(Reuters) -Israeli contract chipmaker Tower Semiconductor forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Monday, driven by steady demand for its chips used in the automotive and industrial markets. The company’s U.S.-listed shares were up 5% in early trading. Tower Semiconductor has also seen higher demand for its advanced chip technologies used in optical fiber…
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK, August 4 (Reuters) -Google has signed agreements with two U.S. electric utilities to reduce its AI data center power consumption during times of surging demand on the grid, the company said on Monday, as energy-intensive AI use outpaces power supplies. Utilities in the country have been inundated with requests for…
By Max A. Cherney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Broadcom’s silicon division launched its next-generation Jericho networking chip on Monday, which is designed to connect data centers over 60 miles (96.5 km) apart and speed artificial intelligence computation. The company’s Jericho4 introduces and improves several features that increase the amount of networking traffic speeding across large networks…
By Karen Freifeld and Alexandra Alper (Reuters) -Thousands of license applications by U.S. companies to export goods and technology around the globe, including to China, are in limbo because turmoil at the agency in charge of approving them has left it nearly paralyzed, two sources said. While U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has become a…
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve said Friday that Governor Adriana Kugler is resigning early from her term and will exit the central bank on Aug. 8, potentially shaking up what was already a fractious succession process for Fed leadership amid difficult relations with President Donald Trump. The Fed said in a statement…
August 1 (Reuters) -Ford is recalling 312,120 vehicles in the U.S. as loss of power brake assist while driving can extend stopping distance and increase the risk of a crash, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday. The recall affects certain 2025 Lincoln Navigator, F-150, Expedition, Bronco, and Ranger vehicles. The agency…
By Emma Rumney LONDON (Reuters) -Diageo’s new interim CEO Nik Jhangiani has charmed investors with his cool confidence and clear communication, in contrast to his predecessor who struggled to win over the company’s shareholders during her short term. But whoever takes on the full-time leadership of the world’s top spirits maker will inherit challenges that…
(Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives appeared poised to pass key crypto legislation on Thursday, including the creation of a regulatory framework for U.S.-dollar-pegged cryptocurrency tokens known as stablecoins, after two days of fraught negotiations. House lawmakers in Washington were due to convene on Thursday afternoon to consider passing the stablecoin bill and another that…
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By Marcelo Teixeira, Karl Plume and Renee Hickman NEW YORK (Reuters) -A possible move by Coca-Cola , and other beverage and food industries, to use cane sugar instead of corn syrup as a sweetener would be difficult and expensive to implement, while mostly negative for farmers in the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump said…
