US cancelling another $175 million in California high-speed rail projects

(Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday it is cancelling $175 million for four projects that are part of California’s high-speed rail project, following cancellation of $4 billion in federal grants for the state’s ambitious but much-delayed high-speed rail project in July. The Trump administration said Tuesday it will withdraw funding for grade separation,…

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Meta’s planned Louisiana AI data center to cost $50 billion, Trump says

(Reuters) -Meta’s planned AI data center in Louisiana will cost $50 billion, President Donald Trump said during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The social media company is building its largest data center in Richland Parish, which could handle intense computational power to support digital infrastructure, including artificial intelligence workloads. The Facebook and Instagram parent declined…

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Analysis-Canadian Pacific joins Buffett in rejecting railroad consolidation, narrowing merger prospects

By Sabrina Valle NEW YORK (Reuters) -Two major rail operators have taken themselves out of the merger game that has gripped the industry for the past month, reshaping the competitive landscape and raising the regulatory stakes for Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion tie-up with Norfolk Southern . Canadian Pacific Kansas City joined Warren Buffett’s BNSF…

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India to tap Amazon, Flipkart data directly in inflation revamp, roll out services index

By Shubham Batra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India will start sourcing price data directly from e-commerce giants including Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart to overhaul its benchmark inflation gauge, aiming to capture shifting consumption habits and address concerns that current data is outdated, the head of the statistics ministry said. The move could make India’s retail inflation…

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    Exclusive-Trump weighs using $2 billion in CHIPS Act funding for critical minerals, sources say

    By Ernest Scheyder and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -The Trump administration is considering a plan to reallocate at least $2 billion from the CHIPS Act to fund critical minerals projects and boost Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s influence over the strategic sector, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The proposed move would take from funds…

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