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Lucid beats estimates for EV deliveries as price cuts, cheaper financing spur demand

By Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) -Lucid beat expectations for quarterly deliveries, as the Saudi Arabia-backed maker of luxury electric vehicles lowered prices and offered cheaper financing to drive demand, sending its shares up about 3% on Monday. The company handed over 3,099 vehicles in the fourth quarter, compared with estimates of 2,637, according to six analysts …

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Trump says reporting on changes to his tariff policy is wrong

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday refuted a newspaper report that said his aides were exploring tariff plans that would only cover critical imports. “The story in the Washington Post, quoting so-called anonymous sources, which don’t exist, incorrectly states that my tariff policy will be pared back. That is wrong. The Washington …

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Canada’s services PMI shows activity shrinking at year-end

By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s services economy deteriorated for the first time in three months in December as a postal workers’ strike weighed on activity and work outstanding tumbled, S&P Global’s Canada services PMI data showed on Monday. The headline business activity index fell to 48.2 from 51.2 in November, moving below the …

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U.S. Steel, Nippon sue against Biden blocking $14.9 billion deal

(Reuters) -U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel on Monday filed a lawsuit against U.S. President Joe Biden’s order that blocked the $14.9 billion buyout of the American steelmaker by the Japanese company. Here are some of the important developments since U.S. Steel disclosed plans for a potential sale: DATE DEVELOPMENT Aug. 13, U.S. Steel announces aim …

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AI-influenced shopping boosts online holiday sales, Salesforce data shows

(Reuters) – Artificial intelligence-powered chatbots helped consumers purchase and return products during the 2024 holiday season, boosting online sales in the United States by nearly 4% year-over-year, according to a report by Salesforce. Retailers turned to nifty conversational customer services – or chatbots – among others such as targeted promotions, product recommendations and loyalty programs, …

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Chile’s Codelco copper output up ‘slightly’ in 2024, Chairman tells paper

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Copper production at Chile’s Codelco, the world’s largest producer of the metal, was “slightly higher” in 2024 from the previous year, Chairman Maximo Pacheco said in an interview with a local newspaper on Monday. In the interview with Diario Financiero, Pacheco said production increased by 3,000 to 4,000 metric tons from 2023’s 1.325 …

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Netflix and WWE aim to fuel wrestling fervor worldwide

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Netflix’s next venture into live programming starts Monday when the company streams its first episode of “Raw,” the weekly World Wrestling Entertainment spectacle that has been a staple of U.S. television for three decades. WWE executives are moving their flagship show from Comcast’s USA Network to the new …

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Trump’s policies may not prove inflationary, Bernanke, others say

By Ann Saphir SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A number of leading economists, including advisers to past U.S. presidents, have coalesced around the view that President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to broaden tariffs, cut taxes and curb immigration may not prove as inflationary as early analysis had suggested. At the same time, these economists said, any effort …

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