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☆ BHP train drivers to start 'restrained' industrial action on Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BHP's iron ore operations include four processing hubs and five mines that are linked by more than 1,000 km (621 miles) of rail and port facilities. BHP said that the proposed action would present logistical challenges but that it had put in place arrangements to mitigate the impact. Worries about a strike had lent support to iron ore prices, which are trading at the highest levels since February. "Concerns over disruptions on the supply side due to the looming strike at BHP in Australia contributed to higher iron ore prices today," said Pei Hao, a Shanghai-based analyst at international brokerage FIS. Drivers received an offer from BHP last Wednesday that did not meet their expectations around rostering, arbitration and camp standards, Busson added.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Greg Busson, Busson, Pei Hao, BHP, Melanie Burton, Amy Lv, Gerry Doyle Organizations: BHP, REUTERS, Rights MELBOURNE, Reuters, Monday, Mining, Energy Union WA, Drivers, Thomson Locations: WA, Australia, Shanghai, rostering, Rio Tinto's, Beijing

☆ APEC over, Taiwan reports renewed Chinese military activity
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsTAIPEI, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Taiwan reported renewed Chinese military activity around the island on Sunday, with nine aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait and warships carrying out "combat readiness patrols". Democratically-governed Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for the past four years of regular Chinese military patrols and drills near the island, as Beijing seeks to pressure Taipei over its sovereignty claims. With Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco last week for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, where he met U.S. President Joe Biden, the scale of that military activity around Taiwan had scaled off. The aircraft were accompanying Chinese warships carrying out "joint combat readiness patrols" it added. China says its activities near Taiwan are aimed at "collusion" between Taiwan separatists and the United States and to protect China's territorial integrity.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Xi Jinping, Joe Biden, Su, Xi, Biden, Ben Blanchard, William Mallard, Kim Coghill Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, U.S, Taiwan, Biden, Thomson Locations: Rights TAIPEI, Taiwan, Taiwan Strait, China, Beijing, Taipei, San Francisco, United States, U.S

☆ Meta moves members of its Responsible AI team to other groups
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Meta AI logo is seen in this illustration taken September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsNov 18 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O) is dispersing the members of its Responsible AI team among other groups in the company where they will continue to work on preventing harms associated with artificial intelligence, the company said on Saturday. Most of the Responsible AI team members will move to generative AI "and will continue to support relevant cross-Meta efforts on responsible AI development and use," the statement said. "We continue to prioritize and invest in safe and responsible AI development and these changes will allow us to better scale to meet our future needs," the spokesperson said. Meta's portfolio of AI products includes its language model "Llama 2" and an AI chatbot called Meta AI that can generate text responses and photo-realistic images.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Gursimran Kaur, Chizu Nomiyama, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: REUTERS, Meta, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ OpenAI's $86 billion share sale in jeopardy after Altman firing- The Information
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

OpenAI and Thrive Capital did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. The news comes after the board of the company behind ChatGPT fired Altman on Friday. Greg Brockman, OpenAI president and co-founder, who stepped down from the board as chairman as part of the management shuffle, quit the company. The departures blindsided many employees who discovered the abrupt management change from an internal message and the company's public facing blog. Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Sam Altman, ChatGPT, Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, Gursimran Kaur, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Meta breaks up its Responsible AI team, The Information reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Meta AI logo is seen in this illustration taken September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsNov 18 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O) is breaking up its Responsible AI team that worked on understanding and preventing harms associated with the artificial intelligence technology it is developing, The Information reported on Saturday, citing an internal post. As the company diverts more resources to its generative AI work, most employees on the Responsible AI team will move to Meta's generative AI team that was formed in February, the report added. In October, the social media giant started rolling out generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that can create content like image backgrounds and variations of written text for all advertisers. Meta's portfolio of AI products includes its language model "Llama 2" and an AI chatbot called Meta AI that can generate text responses and photo-realistic images.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Meta, Gursimran Kaur, Chizu Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Lionsgate suspends advertising on X
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

The logo for social media platform X, following the rebranding of Twitter, is seen covering the old logo in this illustration taken, July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 17 (Reuters) - Lions Gate Entertainment (LGFa.N) has suspended advertising on Elon Musk-owned X, a spokesperson for the company said on Friday. Apple (AAPL.O) is also pausing all advertising on X, Axios reported, after Musk backed an antisemitic post on the social media platform earlier this week. Reporting by Samrhitha Arunasalam in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika SyamnathOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Axios, Musk, Samrhitha, Devika Organizations: Twitter, REUTERS, Gate Entertainment, Elon, Apple, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ India grants incentives for Dell, HP, Foxconn to make IT hardware locally
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

3D printed clouds and figurines are seen in front of the Dell logo in this illustration taken February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsMUMBAI, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The Indian government has approved investments by 27 companies including Dell (DELL.N), HP (HPQ.N) and Foxconn (2317.TW) under its $2 billion incentive scheme to manufacture IT hardware domestically. Information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the companies are expected to invest 30 billion Indian rupees ($360 million) collectively, while creating 50,000 jobs in the sector. Approvals have also been granted to domestic manufacturers including Dixon Technologies (DIXO.NS) and VVDN, the minister said. The government had in May doubled the value of the incentive scheme to spur domestic production of laptops and tablets, following a lukewarm response to a previous programme.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Munsif Vengattil, Ira Dugal, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Dell, REUTERS, Rights, HP, Dixon Technologies, Thomson Locations: Rights MUMBAI

☆ Exclusive: Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Andreas Rinke | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The three governments are in favour of binding voluntary commitments for both large and small AI providers in the European Union. The European Commission, the European Parliament and the EU Council are currently negotiating how the bloc should position itself in this new field. During the discussions, the European Parliament proposed that the code of conduct should initially only be binding for major AI providers, which are primarily from the U.S. However, the three EU governments have warned against this apparent competitive advantage for smaller European providers. Issues surrounding AI will be on the agenda when the German and Italian governments hold talks in Berlin on Wednesday.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Andreas Rinke, Maria Martinez, Mike Harrison Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, European Union, The European Commission, EU Council, Ministry, Ministry of Digital Affairs, Thomson Locations: Germany, France, Italy, Europe, Jena, Thuringia, Berlin

☆ Figma reviewing EU's objections against $20 bln Adobe buyout bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Adobe logo is displayed on a smartphone screen in front of a stock graph in this illustration taken, June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsNov 17 (Reuters) - Figma said on Friday it was carefully reviewing the EU competition watchdog's statement of objections related to Photoshop maker Adobe's (ADBE.O) proposed $20 billion bid to buy out the cloud-based designer platform. The transaction could create a dominant player of interactive product design tools by combining Figma, a clear market leader, and one of its largest competitors Adobe, the commission said. Adobe's chief counsel Dana Rao told Reuters on Wednesday that the company is open to proposing remedies to resolve regulatory concerns. Reporting by Bhanvi Satija in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi MajumdarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Figma, Dana Rao, Bhanvi, Shilpi Majumdar Organizations: REUTERS, EU, Big Tech, European Commission, Adobe, Video Communications, Reuters, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, Bengaluru

U.S. oversight of Big Tech financial services is fragmented. The CFPB rule would toughen up supervision, requiring Big Tech to comply with its rules on privacy protections, executives' conduct and unfair and deceptive practices. Without regulatory scrutiny, they could leverage their growing dominance of consumer payments to capture other services like lending and card issuing, analysts said. 'LEG UP'Representatives for Big Tech have accused the CFPB of trying to protect traditional lenders. While Big Tech companies have deep pockets and plenty of resources to handle the new scrutiny, the rule could limit how they use and protect consumer data.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Rohit Chopra, Todd Phillips, Dodd, Frank, It's, Paige Pidano Paridon, Chopra, John Coleman, Hannah Lang, Stephen Nellis, Michelle Price, Richard Chang Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, Wall, Big Tech, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Google, Georgia State University, PayPal, Federal, McKinsey, Bank, BPI, Banks, Representatives, Big, Herrington, Thomson Locations: U.S, Washington

"Investors had hoped to receive separate shares of the cloud business in hopes the segment could achieve a higher multiple in the public markets due to its growth potential." The company then appointed Eddie Wu, one of Alibaba Group's co-founders and long-time lieutenant of former chief Jack Ma, as both CEO of Alibaba and the cloud business. Instead the group would focus on growing the cloud business and providing investment for its AI drivers, he said. [1/2]3D printed clouds and figurines are seen in front of the Alibaba Cloud service logo in this illustration taken February 8, 2022. Alibaba International Digital Commerce, a business that includes platforms such as Lazada and AliExpress, however reported a 53% rise in revenues, with retail revenue up 73% year-on-year.

Persons: Cainiao, Thomas Hayes, Alibaba's, Daniel Zhang, Eddie Wu, Alibaba Group's, Jack Ma, Zhang, Joseph Tsai, Tsai, Wu, Dado Ruvic, Alibaba, Akash Sriram, Brenda Goh, Sam Holmes, Arun Koyyur, Jane Merriman Organizations: Alibaba, HK, Tencent Holdings, Alibaba's, Investors, Analysts, Cloud Intelligence Group, REUTERS, Alibaba Group Holdings, PDD Holdings, Digital Commerce, Casey Hall, Thomson Locations: U.S, China, Hong Kong, Alibaba's U.S, Bengaluru, Shanghai

☆ Amazon eyes $20 bln exports by 2025 from India, says company official
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Manoj Kumar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Smartphone with Amazon logo is seen in front of displayed Indian flag in this illustration taken, July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O) is targeting merchandise exports worth $20 billion from India by 2025 by adding thousands of small sellers to its e-commerce platform, a company official said on Friday. Launched in 2015 with a handful of sellers, Amazon Global Trade, the business to consumers (B2C) exports platform of the e-commerce giant, is gaining traction in India. "Some of the sellers are first time exporters, including those who left their corporate jobs to start e-commerce exports," he said. On the e-commerce platform, the highest growth was seen in categories like beauty, apparels, home, kitchen, furniture, and toys.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Wakankar, Manoj Kumar, Robert Birsel Organizations: REUTERS, Amazon, Reuters, Amazon Global Trade, Amazon Prime, Thomson Locations: DELHI, India, United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, Germany

☆ Hedge fund Qube makes $835 million bet against HSBC shares
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Hedge fund Qube Research & Technologies has made a 672 million pound ($835.43 million) bet against the shares of HSBC (HSBA.L), a regulatory filing showed. The hedge fund, spun out from Credit Suisse, has taken a short position in HSBC shares worth 0.57% of the lender's market capitalisation, the filing with Britain's Financial Conduct Authority shows. It comes after HSBC reported disappointing third-quarter profits amid losses from its China real estate exposure. A short position is a bet that a company's stock price will decline. The short position was first reported by the Financial Times on Friday.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Qube, Lawrence White, Louise Heavens Organizations: HSBC Bank, REUTERS, Research, Technologies, HSBC, Credit Suisse, Britain's Financial, Authority, FCA, Financial, Thomson Locations: China

☆ Music publishers ask court to halt AI company Anthropic's use of lyrics
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Dawn Chmielewski | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLOS ANGELES, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Three music publishers are asking a federal court judge to issue a preliminary injunction that would prevent artificial intelligence company Anthropic from reproducing or distributing their copyrighted song lyrics. The three publishers filed a suit against Anthropic on Oct. 18, which accused the San Francisco company of "systematic and widespread" infringement of their copyrighted song lyrics. The publishers allege Anthropic "profits richly" from its infringement of their repertoires of copyrighted works, achieving a valuation of $5 billion while paying "nothing" to publishers or their songwriters. "Anthropic must not be allowed to flout copyright law," the publishers said in a court document supporting its request for a preliminary injunction. "If the court waits until this litigation ends to address what is already clear -- that Anthropic is improperly using publishers' copyrighted works -- then the damage will be done."

Persons: Dado Ruvic, ” Anthropic, Anthropic, Claude, Don McLean's, Buddy Holly, Dawn Chmielewski, Mary Milliken, Franklin Paul Organizations: REUTERS, Universal, Concord Music, ABKCO, Reuters, Anthropic, San, Franklin Paul Our, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, Los Angeles

Barclays Bank logo is seen in this illustration taken March 12, 2023. Tesco Plc and Tesco Bank declined to comment. It could not be established how much the proposed deal would value the Tesco Bank assets. Tesco Bank was launched in 1997 as a joint venture between the British supermarket group and Royal Bank of Scotland, with Tesco later taking full control of the company. Despite seeing it as a growth area in the past, Tesco has been scaling back its banking services, including no longer offering current accounts and offloading its mortgage portfolio to Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L).

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Amy, Jo Crowley, Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Lawrence White, Iain Withers, Anousha Sakoui, Jane Merriman Organizations: Barclays Bank, REUTERS, Barclays, Reuters, Tesco Bank, Tesco, Tesco Plc, British, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, Thomson Locations: British, Kensington

All three Aframax-sized tankers discharged Russian Sokol crude in India in September while two of them made the trip in October, the data showed. One trader also said India may seek supply from the Mediterranean and North Sea to replace Russian Sokol. A spike in global prices led to Russian oil being sold at above the price caps imposed by western nations of $60 a barrel. The three vessels last year obtained safety certification from the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), according to its website. Sokol crude is produced at the Sakhalin-1 project, managed by a Rosneft subsidiary after the exit of ExxonMobil (XOM.N).

Persons: Dado Ruvic, IRClass, Sokol, India's ONGC Videsh, Florence Tan, Muyu Xu, Nidhi Verma, Jacqueline Wong, Raju Gopalakrishnan, Sharon Singleton Organizations: REUTERS, Sokol, Washington, Indian Oil Corp, Liberian, Ligovsky, Treasury Department, Russian Sokol, IOC, Indian Register of Shipping, Oil Tanker, Sun Ship, American Bureau of Shipping, ExxonMobil, Natural Gas Corp, Sakhalin Oil, Gas Development, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, DELHI, LSEG, U.S, Washington, Moscow, Ukraine, Kazan, India, North, Gujarat, Dubai, London, Sakhalin, Singapore, New Delhi

Electric power transmission pylon miniatures and Iberdrola logo are seen in this illustration taken, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Spanish utility Iberdrola is planning to make an offer for Electricity North West (ENWL) that could value the British power distribution network at a maximum of 3.5 billion pounds ($4.34 billion), two sources familiar with the matter said. Iberdrola (IBE.MC) declined to comment on any involvement in the ENWL sale process, which one of the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said is expected to start in December. Iberdrola is ramping up its investments in electricity networks, aiming to deploy 27 billion euros until 2025, with the goal of achieving 30% growth in core earnings of its networks unit to up to 8.5 billion euros. Iberdrola expects to receive around 6 billion euros from partnerships and asset sales by the end of the year that will help it close 2023 with a net debt of around 43 billion euros, roughly in line with 2022.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Jefferies, KKR spokespeople, JP Morgan, Andres Gonzalez, Pietro Lombardi, Anousha Sakoui, Alexander Smith Organizations: REUTERS, Electricity, Reuters, Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co, Macquarie, KKR, ENWL, Scottish Power, Colonial First State, Iberdrola, Thomson Locations: Manchester , Lancashire, Cumbria, Iberdrola, ENWL, Merseyside , Cheshire, North Wales, North Shropshire, England, Central, Southern Scotland

☆ Morning Bid: Oil slide, Walmart stoke disinflation speculation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Wayne Cole | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oil, miniatures of oil barrels and U.S. dollar banknote are seen in this illustration taken, June 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 17 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Asia has been in a contemplative mood so far on Friday after another week of wild swings in bonds, equities and commodities. The market now implies 98 basis points of cuts next year, compared with 73 basis points a week ago. U.S. data on housing starts for OctBy Wayne Cole; Editing by Muralikumar AnantharamanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Wayne Cole, Brent, Christine Lagarde, De Cos, BoE's Greene, Ramsden, Barr, Daly, Collins, Muralikumar Organizations: REUTERS, Walmart, Federal Reserve, Westpac, EU, Thomson Locations: Wayne, Asia, Ukraine, Goolsbee .

Chinese Yuan and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 10, 2023. The surge in their borrowing from Chinese banks has catapulted the yuan past the euro into becoming the second-biggest currency used in global trade finance, providing a fillip to Beijing's ambitions to internationalize the yuan. "Panda bonds are steadily promoting the renminbi's function as a funding currency", the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said a report last month. German automaker Volkswagen Group (VOWG_p.DE) told Reuters it will use its inaugural 1.5 billion yuan panda bond proceeds only for its onshore China business. ($1 = 7.2421 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Samuel Shen and Rae Wee Editing by Vidya Ranganathan and Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Yuan, Dado Ruvic, Fiona Lim, Lim, SWIFT, Mercedes, Yuan internationalisation, Mark Williams, It's, Maybank's Lim, Williams, Samuel Shen, Rae Wee, Vidya Ranganathan, Kim Coghill Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, BMW, Crédit Agricole S.A, National Bank of Canada, People's Bank of China, Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of China's, Volkswagen Group, Reuters, Benz Group, Capital Economics, Thomson Locations: Rights SHANGHAI, SINGAPORE, China, Hong Kong, Asia, Russia, Argentina, Pakistan, Nigeria

Concern about demand and a possible surplus next year has pressured prices, despite support from the OPEC+ cuts and conflict in the Middle East. The cuts include 3.66 million bpd by OPEC+ and additional voluntary cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia. Two other OPEC+ sources said deeper cuts could be discussed. "It is not pleasant to see that market volatility is greater ahead of the next meeting while fundamentals overall remain solid," one of the OPEC+ sources said. While three sources said more cuts could be required, two other OPEC+ sources said it was too early to say whether further cuts will be discussed, while another said he did not think it was likely with the caveat to "wait and see".

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Brent, Olesya Astakhova, Alex Lawler, Ahmad Ghaddar, El, Dmitry Zhdannikov, Simon Webb, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Oil, OPEC, Ministers, Organization of, Petroleum, Saudi Energy Ministry, International Energy Agency, Reuters, Energy, Thomson Locations: Saudi Arabia, LONDON, East, Russia, OPEC, Saudi

☆ Reaction to Alibaba's scrapping of cloud unit spin-off
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

3D printed clouds and figurines are seen in front of the Alibaba Cloud service logo in this illustration taken February 8, 2022. Alibaba said its decision to shelve the spin-off was due to uncertainties fuelled by U.S. curbs on exports to China of chips used in artificial intelligence applications. Following are what people are saying about the decision:LI CHENGDONG, BEIJING-BASED TECH AND E-COMMERCE ANALYST:"I believe scrapping the cloud unit's IPO reflects a new development strategy implemented by the new leadership. In short, I think prior decisions to restructure and IPO certain business units will have to be reassessed based on prevailing market conditions. The international business is one of the few Alibaba units that’s growing fast, which puts it in a better position to explore external funding."

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Alibaba, LI, Daniel Zhang, Zhang, BRIAN WONG, CHARLIE CHAI, Eddie Wu, SERN LING, Casey, Josh Ye, Yelin, Anne Marie Roantree, Muralikumar Anantharaman Organizations: REUTERS, China's, HK, Cloud Intelligence, Casey Hall, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, Hong Kong, China, BEIJING, AliCloud, Alibaba, Shanghai, Yelin Mo, Beijing

☆ China's Alibaba to scrap cloud unit spinoff in response to US chip curbs
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] 3D printed clouds and figurines are seen in front of the Alibaba Cloud service logo in this illustration taken February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsNov 16 (Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group Holding (9988.HK), said on Thursday it will scrap the spin off of its cloud unit in response to export curbs by the United States on chips used in artificial intelligence applications. Its U.S.-listed shares fell about 5% in premarket trading after it also reported second-quarter revenue in line with market expectations. "The recent expansion of U.S. restrictions on export of advanced computing chips has created uncertainties for the prospects of Cloud Intelligence Group," Alibaba said. The e-commerce giant posted revenue of 224.79 billion yuan ($31.01 billion) in the quarter, compared with analysts' average estimate of 224.32 billion yuan, according to LSEG data.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Alibaba, Pinduoduo, Eddie Wu, Alibaba Group's, Jack Ma, Daniel Zhang, Akash Sriram, Sam Holmes, Arun Koyyur Organizations: REUTERS, HK, U.S, Cloud Intelligence Group, PDD Holdings, Thomson Locations: United States, Bengaluru

☆ Global economy to slow down but likely avoid recession in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dollar, Euro and Pound banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 16 (Reuters) - Some of the major banks in the world expect global economic growth to slow further in 2024, squeezed by elevated interest rates, higher energy prices and a slowdown in the world's two largest economies. The global economy is forecast to grow 2.9% this year, a Reuters poll showed, with next year's growth seen slowing to 2.6%. Most economists expect the global economy to avoid a recession, but have flagged possibilities of "mild recessions" in Europe and the UK. China's growth is seen weakening, exacerbated by companies seeking alternative cost-efficient production destinations.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Saumyadeb Chakrabarty, Anil D'Silva Organizations: REUTERS, Federal, Broker Research, Thomson Locations: Europe, United States, Bengaluru

☆ Dollar holds ground as macro data hints at later Fed rate cut
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Kevin Buckland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Dollar and Euro banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. The risk-sensitive Australian and New Zealand dollars sank amid a decline in regional equities. The dollar index - which measures the greenback against the euro, yen and four other rivals - added 0.11% to 104.43. Elsewhere, the Aussie slid 0.29% to $0.64905, and the New Zealand dollar declined 0.5% to $0.5993. Australia's currency failed to draw support from a strong rebound in employment, as traders keyed on the fact that gains were mostly in part-time labour, while the jobless rate actually ticked higher.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, James Kniveton, Kevin Buckland, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reserve, New Zealand, Traders, Thomson Locations: Convera

Word "Oil" and stock graph are seen through magnifier displayed in this illustration taken September 4, 2022. The front month's discount to the second month traded at minus 15 cents on Wednesday, the widest discount since July. U.S. crude stocks rose by 3.6 million barrels last week to 421.9 million barrels, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), far exceeding analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.8 million-barrel rise. U.S. crude production held steady at a record 13.2 million barrels per day (bpd). Meanwhile in Asia, China's oil refinery throughput eased in October from the previous month's highs as industrial fuel demand weakened and refining margins narrowed.

Persons: magnifier, Dado Ruvic, Brent, Stephanie Kelly, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: REUTERS, . West Texas, U.S . Energy Information Administration, Thomson Locations: China, United States, Asia, U.S

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