By Anastasiia Malenko and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he discussed air defence systems and sanctions on Russia with Donald Trump on the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral at the Vatican, in what he called the best meeting the two had ever had. In comments released by his presidential administration, Zelenskiy…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he will not remove Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Board chairman before his term ends in May 2026 while describing the central banker as “a total stiff” and repeating calls for the Fed to lower interest rates. Trump insisted that his moves to upend the…
By Jonathan Landay, Gram Slattery, Erin Banco and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials have finalized new economic sanctions against Russia, including banking and energy measures, to intensify pressure on Moscow to embrace U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end its war on Ukraine, according to three U.S. officials and a source familiar with…
(Reuters) -Apple is partnering with Amazon-backed startup Anthropic on a new “vibe-coding” software platform that will use artificial intelligence to write, edit, and test code on behalf of programmers, Bloomberg News reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. “Vibe coding” refers to a programming method where AI agents generate code, a concept gaining popularity…
(Reuters) – Nvidia has told some of its biggest Chinese customers that it is tweaking the design of its artificial intelligence chips so they can be sold to Chinese businesses without clashing with U.S. export rules, The Information reported on Friday. The chip giant has spoken with customers, including Alibaba Group, TikTok-parent ByteDance and Tencent…
(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs on Friday said it expects OPEC+ to announce a second consecutive increase in supply for June on Saturday, due to modest compliance from Kazakhstan, lower-than-expected OECD inventories, and Saudi Arabia’s ability to handle lower oil prices. The Wall Street bank expects the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies…
By Allison Lampert and Rajesh Kumar Singh (Reuters) -A plan by JetBlue Airways to sign a domestic partnership with another airline faces opposition from its pilot union, which has warned the move could “fundamentally reshape” the U.S. carrier and impact the future of its workers. The head of JetBlue’s pilot union told members on Wednesday…
By Deborah Mary Sophia and Greg Bensinger (Reuters) – Amazon.com reported first-quarter growth in its cloud unit that missed analyst estimates on Thursday, sending shares lower, despite forecasting optimistic companywide sales in the current period. Amazon forecast second-quarter sales largely above estimates, a reassuring sign to investors that the e-commerce company would navigate tariff-related uncertainty….
By Stephen Nellis and Akash Sriram SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Apple on Thursday reported results that narrowly beat Wall Street expectations as consumers stocked up on iPhones amid fears of potential import taxes on its signature device from President Donald Trump. The Cupertino, California-based company said its sales and profit for the fiscal second quarter ended…
By Rachael Levy, Abhirup Roy, Isla Binnie (Reuters) -Tesla’s board on Thursday rushed to defend its chief executive, Elon Musk, assuring he had the board’s confidence amid rising investor worries about his prolonged absences, polarizing politics and the EV maker’s plunging sales and profit. The board reacted after a Wall Street Journal report that it…
