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UK regulator’s head of enforcement to step down in 2023
Date: October 19, 2022
By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) -Mark Steward, head of enforcement at Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is stepping down in early 2023 and a global search for his successor will begin shortly, the markets watchdog said on Tuesday. Steward, one of the last members of the old executive team at the FCA...
Oracle Cloud adding tens of thousands of Nvidia chips for AI
Date: October 19, 2022
By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Oracle Corp and Nvidia Corp on Tuesday announced they are expanding their partnership and adding tens of thousands of Nvidia’s chips to boost artificial intelligence- related computational work in Oracle’s cloud. The expanded partnership comes as more companies use AI and the AI models become more complex,...
Holcim supports resolution with U.S. regarding legacy operations in Syria
Date: October 19, 2022
ZURICH (Reuters) – Holcim said it supported the agreement made by Lafarge SA with the United States Department of Justice on Tuesday regarding the company’s funding of Islamic State to allow it to keep a cement plant running in Syria. A financial penalty of $778 million and a plea agreement has been arranged to resolve...
Tesla tops battery-electric vehicle registrations in Germany, beating Volkswagen
Date: October 19, 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) – Tesla topped registrations of battery-electric vehicles in Germany in the first nine months of this year at nearly 38,500, federal data showed, beating the Volkswagen brand by around 6,000 vehicles. Tesla’s battery-electric registrations jumped nearly 50% from the January-September period last year, while Volkswagen’s dropped 40% to just over 32,300 in line...
Explainer-How will Germany implement its nuclear power extension?
Date: October 18, 2022
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s economy and environment ministries drafted a law to extend the lifespan of the country’s remaining three nuclear power plants until April 15, 2023, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz ordered the ministries to lay the legal framework to keep them operational. Europe’s biggest economy had planned to complete a phase-out of nuclear power...
Factbox-Strikes, protests in Europe over cost of living and pay
Date: October 18, 2022
(Reuters) – European countries are facing more strikes and protests due to high energy prices and mounting costs of living. Here are details of some industrial actions and demonstrations. FRANCE Regional train traffic in France was cut by about half on Tuesday as several unions called a nationwide strike. They are seeking to capitalise on...