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BEIJING -- The Chinese central bank on Tuesday kept two benchmark lending rates unchanged for this month, after financing extended by Chinese banks hit their lowest level in roughly a decade and a half.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to ramp up scrutiny of U.S. clinical trials conducted in China, citing the risk of intellectual property theft and the possibility of forced participation of Uyghurs.
HOUSTON -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Chevron are preparing to make hydrogen in the U.S. using renewable energy, with commercial power generation using the fuel scheduled to start in mid-2025.
TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Toyota Tsusho will develop and supply biofuels and green hydrogen with Indonesian state-run oil company Pertamina, part of efforts led by Tokyo to support decarbonization in Southeast Asia.
TOKYO/LONDON/NEW YORK -- Alimentation Couche-Tard, the Canadian convenience store group that sent a friendly, nonbinding takeover proposal to Japan's Seven & i Holdings, is known as a master of mergers and acquisitions, one that now eyes the 85,000 7-Eleven stores worldwide.
CHICAGO -- The Democratic Party's 2024 policy platform mentions Europe at the top of its chapter on foreign affairs, highlighting the success of the U.S. in rallying allies against Russia, before the chapter outlines the party's Indo-Pacific stance.
Waymo is now providing more than 100,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in the U.S., according to a LinkedIn announcement by co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana. That's double the 50,000 weekly paid trips the company reported in May.
MILFORD, Mich. — General Motors' premium GMC brand wants to become the leader in all-electric truck sales for U.S. consumers as it launches its new electric Sierra pickup.