By Aditi Shah GREATER NOIDA, India (Reuters) -Tata group is considering setting up plants in India and Europe to produce battery cells for electric vehicles (EV), the chief financial officer of its auto unit told Reuters in an interview. With total sales of 50,000 electric cars to date, India’s Tata Motors dominates the country’s EV …
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(Reuters) – Bitcoin rose 6% to $19,005 at 21:04 GMT on Thursday, adding $1,075 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 15.2% from the year’s low of $16,496 on Jan. 1. Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, rose 3.06% to $1,432.8 on Thursday, adding $42.6 to …
By Hannah Lang and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday said it has charged Genesis Global Capital LLC and Gemini Trust Company LLC with illegally selling securities to hundreds of thousands of investors through their crypto lending program. Genesis, a part of Digital Currency Group, entered into …
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By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday, extending recent gains as data showing a fall in consumer prices in December bolstered expectations of less aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. U.S consumer prices fell for the first time in more than 2-1/2 years in December, the report …
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(Reuters) -Carlyle Group is in discussions with senior Wall Street executives for its top role, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday, citing multiple people familiar with the matter. The private equity firm is considering Citigroup Inc’s chief financial officer Mark Mason and Morgan Stanley’s chief operating officer Jonathan Pruzan as contenders for its …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday dropped sedition charges against the leader of Catalonia’s failed bid for independence, Carles Puigdemont, after a reform of the country’s penal code abolished the crime. Puigdemont, who is in self-imposed exile in Belgium to avoid prosecution in Spain, still faces charges of disobedience and embezzlement, which carry jail …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday criticised Reuters for spreading what it said was poorly sourced anti-Russian propaganda with a story about a Russian hacking team which targeted three nuclear research laboratories. Reuters on Jan. 6 reported the Russian hacking team, known as Cold River, had targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the …
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By Brendan O’Boyle (Reuters) – At least 40 people have died in clashes between Peruvian security forces and protesters in the Andean country’s worst outbreak of violence in over 20 years, as demonstrators call for systemic political changes and accountability for the deaths. WHAT SPARKED THE PROTESTS? Protests began after Congress removed President Pedro Castillo …
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LONDON (Reuters) – More than 70,000 staff at 150 universities across the UK will strike for 18 days between February and March in disputes over pay, working conditions and pensions, the University and College Union (UCU) said on Thursday. “The clock is now ticking for the sector to produce a deal or be hit with …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed two different special counsels to independently investigate the handling of classified records by Republican former President Donald Trump and his Democratic successor, President Joe Biden. Jack Smith, a war crimes prosecutor, is investigating whether Trump or his associates improperly retained classified …
