By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend talks in London aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday, after earlier saying he planned to travel to London. Bruce, speaking to reporters at a regular news briefing, said the talks will…

(Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google said on Tuesday it will not be rolling out a new standalone prompt for third-party cookies and will retain the tiny packets of code in its Chrome browser. Anthony Chavez, vice president of the Google-backed Privacy Sandbox initiative, said in July that Google would introduce a new experience in Chrome to let…

(Reuters) -Canada’s Barrick Gold is looking to sell its last mine in the country in a push to capitalize on record gold prices and a renewed interest in North American mining operations, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Earlier on Tuesday, the gold miner said it will exit the Donlin…

(Reuters) -Tesla short sellers are up an estimated $11.5 billion for the year-to-date and positioning is bearish going into the electric vehicle maker’s quarterly results due after market close, according to the latest report from S3 Partners. Tesla shares have tumbled 40% so far this year and analysts are expecting a weak report as January-March…

(Reuters) -Wall Street’s main indexes each slid to more than one-week lows on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on attacks against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, amplifying concerns about the central bank’s autonomy and rattling markets. Trump repeated his criticism of Powell, saying in a Truth Social post that the economy could…

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a proposed data privacy class action against Shopify, in a decision that could make it easier for American courts to assert jurisdiction over internet-based platforms. In a 10-1 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the Canadian e-commerce company…

By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global hedge funds last week dumped the so-called Magnificent Seven megacap stocks, bringing their exposure to the group to a two-year low just ahead of their earnings, according to a Morgan Stanley note to clients seen by Reuters. The bank said the Magnificent Seven stocks accounted for more than…

By Jody Godoy WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued Uber Technologies, accusing it of signing up some Uber One subscribers without their knowledge and making deceptive claims about the service. The service costs $9.99 a month and offers discounts on fees associated with Uber’s ride-hailing and food-delivery apps. Uber falsely…

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s shipbuilders on Saturday blasted as “short-sighted” U.S. port fees announced by President Donald Trump’s administration on China-linked ships, a measure aimed at the nation’s shipbuilding industry. Trump signed an order on Wednesday aimed at reviving U.S. shipbuilding and reducing China’s grip on the global shipping industry. His government the next day watered…

BEIJING (Reuters) – Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday that China was a very important market for Nvidia after the U.S. imposed a ban on sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to the country. “We hope to continue to cooperate with China,” Huang said in a meeting with Ren Hongbin, head of the…