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Luminar to cut nearly 20% jobs as part of restructuring
(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 ...
Reddit CEO beneficially owns 61.5% of class A shares, regulatory filing shows
(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 ...
China's Zeekr seeks up to $5.13 billion valuation in US IPO
(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 ...
Exxon to take 18-24 months to hit full stride with Pioneer purchase
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. ...
Exclusive-Panama to bar First Quantum from mining copper during closure process
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
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.
US small caps struggle as elevated interest rates take a toll
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.
Aetna will cover fertility treatments for LGBTQ people under court settlement
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, ...
Biden vetoes bid to repeal US labor board rule on contract, franchise workers
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 ...
Exclusive-Stanford AI leader Fei-Fei Li building 'spatial intelligence' startup
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 ...