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Stellantis recalls 375,000 Jeep SUVs over fire risks, urges owners to park outside

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Stellantis said Tuesday it is recalling 375,000 plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler and Grand Cherokee SUVs worldwide over battery failure after 19 reports of fires, and urged owners to park outdoors until a fix is completed. The recall covers some 2020 through 2025 Jeep Wrangler 4xe and 2022-2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee …

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Ferrari shares rise as luxury pricing power drives Q3 earnings beat

By Giulio Piovaccari and Keith Weir MILAN (Reuters) -Luxury sports carmaker Ferrari posted a better-than-expected 5% increase in third-quarter core earnings on Tuesday, with pricier models in its SF90 XX and 12Cilindri family helping to offset the impact of U.S. import tariffs. Increased personalisations – finishing touches that come at an extra cost – also …

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Novo Nordisk, Pfizer sweeten bid for Metsera as bidding war heats up

(Amends paragraph 6 after Metsera corrects Novo’s previous CVR offer to $21.25 from $22.50) (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk and Pfizer have revised their bids for Metsera, the obesity drug developer said on Tuesday. Novo’s revised offer brings the deal value to about $10 billion, while Pfizer is now willing to shell out $8.1 billion. The revised …

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Capri Holdings posts surprise quarterly loss, warns of tariff hit

By Anuja Bharat Mistry (Reuters) -Capri Holdings reported an unexpected quarterly loss on Tuesday and warned that tariffs could impact current quarter margins, amid rising economic uncertainty affecting consumer sentiment and business operations in the retail industry. The company – which imports the majority of products sold in the U.S. from countries including Vietnam and …

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German satellite maker Reflex Aerospace closes $58 million Series A funding round

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany’s Reflex Aerospace, which makes satellites for civil and defence use, on Tuesday said it had closed a 50 million euro ($58.3 million) Series A funding round to expand its manufacturing capacity in light of growing demand. The funding round reflects increasing focus on defence capabilities in Europe and comes less than two …

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Ireland risks major fiscal challenge from ageing population, finance ministry says

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland’s national debt could more than double to 148% of gross national income by 2065 and the budget deficit could hit 7.9% without reforms over the next decade to soften the impact of an ageing population, the finance ministry warned on Tuesday. Ireland’s old age dependency ratio – those aged over 65 per …

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Palantir’s bull run stalls as Burry bets against the AI darling

By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) -Palantir Technologies fell around 6% on Tuesday as a strong quarterly update from the company failed to extend its record-breaking rally. The company, which has more than doubled in value this year, forecast fourth-quarter revenue above market expectations on Monday, driven by a rapid AI adoption boosting demand for its data …

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EU lawmakers debate sunset clause, conditions for Trump tariff deal

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Parliament began debating on Tuesday whether to make the EU-U.S. tariff deal conditional on concessions from Washington and limited in time, which could reignite trade tensions with the Trump administration. Under the deal, the United States is broadly imposing 15% tariffs on EU goods, while the European Union …

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Analysis-Amazon’s $38 billion OpenAI deal shows it is no longer an AI laggard

By Harshita Mary Varghese and Kritika Lamba (Reuters) -Amazon’s $38 billion cloud deal with OpenAI marks a major endorsement for the e-commerce giant’s cloud business after recent setbacks, including ceding market share to rivals and an outage that disrupted large parts of the internet. After years of leading the cloud computing industry with its highly …

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