WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin plans to unveil a new “affordable” cruise missile on Monday with a cost of about $150,000 and a range of over 500 miles (800 km) as the defense contractor works to tap a U.S. need to deter Chinese ambitions in the Pacific. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed U.S. and…
(Reuters) – Synopsys is looking to sell about $10 billion of bonds as soon as next week to help finance its acquisition of software maker Ansys, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The company asked Bank of America, HSBC Holdings and JPMorgan Chase to organise a series of fixed-income…
(Reuters) -Spirit AeroSystems reported a $577 million fourth-quarter operating loss on Friday, swinging from $215 million in operating income a year earlier, which was helped by a funding agreement with key customer Boeing. The major supplier to the U.S. planemaker reported $2.1 billion in net losses for 2024, and it “will need to obtain additional…
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Army Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, the head of the military’s health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army, was forced to retire on Friday, two sources told Reuters. The move comes just a week after President Donald Trump fired the…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on Saturday disclosed some cost and revenue data related to its hit V3 and R1 models, claiming a theoretical cost-profit ratio of up to 545% per day, though it cautioned that actual revenue would be significantly lower. This marks the first time the Hangzhou-based company has revealed any…
By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) -CME Group said on Friday that it plans to roll out futures contracts on cryptocurrency Solana on March 17, pending regulatory review. The exchange said it expects to debut two contracts, one for 500 Solana coins and a “micro-sized” contract for 25 Solana. “We are responding to increasing client demand for…
(Reuters) -Intel’s promised $28 billion chip fabrication plants in Ohio are facing further delays, with the first factory in New Albany now expected to be completed only by 2030, the struggling chipmaker said on Friday. The first factory will begin operations sometime shortly thereafter, between 2030 and 2031, the company said, extending its original timeline…
By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) – Amazon.com cut “a small number” of jobs at its Wondery podcast unit, known for “Dr. Death” and “Business Wars,” the company said in a statement to Reuters on Friday. Amazon purchased Wondery in 2020 for a reported $300 million and last year signed a three-year $100 million deal for rights…
By Ashitha Shivaprasad and Shivansh Tiwary (Reuters) – Demand for industrial precious metals platinum and palladium will likely fall if tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump on U.S. auto imports dampen vehicle sales, analysts said. Earlier this month, Trump said levies on automobiles would be coming as soon as April 2. This would mean imports…
(Reuters) -Tesla has applied for a permit typically associated with chauffeur-operated services, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, marking the first phase of a series of regulatory approvals required for the electric car maker to launch its promised robotaxi service. The automaker currently has the approval to test autonomous vehicles with a safety driver in California,…
