Tag: INDS08
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U.S. battery sourcing guidelines to cut some EV tax credits — official
WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) – The long-awaited guidance from the US Treasury Department regarding battery procurement requirements for electric vehicle tax credits expected by Friday will result in fewer vehicles receiving full or partial credits, a US official told Reuters. In December, the Treasury Department decided not to release its proposed battery procurement guidelines until […]
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Alibaba’s break-up plan raises hopes that China’s crackdown on technology will come to an end
March 29 (Reuters) – Shares in Alibaba Group (9988.HK) and other leading Chinese tech companies rose on Wednesday as investors hailed an unprecedented revamp of the Jack Ma-founded company as the beginning of the end of Beijing’s crackdown on the sector. Alibaba said Tuesday it planned to split into six units and explore fundraising or […]
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Research shows that China has spent $240 billion on bailing out Belt & Road countries
JOHANNESBURG, March 28 (Reuters) – China has spent $240 billion between 2008 and 2021 to bail out 22 developing countries, with the amount soaring in recent years as more people have struggled to repay loans spent on building of “Belt & Road” infrastructure, according to a study published Tuesday. Nearly 80% of bailout loans were […]
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US and Japan sign trade deal on battery minerals for electric vehicles
WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) – The United States and Japan on Tuesday announced a trade deal on battery minerals for electric vehicles that is essential to strengthening their battery supply chains and giving Japanese automakers wider access to a new $7,500 US EV tax credit. The swiftly negotiated agreement prohibits the two countries from imposing […]
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China’s industrial earnings slump is deepening amid weak demand and high costs
China Jan-Feb Industrial Profit -22.9% y/y vs -4.0% for 2022 Recovery far from solid, demand and cost issues persist BEIJING, March 27 (Reuters) – The slump in earnings for Chinese industrial companies deepened in the first two months of 2023, weighed down by weak demand and stubbornly high costs as the world’s second-largest economy struggled […]
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Australia’s Latitude Group says 7.9 million driver’s license numbers have been stolen in data theft
Data theft far greater than declared on March 16 Driver’s license, passport numbers, customer data stolen Shares fall 2.5% March 27 (Reuters) – Australian consumer finance firm Latitude Group Holdings Ltd (LFS.AX) said hackers stole nearly 8 million Australian and New Zealand driver’s license numbers in one of the country’s largest confirmed data breaches, sending […]
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The lending of digital books by the Internet Archive is in violation of copyright, according to the rules of US judges
25 March (Reuters) – A US judge has ruled that an online library run by the non-profit organization Internet Archive infringed the copyrights of four major US publishers by lending digitally scanned copies of their books. The ruling by US District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan on Friday came in a closely watched lawsuit that […]
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Factbox: Warren Buffett’s Investments in Financial Firms
NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett has been in talks with senior officials in the Biden administration about the banking crisis, leading some to speculate that Buffett might consider investing in the sector following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank . Buffett is known to invest during tough times for the […]
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Hindenburg shuts down Jack Dorsey’s payment firm Block, shares collapse
March 23 (Reuters) – Hindenburg Research announced short positions in Block Inc (SQ.N) on Thursday, claiming the Jack Dorsey-led payments company overstated its user numbers and underestimated its customer acquisition costs. Shares of Block fell 20% to $57.85 in premarket trading after the report. If losses continue through the session, the stock could post its […]
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US mortgage rates fall the most in 4 months in the wake of the SVB, says MBA
22 March (Reuters) – Last week’s turmoil in the banking sector had at least one silver lining for US homebuyers: lower mortgage rates. Interest rates on America’s most popular home loan fell the most in four months last week following the bankruptcy of Silicon Valley Bank and emergency measures taken to support the broader banking […]