Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Dam disaster deal should curb lawsuits against Vale and BHP, sources say
By Marta Nogueira, Lisandra Paraguassu and Ricardo Brito RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - An agreement by Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco to pay 170 billion reais ($29.85 billion) in comp...
Thomson Reuters Oct 22, 2024
Exclusive-TSMC told US of chip in Huawei device after TechInsights finding, source says
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company notified the U.S. a couple of weeks ago that one of its chips had been found in a Huawei device after a teardown by the tech re...
Thomson Reuters Oct 22, 2024
Anthropic releases AI to automate mouse clicks for coders
By Kenrick Cai and Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO - Anthropic, a startup backed by Alphabet and Amazon.com, released a pair of updated artificial intelligence models on Tuesday, along with a new capabil...
Thomson Reuters Oct 22, 2024
Exclusive-Engineering software firm Altair explores sale, sources say
By Anirban Sen and Milana Vinn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Altair Engineering, an engineering software maker with a market value of about $8 billion, is exploring a sale after receiving acquisition interest,...
Thomson Reuters Oct 22, 2024
Data storage in spotlight of Italian security committee after Intesa breach
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Italy's influential parliamentary committee on security will hold a round of hearings on data storage following a major breach at the country's biggest bank Intesa S...
Thomson Reuters Oct 22, 2024
Four children among 18 killed after Israeli strike near Beirut hospital, ministry says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed, including four children, and 60 were wounded in an Israeli strike on Monday near Beirut's main government hospital, the health ministry said on Tuesd...
Thomson Reuters Oct 22, 2024
Yellen says US to unveil new sanctions on Russian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that the U.S. will unveil strong new sanctions aimed at curbing Russia's Ukraine war efforts, including "intermediaries in t...
Thomson Reuters Oct 22, 2024
Ukraine's prosecutor general Andriy Kostin resigns amid draft-dodging scandal
(Reuters) - Ukraine's prosecutor general, Andriy Kostin, said on Tuesday he had resigned, in the wake of a domestic scandal where dozens of officials are alleged to have abused their position to recei...
Thomson Reuters Oct 22, 2024
Starboard Value CEO says Pfizer's board should hold management accountable
By Michael Erman and Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Starboard Value's chief investment officer Jeffrey Smith said on Tuesday that drugmaker Pfizer Inc's board needs to ho...
Thomson Reuters Oct 22, 2024
Amazon sets ultra-low pricing plans for Temu rival store, The Information reports
(Reuters) - Amazon.com is imposing severe price caps on what merchants can charge for their products on a new low-cost storefront that the e-commerce giant is preparing to launch, the Information repo...
Thomson Reuters Oct 22, 2024