By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Walmart must face a lawsuit claiming it often charges higher prices at the register than it posts on store shelves, costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars a year, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday. Reversing a lower court judge, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago…
By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor is trying to get more of its managers to buy electric vehicles, according to an internal email the automaker sent last week that was reviewed by Reuters. The Dearborn, Michigan-based company changed a leasing program it offers to eligible current and former managers, now requiring them to…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – The former senior Apple lawyer who avoided prison time after pleading guilty to insider trading must pay a $1.15 million fine in a related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil case, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge William Martini in Newark, New Jersey, said that while Gene…
By Granth Vanaik and Siddharth Cavale (Reuters) – Keith Gill, the meme stock trader “Roaring Kitty,” thrust Chewy Inc into the spotlight when he made a $245 million bet on the online pet products retailer on Monday. What is Chewy and why has it attracted Gill’s interest? WHAT’S THE BUSINESS? Chewy is an $11 billion…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Meta Platforms was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules as they took aim at the U.S. company’s newly introduced pay or consent advertising model, already the target of privacy regulators and activists’ ire. The tech giant launched the no-ads subscription…
(Reuters) – Robinhood Markets said on Monday it had bought artificial intelligence-powered investment platform Pluto Capital, adding the trading app to a growing list of companies looking to offer AI tools to customers. Top technology companies are racing to build AI into their products and services. Generative AI, which aims to create human-like interactions by…
By Saeed Azhar and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Citigroup urged a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a former managing director who accused the bank of firing her in retaliation for refusing to give regulators false information. The third-largest U.S. bank said it lawfully terminated Kathleen Martin because she lacked the leadership and engagement…
(Reuters) -Saudi Aramco will take a 10% stake in Horse Powertrain, the thermal engines joint venture between Renault and Geely, the Chinese automaker said on Friday. Reuters earlier in the day reported that Aramco was close to buying a 10% stake in Horse Powertrain. The transaction values the joint venture, which supplies gasoline engines, hybrid…
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Tesla is claiming Elon Musk won his legal battle over his $56 billion pay package because shareholders voted for the compensation, despite a judge rescinding it earlier this year, according to court filing made public on Friday. The company’s filing comes two weeks after Tesla shareholders voted to…
(Reuters) – Nikola said it has delivered a hydrogen fuel cell powered electric semi-truck to Walmart Canada, making it the first major retailer in the country to add it to its fleet. Reuters reported in April Tesla Semi trucks were in short supply for customers, including Walmart and Pepsi, and the companies were turning to…
