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US, Iran Leave Qatar Talks With Hormuz Future Still Unclear
The Strait of Hormuz remains a centerpiece to ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end their four-month war, but two days of…
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FedEx, Pilots Near Deal With 40% Pay Raise After Five Years of Talks
Mere hours after FedEx’s soon-to-be spun off trucking division concluded its first investor day meeting Wednesday, the logistics giant and…
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Oil prices slide 2% to two-week low on talk of progress in US-Iran talks
Investors are closely watching US-Iran relations as any escalation or conflict could lead to Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz Oil prices…
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Hapag-Lloyd in talks to buy Israel’s Zim Integrated Shipping; sale price to exceed US$3.5 billion
Zim will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange once the necessary regulatory and government approvals come through G-LLOYD is in…
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Charlie Smith Talks Nothing’s India Flagship, Partnership Pipeline
LONDON — Smartphone-maker Nothing on Saturday unveiled its 5,032-square-foot flagship in India‘s tech hub Bengaluru. Inspired by ’70s…
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Oil settles almost 3% down on easing supply concerns ahead of US, Iran talks
Oil prices settled down almost 3 per cent on Thursday in choppy trading, after the US and Iran agreed to hold talks in Oman on Friday,…
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Oil prices climb 3% as market awaits US-Iran talks
Opec members Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq export most of their crude via the Strait of Hormuz, mainly to…
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Ford and Geely in talks for manufacturing, technology partnership, sources say
and China’s Geely are in discussions about a potential partnership, eight people with knowledge of the ongoing talks said, as the world’s…
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Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon in talks to invest up to US$60 billion in OpenAI, The Information reports
IA, Amazon and Microsoft are in talks to invest up to US$60 billion in OpenAI, The Information reported on Wednesday. Nvidia, an existing…
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SoftBank in talks to invest up to US$30 billion more in OpenAI, source says
BANK is in discussions to invest up to an additional US$30 billion in OpenAI, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.…
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Kate Hudson Talks Oscars; Elizabeth Debicki Swaps Athleisure for Armani
At Tuesday night’s Giorgio Armani Privé show, Kate Hudson was feeling a little hoarse, joking that it had less to do with the 12-hour…
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SoftBank stops talks to buy data centre firm Switch
O] SoftBank Group has halted talks about an acquisition of US data centre operator Switch, a setback to founder Masayoshi Son’s ambition…
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Ford in talks to use BYD batteries for overseas factories
The American automaker is ramping up hybrid production and has plans to roll out more gas-electric models Ford Motor is in talks with…
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Glencore and Rio in talks to form world’s biggest miner
Glencore and Rio Tinto Group are in talks about a US$207 billion deal that would create the world’s biggest mining company, a little over…
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Glencore and Rio Tinto in talks to form world’s biggest miner
Rio Tinto Group is in talks to buy Glencore to create the world’s biggest mining company with a combined market value of more than US$200…
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OUE Reit in ‘exclusive talks’ for partial stake in Salesforce Tower in Sydney
There is no certainty that any transaction will materialise at this juncture, says manager OUE Real Estate Investment Trust (OUE Reit) is…
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AMD unveils new chip for corporate data centres, talks up demand
The company is widely regarded as the closest rival to Nvidia in the market for chips that create and run AI software Advanced Micro…
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Lady Glenconner Talks About Life With the British Royals in Her New Book, ‘Manners & Mischief’
LONDON— For an inside track on the British royals — the good bits, at least — look no further than Lady Glenconner’s latest, and possibly…
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Amazon in talks to invest in OpenAI, source says
AMAZON is in discussions to invest in OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, in a potential deal that could value the artificial intelligence…
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Waymo in talks to raise billions at over US$100 billion valuation: report
ALPHABET unit Waymo is in talks with potential investors to raise money at a valuation of at least US$100 billion, The Information…
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Li Ka-shing’s US$19 billion ports sale slows due to complex talks
CK Hutchison has said that it would not proceed with a transaction that did not have the approval of all relevant authorities Hong Kong…
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Oil settles down 1%, focus on Russia-Ukraine peace talks, Fed
Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday after falling 2 per cent in the previous session, with investors keeping a close eye on peace talks to…
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PepsiCo plans layoffs as it looks to wrap up Elliott talks
Companies have frequently requested staff to work from home in recent years ahead of layoffs PepsiCo announced a series of operational…
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Oil falls 2% as Iraqi oilfield production restored, Ukraine talks continue
Oil prices slipped 2 per cent on Monday (Dec 8) after Iraq restored production at one of its oilfields which accounts for 0.5 per cent of…