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Image for Meta's Yann LeCun targets $3.5 billion valuation for new AI startup, FT reports
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Meta's Yann LeCun targets $3.5 billion valuation for new AI startup, FT reports

Dec 18 (Reuters) - Meta's outgoing chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun is holding ear...

18th December, 2025

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Russian ban on Roblox stirs debate about limits of censorship

By Nika Khutsieva MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - A Russian ban on U.S. gaming platform Roblox has fuelle...

18th December, 2025

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Novartis, Roche back US efforts to lower drug costs amid talk of pricing deal

ZURICH, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Swiss pharma giants Novartis and Roche on Thursday backed U.S. efforts to...

18th December, 2025

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Micron surges as global memory chip shortage boosts profit forecast

Dec 18 (Reuters) - Micron Technology's Frankfurt-listed shares soared almost 12% in early European t...

18th December, 2025

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Mercedes savings drive proceeding as planned by end 2027, spokesperson says

BERLIN, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Mercedes-Benz will move up its 5 billion euro ($5.9 billion)fixed cost re...

18th December, 2025

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China says it is granting new, streamlined rare earth export licences

By Joe Cash BEIJING, Dec 18 (Reuters) - China's Commerce Ministry said on Thursday that it had grant...

18th December, 2025

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Europe's auto industry future may be electric even after EU climbdown

By Nick Carey LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Brussels' proposal to abandon a 2035 deadline for a total s...

18th December, 2025

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Shares in South Korea's LGES drop more than 7% after Ford cancels EV battery deal

SEOUL, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Shares of LG Energy Solution dropped as much as 7.6% in morning trade on T...

18th December, 2025

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AbbVie, several other pharma companies near MFN deal with Trump, sources say

By Deena Beasley, Jarrett Renshaw and Michael Erman Dec 17 (Reuters) - AbbVie and several other drug...

17th December, 2025

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Big marketing push by Nike is unlikely to boost earnings just yet

By Nicholas P. Brown NEW YORK, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Nike investors will look for signs this week that...

17th December, 2025

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Novartis, Roche near US drug price deal, Bloomberg News reports

Dec 17 (Reuters) - The White House is set to announce drug pricing deals with pharmaceutical heavywe...

17th December, 2025

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Germany opens joint drone defence centre in Berlin

BERLIN, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Germany opened its first joint drone defence centre combining state and f...

17th December, 2025