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Woodside targets another 20%-30% selldown of $17.5 billion Louisiana LNG project

By Christine Chen SYDNEY (Reuters) -Woodside Energy, Australia’s top natural gas producer, said on Tuesday it would seek to sell a further 20%-30% stake in Louisiana LNG, with interest growing in the $17.5 billion project since its final approval last week. Liz Westcott, chief operating officer for Australia, said the planned selldown of Woodside’s wholly …

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China’s services growth hits 7-month low as tariffs bite, Caixin PMI shows

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s services activity expanded at the slowest pace in seven months in April, with new orders growth slackening from March, weighed by uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs, a private sector survey showed on Tuesday. The Caixin/S&P Global services purchasing managers’ index (PMI), fell to 50.7 from 51.9 in March, its lowest reading …

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Waymo partners with Magna for new vehicle factory in Arizona

(Reuters) -Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo said on Monday that it plans to build Jaguar I-PACE and Zeekr vehicles with its autonomous technology at a new plant in Arizona as soon as this year, with Canadian auto parts supplier partner Magna International. Waymo, which started as a small self-driving project within Google in 2009, has expanded …

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Trump tariff order on movies leaves film industry flummoxed

By Dawn Chmielewski, Lisa Richwine and Andrea Shalal LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The entertainment industry reacted with alarm and bafflement on Monday after President Donald Trump said he would impose a 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the U.S., but issued few details on just how such a levy would work. Veteran studio executives who …

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S&P 500 snaps 9-session win streak after latest Trump tariff

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -The S&P 500 fell to snap its longest streak of gains in 20 years on Monday as investors assessed U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision later this week. On Sunday, Trump announced a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the …

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Ackman boosts stake in Howard Hughes, moves to create modern-day Berkshire

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Shivansh Tiwary (Reuters) -Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said on Monday that he raised his stake in real estate company Howard Hughes, realizing a long-held dream of creating a diversified holding company modeled after legendary investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. Ackman put another $900 million investment into Howard Hughes, raising his stake in …

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US financial leaders see private assets coming to more investor portfolios

By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) -Individual investors are likely to see a growing array of financial products containing private credit heading their way in the coming months and years, financial executives said at the Milken Institute’s annual global conference on Monday. While only a handful of exchange-traded funds and other products aimed at investors who are …

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Mexico inflation rate seen rising in April but within target range: Reuters poll

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s annual inflation rate likely ticked up in April but remained within the central bank’s target, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Monday, supporting expectations that the central bank will continue cutting its benchmark interest rate. The median estimate from 16 analysts was for the year-on-year headline inflation rate for …

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Barbie-maker Mattel pulls forecasts, to hike US prices as tariffs raise costs

By Juveria Tabassum (Reuters) -Barbie-maker Mattel withdrew its annual financial targets on Monday and said it would increase prices for some products in the United States as Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs bump up input costs for the toymaker. “Given the volatile macroeconomic environment and evolving U.S. tariff landscape, it is difficult to predict consumer spending …

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