By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Ford Motor will halt production of its F-150 Lightning electric vehicle pickup trucks for six weeks from Nov. 18 to Jan. 6, the Dearborn automaker said on Thursday. Ford’s U.S. plants are closed for a holiday week in December. “We continue to adjust production for an optimal mix of sales growth…
Elon Musk is accused of rampantly spreading election misinformation, and it has been a thorn in the side of election officials working double time to try and mitigate the spew of unfounded claims about meddling and alleged voter fraud. Some officials have even gone to measures like dispatching personal notes to the CEO of Tesla…
China will continue to dominate the global clean energy market with its exports of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, and electric vehicles (EVs) on track to triple in the coming decade, according to an analysis published this week by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The country’s clean technology exports are expected to exceed US$340 billion…
Peloton (PTON) raised profit guidance for the full year after beating revenue estimates for its fiscal first quarter. Peloton stock rocketed to a new high on Thursday. The bike, treadmill and rowing machine maker also said it has appointed Peter Stern, a Ford (F) executive and the co-founder of Apple (AAPL) Fitness+, to be its…
Bangkok: Four Thais were killed in northern Israel by rocket fire from Lebanon, Thailand’s foreign minister said Friday. Maris Sangiampongsa, in a post on social media platform X, said he was “deeply saddened” by the deaths close to the town of Metula on Thursday, adding another Thai citizen was injured. The head of the regional…
By Michael Erman and Leroy Leo (Reuters) -Merck & Co said on Thursday that weak sales of Gardasil in China are likely to carry over into 2025 as the vaccine’s distributor there reduces inventories amid low demand, and the U.S. drugmaker’s shares fell 3%. Gardasil, which prevents cancers caused by the human papillomavirus, has been…
The dog that didn’t bark was one of Sherlock Holmes’s most famous three-pipe mysteries. There is, by contrast, no great puzzle about the newspaper that didn’t endorse. Jeff Bezos decreed it. And when you’re in the top three richest in the world, people tend to do what you ask them to do. Thus we have…
Apple’s sales in Greater China fell by less than 1 per cent in last quarter, a mark of continuing decline for the US tech giant in one of its most important markets, as it tries to woo mainland officials while warding off growing competition. The iPhone maker’s sales in the market – which includes mainland…
England prop Joe Marler has apologised for a “poorly articulated” social media post before Saturday’s match against New Zealand, where he said the haka “needs binning”. The 34-year-old called the haka – a pre-match ritual challenge – “ridiculous” in a post on X on Tuesday. But Marler said on Thursday he “should have done better…
All eyes are on Big Tech stocks as two “Magnificent Seven” giants, Amazon (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL), alongside semiconductor player Intel, prepare to unveil their quarterly results after market close. Another stock in focus is Super Micro Computer (SMCI), whose stock tumbled nearly 14% after Ernst & Young resigned as the company’s auditor. The move…