By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – New policies from the top U.S. securities regulator hand corporate boards more power over investors in ways that could curtail investor-initiated reform efforts on everything from climate policy to director contests, experts say. Since last month when U.S. President Donald Trump named Mark Uyeda acting chair of the Securities and […]
US crude, gasoline stockpiles likely rose last week, distillate draw seen: Reuters poll
(Reuters) – U.S. crude oil and gasoline stockpiles were expected to have risen last week, while distillate inventories likely fell, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Tuesday. Three analysts polled by Reuters, ahead of weekly inventory data, estimated on average that crude inventories rose by about 2.2 million barrels in the week to February 14. […]
OPEC+ is not considering delay to April oil supply hike, Novak says
MOSCOW (Reuters) – OPEC+ producers are not considering delaying a series of monthly oil supply increases that is scheduled to begin in April, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported. Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing delegates, that OPEC+, which groups the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting […]
China’s Xi holds rare meet with business leaders amid US tech rivalry
BEIJING (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping held a rare meeting on Monday with some of the biggest names in China’s technology sector, such as Alibaba founder Jack Ma, urging them to “show their talent” and be confident in the power of China’s model and market. The tightly choreographed pro-business rally, a turnaround in Beijing’s approach […]
Trump sending fewer market moving social media posts than previous term, study shows
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Donald Trump has so far sent comparatively fewer market-moving social media posts since being re-elected than during his first term in power, a study by U.S. investment bank JPMorgan has estimated. The bank’s analysts found that only 10% of the 126 posts Trump had published this time around on […]
Microsoft to invest $700 million to boost Poland’s cybersecurity
WARSAW (Reuters) -Microsoft plans to invest an additional 700 million dollars in Poland to improve Polish cybersecurity in cooperation with the country’s armed forces, the company’s president said on Monday without elaborating. In a joint press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Microsoft President Smith said the investment would be for a second phase […]
Banks sell down more X debt; just $1.3 billion now left on their books
By Shankar Ramakrishnan (Reuters) -Banks led by Morgan Stanley have sold to investors another chunky portion of loans that formed the $13 billion debt supporting Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, now X, in 2022, a source with knowledge of the deal said. On Thursday, they completed the secondary sale of $4.74 billion of […]
Bridgewater adds Tesla stake, reduces rest of ‘Magnificent 7’
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates added shares of Tesla to its portfolio in the fourth quarter, while it trimmed exposure to the rest of the “Magnificent Seven” group of U.S. tech and growth stocks, a regulatory filing showed. The firm founded by investor Ray Dalio ended December with […]
Musk’s xAI in talks to raise $10 billion at $75 billion valuation, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Elon Musk’s xAI is discussing to raise $10 billion that could value the artificial intelligence startup at about $75 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Existing investors, including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Valor Equity Partners are in talks to participate in the transaction, the report said. […]
Dell nears deal to sell $5 billion in AI servers to xAI, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Dell Technologies is nearing a deal worth more than $5 billion to provide Elon Musk’s xAI with servers optimized for artificial intelligence work, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the company gained 4% after the report, which said Dell would sell servers containing Nvidia’s GB200 semiconductors to […]