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Luminar to cut nearly 20% jobs as part of restructuring

Reuters |Updated 15 hours ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Luminar Technologies, a maker of lidar sensors for self-driving cars, said on Friday that it would cut its workforce by about 20%, as part of a restructuring plan for the current year. As of December last year, the company had nearly ...

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Reddit CEO beneficially owns 61.5% of class A shares, regulatory filing shows

Reuters |Updated 15 hours ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman beneficially owns 62.4 million Class A shares of the social media company, a regulatory filing showed on Friday. Those shares were equivalent to 61.5% of the share class, based on a calculation ...

ZEEKR EV cars are displayed at the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2024.

China's Zeekr seeks up to $5.13 billion valuation in US IPO

Reuters |Updated 13 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) -Electric vehicle maker Zeekr Intelligent Technology Holding said on Friday it was targeting a valuation of up to $5.13 billion in its U.S. initial public offering (IPO), the first major floatation of a China-based company in more than two ...

Bart Cahir, Senior Vice President of ExxonMobil attends the 2019 OTC Brasil Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 29, 2019.

Exxon to take 18-24 months to hit full stride with Pioneer purchase

Sabrina Valle |Updated 15 hours ago |2 min read

By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) -Exxon Mobil will take 18 to 24 months to achieve its full production synergies from its $60 billion purchase of U.S. shale oil producer Pioneer Natural Resources, the company's top shale executive said on Friday. ...

Panama's Trade Minister Jorge Rivera Staff speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office, in Panama City, Panama May 2, 2024.

Exclusive-Panama to bar First Quantum from mining copper during closure process

Elida Moreno, Valentine Hilaire |Updated 18 hours ago |3 min read

By Valentine Hilaire and Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama will bar First Quantum from extracting copper during the closure of the mine it lost the rights to run last year, the country's trade minister Jorge Rivera Staff told Reuters, ...

CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar weakens, benchmark yield slips

Reuters |Updated 18 hours ago |1 min read

The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Friday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped.  The loonie was trading 0.1% lower at C$1.368 to the greenback, or 73.1 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3611 to 1.3691.

Signage is seen at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 11, 2022.

US small caps struggle as elevated interest rates take a toll

David Randall |Updated 19 hours ago |3 min read

By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - The prospect of interest rates remaining elevated as the Federal Reserve battles inflation is further clouding the outlook for shares of smaller U.S. companies, which have lagged broader markets this year.

A logo of Aetna is displayed on a monitor above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., December 5, 2017.

Aetna will cover fertility treatments for LGBTQ people under court settlement

Daniel Wiessner |Updated 19 hours ago |2 min read

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Aetna will pay $2 million and update its coverage policies to settle a lawsuit claiming the health insurer required LGBTQ beneficiaries to pay more out of pocket for fertility treatments than heterosexual people, ...

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the Teachers of the Year state dinner at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 2, 2024.

Biden vetoes bid to repeal US labor board rule on contract, franchise workers

Daniel Wiessner |Updated 20 hours ago |2 min read

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - President Joe Biden followed through on Friday on his vow to veto a Republican-backed measure that would have repealed a U.S. labor board rule treating companies as the employers of many of their contract and ...

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Exclusive-Stanford AI leader Fei-Fei Li building 'spatial intelligence' startup

Katie Paul, Anna Tong and Krystal Hu |Updated 20 hours ago |3 min read

By Katie Paul, Anna Tong and Krystal Hu NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Prominent computer scientist Fei-Fei Li is building a startup that uses human-like processing of visual data to make artificial intelligence (AI) capable of advanced ...

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