TOKYO (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW), Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) iPhone assembler, is in the final stages of talks with the local government of the Chinese city of Zhuhai to build a chip plant there with a total investment of about $9 billion, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday. The logo of Foxconn, the trading
Month: December 2018
FILE PHOTO: The logo of SoftBank Group Corp is displayed at SoftBank World 2017 conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato SINGAPORE (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is nearing a deal to invest $1.5 billion in Grab, three times a previously expected $500 million, as Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing firm looks to
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday added $5 billion to a government spending bill to help President Donald Trump make good on a pledge to build a border wall, a move that made a partial federal government shutdown more likely this weekend. The Senate is highly unlikely to pass
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An earthquake with an initial magnitude of 6.2 struck 148 km (92 miles) south of Rabaul island in northeastern Papua New Guinea on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. There was no tsunami warning or any immediate reports of damage. The USGS later revised the magnitude of the quake down to
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has decided not to recuse himself from overseeing the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, disregarding advice from his own ethics officials, a high-ranking Justice Department official said on Thursday. The decision by Whitaker, known for making comments critical of Special Counsel Robert
FILE PHOTO: Actor Will Ferrell at the premiere for ‘Daddy’s Home 2’ in London, Britain, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comic actors Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly reunite on the big screen on Christmas in the film “Holmes & Watson,” a spoof of the famous stories about the legendary British
A Nike Running store is pictured in Pasadena, California U.S., March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (Reuters) – Nike Inc’s (NKE.N) quarterly revenue and profit beat Wall Street estimates on Thursday, as it benefited from selling more items online at full price in North America, sending the shares of the world’s largest footwear maker up 8
WASHINGTON/LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hackers working on behalf of China’s Ministry of State Security breached the networks of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (HPE.N) and IBM (IBM.N), then used their access to hack into their clients’ computers, according to five sources familiar with the attacks. Signs for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. cover the facade of the
FILE PHOTO: U.S. troops patrol at an Afghan National Army (ANA) Base in Logar province, Afghanistan August 7, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration is considering a significant reduction of potentially thousands of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, a sign that Trump’s patience with the 17-year-old
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker boards Air Force One for travel to Kansas City with U.S. President Donald Trump from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ignoring advice from ethics officials within his own Justice Department, acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will not recuse
FILE PHOTO: Dec 9, 2018; Green Bay, WI, USA; Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) passes the ball while under pressure from Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Kenny Clark (97) in the first quarter at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Thieves reportedly stole $5,000 worth of toys and bikes collected by Green
LONDON (Reuters) – Drones flying near London’s Gatwick airport grounded flights throughout Thursday, stranding thousands of Christmas travellers in what the government called a reckless attempt to cripple Britain’s second busiest airport. Stranded passengers are seen sleeping at Gatwick Airport, Britain, December 20, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. Ani Kochiashvili/via REUTERS Police
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state judge on Thursday denied Harvey Weinstein’s motion to dismiss criminal charges that he sexually assaulted two women, rejecting the movie producer’s argument that the case was tainted by police and prosecutorial misconduct. Supreme Court Justice James Burke in Manhattan announced his decision at a hearing in a
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off Russia’s sparsely populated far east on Thursday, but officials said the threat of a tsunami had passed and no damage was reported. The quake off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula, which was initially measured at magnitude 7.8 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS),
(Reuters) – Thunderstorms forced Elon Musk’s SpaceX to postpone Thursday’s launch of a navigation satellite for the U.S. military, which was poised to be the rocket company’s first national security space mission for the United States. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, scheduled to launch a U.S. Air Force navigation satellite, sits on Launch Complex 40
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence tours the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39-A where the Dragon crew module and Falcon 9 booster rocket are being prepared for a January 2019 launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. December 18, 2018. REUTERS/Steve Nesius NEW YORK (Reuters) – Spacex said on Thursday that poor weather conditions forced the
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