By Jody Godoy NEW YORK, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Netflix says it must acquire Warner Bros Discovery to compete with YouTube, but antitrust experts doubt regulators will buy that argument. The streaming giant’s $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery’s studios and HBO Max will face scrutiny from U.S. and global regulators, given its scale…
By Sheila Dang and Vallari Srivastava HOUSTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil is targeting $25 billion in earnings growth from 2024 to 2030 and will increase oil and gas production, the top U.S. oil producer said on Tuesday as it leans on profitable assets in Guyana and the Permian Basin. Exxon also announced that…
Dec 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would sign an executive order this week that he said would create a single national rule for artificial intelligence, which the industry has said is necessary to override disparate laws passed by U.S. states. The move would deliver a win for Big Tech…
By Shashwat Chauhan Dec 1 (Reuters) – “The Big Short” investor Michael Burry took aim at electric automaker Tesla in a blog post, saying the Elon Musk-led company is “ridiculously overvalued”, days after he voiced concerns about the current AI boom. Burry estimated that Tesla dilutes its shareholders at about 3.6% per year with no…
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin said on Thursday it will build a bigger, more powerful variant of its New Glenn rocket, drawing early plans for a family of orbital satellite launchers akin to the fleet of Falcon rockets from Elon Musk’s dominant SpaceX. The new rocket, announced after New…
By Anousha Sakoui (Reuters) -Activist investor Elliott Investment Management has built a significant stake in Barrick Mining, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Barrick has faced a challenging year, including the loss of control of its Mali gold mine, which triggered a $1 billion write-off, and the departure of Mark Bristow as…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. airlines on Friday scrambled to cut 4% of flights at 40 major airports after the government imposed an unprecedented cut to air travel citing air traffic control safety concerns because of a record-setting government shutdown. The cuts, which began at 6 a.m. ET (1100 GMT), include about 700 flights…
By Nate Raymond and Leah Douglas (Reuters) -The Trump administration said it plans to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans on Monday after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown. The administration laid out the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan in…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans on Friday showed little sign of heeding President Donald Trump’s latest call to jettison the Senate filibuster and bypass a Democratic roadblock to reopening the partially shuttered federal government. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who has repeatedly defended the filibuster for years, has not changed his position on the…
(Reuters) -JP Morgan analysts on Thursday maintained a bullish outlook on gold, forecasting prices could reach an average of $5,055 per ounce by the fourth quarter of 2026. The forecast is based on “demand assumptions that see investor demand and central bank buying averaging around 566 tons a quarter in 2026,” the bank said in…
