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US lawmaker wants Trump to restrict Chinese flights over rare earths access

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chair of a U.S. House of Representatives committee on China on Thursday called on the Trump administration to restrict or suspend Chinese airline landing rights in the U.S. unless Beijing restores full access to rare earths and magnets. Representative John Moolenaar, a Republican, also said the U.S. should review …

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oneworld Alliance considers Indian partner as market expands

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The oneworld Alliance, an airline group with 15 members ranging from American Airlines to Qantas Airways, is considering an Indian airline partner as the market continues to grow, its chief executive said. “India is a market that we collectively have interest in finding somebody,” CEO Nat Pieper told Reuters on Thursday, following …

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Nvidia takes $5 billion stake in Intel, offers chip tech in new lifeline to struggling chipmaker

By Stephen Nellis, Max A. Cherney, Jeffrey Dastin and Karen Freifeld SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nvidia said on Thursday it would invest $5 billion in Intel, throwing its heft behind the struggling U.S. chipmaker just weeks after the White House engineered an extraordinary deal for the federal government to take a massive stake in the …

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Bessent says China’s yuan rate is bigger problem for Europe than US

By David Lawder (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he views China’s yuan valuation as a bigger problem for Europe than the United States, as the currency has risen against the dollar but has declined against the euro.    Bessent said in an interview with Reuters and Bloomberg in Madrid, following U.S.-China talks on trade …

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Japan’s SMFG considers raising stake in Jefferies to about 20%, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) -Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc is considering increasing its stake in U.S. investment bank Jefferies to about 20%, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. Sumitomo Mitsui is in talks to boost its roughly 15% stake in the New York-based bank, potentially by acquiring preferred stock, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Jefferies shares …

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S.Korea central bank to expand forward guidance on policy rate path

SEOUL (Reuters) -The Bank of Korea plans to expand its forward guidance scheme by offering a dot plot of the likely path of future interest rates to better communicate monetary policy to market participants, Governor Rhee Chang-yong said on Thursday. Such a scheme would expand on the current one, in which Rhee verbally reveals the …

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South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy in talks to buy US shipyard

By Heejin Kim ULSAN, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is in talks with multiple companies about buying a U.S. shipyard, a senior company executive said, seeking to tap into President Donald Trump’s push to revive America’s ailing shipbuilding industry. The world’s largest shipbuilder based on orders is targeting 3 trillion won …

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