been officially corrected to fix the companies’ production run rate in a bullet and in paragraphs 1-3 and corrects royalty information in paragraph 16) By Ernest Scheyder HOUSTON (Reuters) – International Battery Metals said this week it has launched its version of a novel type of lithium filtration technology, a […]
GM to invest $900 million to retool Michigan auto plant to build EVs
(Reuters) – General Motors plans to invest at least $900 million to retool a Lansing, Michigan auto plant to build electric vehicles, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Thursday. Granholm announced GM’s planned investment at an event in Lansing. Earlier on Thursday, she announced the largest U.S. automaker will receive $500 million in government grants to […]
Bain Capital to buy financial software vendor Envestnet in $4.5 billion deal
(Reuters) -Private equity firm Bain Capital will buy Envestnet in a $4.5 billion deal, with backing from a cohort of investors, including BlackRock and Fidelity Investments, the financial software vendor said on Thursday. Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based Envestnet offers software for wealth managers and data for financial institutions and investment research firms. Its clients include 16 of […]