Baker Hughes posts bigger loss on impairment charges
(Reuters) – Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes Inc reported a bigger quarterly loss due to impairment charges.
Nissan-Renault says open to partnerships to develop new car technologies
YOKOHAMA (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA are open to partnerships with other companies to equip their vehicles with sophisticated technology as automakers race to develop the cars of the future, the pair’s connected vehicles chief said…
Uber’s Otto hauls Budweiser across Colorado in self-driving truck
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – In the first real-world commercial use of autonomous trucking, some 45,000 cans of Budweiser beer arrived late last week to a warehouse after traveling over 120 highway miles in a self-driving truck with no driver at the wheel…
Euro zone releases 2.8 billion euro loan tranche to Greece
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The euro zone bailout fund ESM released on Tuesday a 2.8 billion euro loan tranche to Greece, following a commitment made by euro zone finance ministers earlier this month which was conditional on an assessment of the clearance of …
‘Siri, catch market cheats’: Wall Street watchdogs turn to A.I.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Artificial intelligence programs have beaten chess masters and TV quiz show champions. Next up: stock market cheats.
Exclusive – ChemChina ready to offer EU extra remedies to clear $43 billion Syngenta deal: source
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state-owned chemicals company ChemChina is ready to offer more concessions to win European Union anti-trust approval for its $43 billion bid for Swiss pesticide and seed group Syngenta AG , a source with direct knowledge of …
IBM apologises for Australian e-census bungle, setting off blame game
SYDNEY (Reuters) – International Business Machines Corp said on Tuesday it plans to compensate the Australian government for a “malicious” cyber-attack that shut down a national census, but blamed two domestic internet providers for the security lapse….
Must see TV: why gutting NAFTA unlikely to create U.S. jobs
CUIDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO (Reuters) – Both U.S. presidential candidates routinely criticize free-trade deals they blame for the loss of American jobs.
China’s HNA Group buys $6.5 billion stake in Hilton, extends hotels push
(Reuters) – China’s aviation and shipping giant HNA Group extended its push into hotels and Chinese tourism on Monday, paying $6.5 billion to buy a 25 percent stake in Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc from biggest shareholder Blackstone Group LP .
Netflix CEO gives conditional approval of AT&T-Time Warner deal
(Reuters) – Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings said he was in favor of AT&T Inc’s planned $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc, provided that his popular media streaming company continued to be treated fairly.
