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(Corrects dates in paragraphs 5,6 on launch of satellites) By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amazon is building a $120 million processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its thousands of planned Kuiper internet satellites, the company and state officials said Friday. The 100,000 square-foot building is part of the roughly $10 billion that Amazon has vowed to invest in its Kuiper project, a planned network of 3,200 […]

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global share markets edged lower on Friday as most of the U.S. megacap stocks slipped, while the dollar soared against the yen after Reuters reported the Bank of Japan is leaning toward keeping its dovish monetary policy next week. Gold prices fell as the dollar rebounded to its highest in more than a week as investors prepare for next week’s big central bank policy […]

(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday said it will reconsider its recent decision that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk violated federal labor law by tweeting that employees would lose stock options if they joined a union. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said it will review the case en banc, meaning that all active judges will take part. A three-judge panel of the same […]

(Reuters) -Audio-streaming platform Spotify Technology plans to raise the price of its ad-free premium monthly plan by $1 in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company could increase prices in other markets too in the coming months, according to the report. Spotify did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. (Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in BengaluruEditing by […]

By Deisy Buitrago and Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela is not willing to halt productive operations during contract audits that have led to the arrest of businessmen and officials, and to disputes with customers and partners of state company PDVSA, the country’s oil minister said on Friday. In June, a contract between PDVSA and Maroil Trading, a Geneva-based company owned by Venezuelan tycoon Wilmer Ruperti, became entangled in a […]

By Nick Carey, Paul Lienert and Victoria Waldersee POOLE, England (Reuters) – A little-publicized clause in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act has companies scrambling to recycle electric vehicle batteries in North America, putting the region at the forefront of a global race to undermine China’s dominance of the field. The IRA includes a clause that automatically qualifies EV battery materials recycled in the U.S. as American-made for subsidies, regardless of […]

By Bill Trott (Reuters) -Tony Bennett, the smooth American singer who had an enduring hit with “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” and remained perpetually cool enough to win over younger generations of fans well into the 21st century, died on Friday, his publicist said. Bennett was 96. He died at his home in New York City of age-related causes, his publicist Sylvia Weiner said in a statement. No […]

By Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici BRUSSELS/BEIJING (Reuters) – Record-breaking heat in China. Wildfires forcing Swiss villages to evacuate. Drought ravaging Spanish crops. As the costs of climate change rack up, a debate is surging among governments: who should pay? The question has been in the spotlight amid this week’s climate talks between the U.S. and China, where the world’s two biggest economies tried to find ways to work together […]

By Martyn Herman HOYLAKE, England (Reuters) -American Brian Harman seized control of the Open with a sublime second round then watched the chasing pack flatter to deceive in breezy conditions at Royal Liverpool on Friday. Early starter Harman landed a barrage of birdies on his front nine and then eagled the 18th to post a six-under 65 that left him out on his own at 10 under. England’s Tommy Fleetwood, […]