Chile central bank says economy recovering but some sectors lag
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's central bank said in a report on Tuesday that the economy is broadly recovering, though some sectors have lagged and financial market depth has not yet returned to levels seen before the coro...
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Inflation-hit Argentina launches new top banknote, worth just $10
(Reuters) - Argentina has a new largest banknote, the 10,000 peso, which is five times the size of the previous top bill but still only worth around $10 as the South American country grapples with the world's highest inflation rate that is nearing ...
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Apple expected to show new iPads and possibly a new chip
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple plans to hold a virtual event on Tuesday where it is expected to show new iPad models, some of which could come with a new chip aimed at speeding up artificial intelligence tasks carried out on the devices. Its l...
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CICC, Citic, JPMorgan cut investment banking jobs in China as deals stall
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Two Chinese companies and JPMorgan have become the latest banking groups to cut jobs in China as a slow recovery in listing and dealmaking activities force them to ramp up cost controls, six sources with knowledge of the matter sai...
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US power and natgas prices turn negative in Texas, California and Arizona
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - U.S. spot power and natural gas prices turned negative in Texas, California and Arizona for Tuesday as pipeline maintenance trapped gas in the Permian Shale in West Texas amid low demand for energy and ample hydropower...
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Goldman Sachs names former Fed Dallas chief Kaplan as vice chairman
By Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday it had appointed Robert Kaplan, the former president of the Federal Reserve of Dallas, as its vice chairman, bringing an influential banker on to its management committee. Kaplan wil...
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Australian budget to target housing woes with more construction workers
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government will boost the number of skilled workers in the housing sector in next week's national budget, spending A$90.6 million ($59.76 million) on free training and making it easier for skilled construction work...
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Froot Loops maker WK Kellogg beats revenue estimates on higher prices
(Reuters) - WK Kellogg Co beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly sales on Tuesday, as higher product prices offset pressure from slowing demand for the Froot Loops maker's ready-to-eat breakfast items and snacks. Like other major brands in the pa...
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S&P 500, Dow futures inch higher ahead of Walt Disney results
(Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and Dow edged higher on Tuesday, ahead of quarterly results from Walt Disney, while expectations of the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts this year helped support market sentiments. The three main U.S. st...
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Ferrari's core earnings rose in Q1, sticks to FY guidance
MILAN (Reuters) - Ferrari said on Tuesday its core earnings rose 13% in the first quarter of the year as the luxury sports car maker was supported by pricing power and product mix, as well as by a greater contribution from personalisation. The Ital...
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Spirit Aero burns more cash as 737 output drops
(Reuters) -Spirit AeroSystems reported a higher first-quarter cash burn on Tuesday, squeezed by lower 737 production at the aerospace supplier's biggest customer, Boeing. Cash burn was $444 million for the three months ended March 28, compared with $69...
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Brazil's Embraer reports smaller adjusted net loss in Q1
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian planemaker Embraer reported on Tuesday an adjusted net loss of 63.5 million reais ($12.51 million) for the first quarter, less than the 460.5 million-real loss it posted a year earlier, according to a securities filing. T...
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Mexico's auto production, exports jump in April
(Reuters) - Mexico's automotive industry saw a jump in production in April while exports also increased from a year earlier, data from national statistics agency INEGI showed on Tuesday. Production increased by 21.74% to 358,575 vehicles and auto e...
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EV truck maker Nikola misses first-quarter revenue estimates
(Reuters) - Nikola missed Wall Street expectations for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, as the electric truck maker delivered fewer hydrogen fuel cell trucks amid an uncertain macroeconomic outlook and reduced spending by customers. The company report...
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Nissan CEO: committed to staying in China but strategy there must change
PARIS (Reuters) - Nissan is committed to staying in China but the company must change its strategy in the country, Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida told a business conference hosted by the Financial Times in Paris on Tuesday. Uchida added that Nissan was i...
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Tylenol maker Kenvue beats quarterly profit estimates, to cut 4% jobs
(Reuters) - Kenvue beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Tuesday, and said it would cut 4% of its global workforce amid the Tylenol and Band-Aid maker's efforts to expand its key brands. Since its spinoff from Johnson & Johnson in ...
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US seeks answers from Tesla in Autopilot recall probe
(Reuters) - U.S. auto safety investigators are seeking detailed answers and documents from Tesla in an investigation into the automaker's December recall of more than 2 million vehicles to install new Autopilot safeguards. The National Highway Traf...
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Disney posts surprise profit in streaming, raises earnings forecast
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney's streaming entertainment unit posted its first profit on Tuesday, two quarters ahead of schedule, and the media company raised its annual earnings per share outlook as it said turnaround efforts...
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Pakistan considers raising retirement age ahead of IMF visit
(Reuters) -Pakistan is considering raising its retirement age to reduce burgeoning pension payments ahead of the annual budget and International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visit, the country's finance minister said on Tuesday. An IMF mission is likely...
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Perpetual to be broken up with name being sold to KKR in nearly $1 billion deal, AFR reports
(Reuters) - Australia's Perpetual will be broken up, with its name sold to global investment firm KKR & Co, in a deal worth over A$1.5 billion ($990 million), the Australian Financial Review reported on Tuesday. The transaction will represent the b...
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Tesla's China-made EV sales fall 18% y/y in April
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. automaker Tesla sold 62,167 China-made electric vehicles in April, down 18% from a year earlier, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) data showed on Tuesday. Deliveries of China-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles slid ...
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BHP insists Anglo American's South African assets must go in any takeover, sources say
By Melanie Burton, Scott Murdoch and Lewis Jackson MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - BHP's plan to divest the South African assets of its target Anglo American are key to the strategy behind the proposed takeover and is expected to be a part of any revi...
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Saudi Aramco maintains $31 billion dividend despite lower Q1 net income
By Hadeel Al Sayegh DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabian state-owned oil giant Aramco expects to pay $31 billion in dividends to the Saudi government and its shareholders despite reporting lower earnings for the first quarter on Tuesday, hit by lower oil pri...
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UK house prices inch higher in April, Halifax says
LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices edged higher in April, rising 0.1% from March and up 1.1% from a year earlier, figures from mortgage lender Halifax showed on Tuesday, a slight acceleration from March's 0.4% annual growth as interest rates stay h...
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Toyota to get an earnings lift from hybrids as EV hype cools
By Daniel Leussink (Reuters) - Toyota Motor is expected to get a big lift from demand for hybrids when it reports annual earnings on Wednesday, illustrating how the world's top-selling automaker is poised to benefit as hype around battery electric ...
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