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BHP’s Slattery says Australia must cut red tape, power costs, to compete

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -BHP’s head of Australia, Geraldine Slattery, said on Wednesday the country must speed up environmental approvals and boost access to cheap power if it hopes to compete for mining investment capital with other nations. The comments from the world’s biggest listed miner underscore rising competition for capital with nations like the United States …

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America Movil posts threefold profit jump as costs shrink in Q3

By Natalia Siniawski MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican telecoms giant America Movil on Tuesday reported a more than threefold jump in third-quarter profit, in line with analysts’ expectations, helped by a sharp drop in financing costs and increased mobile revenues. America Movil, controlled by the family of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, cited a reduction of around …

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US, China roll out tit-for-tat port fees, threatening more turmoil at sea

By Lisa Baertlein, Liz Lee and Joe Cash BEIJING/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The U.S. and China on Tuesday began charging additional port fees on ocean shipping firms that move everything from holiday toys to crude oil, making the high seas a key front in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. A return to …

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Dating app Grindr confirms receiving go-private interest from shareholders

(Reuters) -Grindr on Tuesday confirmed that its board had received a letter from shareholders Ray Zage and James Lu stating an interest in exploring the possibility of taking the dating app private. Shares of the company were up about 3% in after-hours trading. The board has established a “special committee comprised of disinterested and independent …

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MacKenzie Scott cuts Amazon stake by 42%, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) -Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has reduced the size of her stake in Amazon.com by 42% since last year, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a regulatory filing. Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, holds 81.1 million shares in the company, according to the latest disclosure dated September 30, down 58 million …

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Facebook takes down page that Justice Department says was used to harass ICE agents

By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that Meta had complied with its request to take down a page on its Facebook platform that the agency said was being used to harass ICE agents in Chicago. In a post on X, Attorney General Pam Bondi said the page was part …

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Spirit Airlines projects profit return in 2027 after restructuring

By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Doyinsola Oladipo CHICAGO (Reuters) -Spirit Airlines said on Tuesday it expects to report losses until 2027 when it estimates to post its first full-year profit in eight years.    The ultra-low-cost airline filed for bankruptcy for the second time in a year in August. Spirit and other U.S. low-cost carriers …

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IMF lifts growth outlook on more benign tariffs as revived US-China trade war looms

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund edged up its 2025 global growth forecast on Tuesday as tariff shocks and financial conditions have proven more benign than expected, but warned that a renewed U.S.-China trade war threatened by President Donald Trump could slow output significantly. The IMF said in its World Economic Outlook …

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Fed’s Powell addresses economy pulled between risks to growth, jobs and prices

By Howard Schneider PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday delivers his last scheduled remarks before the Fed’s next meeting with the economy enjoying stronger-than-expected growth and a recent jump in productivity,  but still adjusting to tariff and immigration policies that economists worry could lead to both higher inflation and higher unemployment. Challenging …

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