(Reuters) – Apple is planning a new AirPods feature that would allow the device to live-translate conversations with people into another language, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The feature will be offered as a part of an AirPods software upgrade later this year, the report said, and will…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told Congress he signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s DOGE government reform team to provide assistance to the money-losing agency as it works to address “big problems.” USPS, an independent government agency with 635,000 employees that lost $9.5 billion last year, has been exempt from…
A new trade war battleground is emerging, and this time, it’s hitting European wines, champagnes, and spirits—a $40 billion industry with deep ties to the hospitality sector. In a major escalation of trade tensions, President Donald Trump has threatened a 200% tariff on European alcoholic beverages, following the European Union’s 50% retaliatory tariff on American whiskey…
(Reuters) -Softer U.S. labor market conditions against the backdrop of trade-policy uncertainty have prompted Barclays to raise its expectations to two rate cuts by the Federal Reserve for the year from one. The brokerage is expecting two quarter-point rate cuts in June and September, it said on Thursday. It had earlier projected one 25-basis point…
(Reuters) -Dollar General on Thursday forecast annual sales and profit targets below estimates, joining a growing list of retailers that have signalled a grim year as still-high inflation and economic uncertainty dent consumer spending. Retailers including Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Best Buy have raised caution about weak consumer spending in 2025 due to tariff…
(Reuters) – U.S. investment firm Blackstone will purchase a 40% stake in Indian real estate developer Kolte-Patil Developers in a deal worth 11.67 billion rupees ($134 million), the latter said on Thursday. Kolte-Patil will allot a Blackstone entity 14.3% preferential shares in a deal worth 4.17 billion rupees, while its controlling shareholders will sell another…
(Reuters) – Spirit Airlines parent Spirit Aviation Holdings said on Wednesday that the low-cost carrier has successfully completed its financial restructuring. The company said it has exited chapter 11 by finalizing a debt restructuring transaction approved by a U.S. bankruptcy judge in February. The restructuring allows the budget airline to convert $795 million in debt…
(Reuters) -Adobe beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter revenue on Wednesday, benefiting from strong spending on its portfolio of design products that boast artificial intelligence features. The company reported revenue of $5.71 billion, beating estimates of $5.66 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG. Adobe reaffirmed its annual revenue forecast and its CEO said the…
By David French, Isla Binnie and Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) – Dealmakers expect 2025 to be a bumper year for mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. power industry, with a voracious appetite for assets as the sector gears up to meet massive demand growth from data centers for artificial intelligence. Record power demand and dizzying projections…
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked a federal court in Seattle on Wednesday to delay a September trial in its case alleging Amazon misled consumers over its Prime subscription service, citing “severe resource shortfalls in terms of both money and personnel.” Jonathan Cohen, an attorney for the FTC, told U.S. District…
