By Steve Holland NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday defended President Donald Trump’s negotiations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, saying it could help bring about the end of the Ukraine war. “How are you going to end the war unless you’re talking to Russia?” Vance said during remarks […]
Together AI notches $3.3 billion valuation after General Catalyst-led fundraising
(Reuters) – Nvidia-backed Together AI said on Thursday it has raised $305 million in its latest funding round, which more than doubled the artificial-intelligence startup’s valuation from last year. The round, led by venture capital firm General Catalyst, valued the San Francisco, California-based company at $3.3 billion. Salesforce Ventures, chip giant Nvidia and Coatue also […]
Netflix to invest $1 billion in Mexico over next 4 years
By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The chief executive of streaming giant Netflix on Thursday announced a $1 billion investment to produce some 20 films and TV series in Mexico annually over the next four years. Speaking at President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference in Mexico City, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos said he looked […]
Macron says he will tell Trump not to be weak with Putin in Washington visit
By John Irish and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he will travel to Washington to try to convince President Donald Trump that his interests were in line with European allies and that showing any weakness to Russia’s Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and […]
Exclusive-Barrick Gold signs agreement with Mali to end mining dispute
By Divya Rajagopal, Portia Crowe and Giulia Paravicini (Reuters) -Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over its mining assets in the West African country, two people familiar with the developments told Reuters on Wednesday. Barrick has signed the agreement and it is […]
China ETFs draw bullish options bets on AI play and eased tariff fears
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds focused on China have drawn bullish options flows as the emergence of artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek brightens the outlook for Chinese tech shares, and tariff-related news seemed less threatening than before. Traders have been loading up in recent weeks on bullish options on the […]
Amazon to stop support for communications service Chime next year
(Reuters) – Amazon said it would stop support for its unified communications service, Chime, next year and will not accept new customers beginning Wednesday. Amazon employees have long used Chime, which lets users meet, chat and place business calls inside and outside the organization, as a preferred service for video calls. “After careful consideration, we […]
FAA says Musk DOGE team will help engineer solutions on airspace reforms
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Personnel from Elon Musk’s government downsizing team DOGE will make additional visits to Federal Aviation Administration facilities as they assist in efforts to modernize U.S. national airspace, the acting head of the agency said on Wednesday. Acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau said the DOGE team — which visited the Air […]
Exxon’s fourth floating oil production facility for Guyana departs from Singapore
By Marianna Parraga, Kemol King GEORGETOWN (Reuters) -The fourth floating production facility to be operated by a consortium led by Exxon Mobil in Guyana has departed from Singapore on its route to the South American country’s waters, according to a company executive and LSEG vessel tracking data seen on Tuesday. Once the floating production storage […]
BlackRock pauses corporate meetings in wake of new ESG rules
(Reuters) – BlackRock has temporarily paused meetings with some portfolio companies while studying the impact of new reporting rules from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people familiar with the matter. The top U.S. asset manager is among those affected by a recent SEC interpretation requiring fund firms to file more extensive ownership […]