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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Thursday confirmed that Russia had renewed the Black Sea grain deal for two months after achieving some results in talks which had given it “certain hopes”, but said more progress had to be made to advance its own interests. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced the extension in a televised speech on Wednesday and it was later confirmed by Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations. The […]

(Reuters) – Billionaire real estate investor Sam Zell has died at the age of 81, his real estate investment trust Equity Residential said in a statement on Thursday. (Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against Amgen Inc in its bid to revive patents on its cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha over a legal challenge by French rival Sanofi SA. The nine justices unanimously upheld a lower court’s ruling that had invalidated Amgen’s patents on the grounds that the Thousand Oaks, California-based drugmaker had failed to provide a roadmap for recreating, or “enabling,” the full […]

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Ampere Computing on Thursday released a new family of data center chips with technology it has custom-designed for cloud computing companies. Founded by former Intel Corp president Renee James, Ampere has focused on courting cloud companies that buy thousands of chips at a time and in turn rent them out. The company has deals in place with Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud, Microsoft Corp’s Azure and […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – A lack of resources means battery electric vehicles (BEV) cannot be the auto sector’s only answer to climate change, Toyota Motor Corp’s top scientist said Thursday, warning that focusing on BEVs could lead some drivers to hold onto polluting vehicles. Some investors and environmental groups have long criticised Toyota for being slow to embrace BEVs, saying it has lagged Tesla Inc and others amid growing global demand. […]

(Reuters) -Holder Rafa Nadal will miss the French Open after failing to regain full fitness from a hip injury suffered at the Australian Open in January, the 14-times Roland Garros winner said on Thursday, adding 2024 could be the final year of his career. Nadal, who has dominated the claycourt season for years, has competed at Roland Garros every year since claiming the first of his men’s joint-record 22 major […]

By Tiyashi Datta and Aditya Soni (Reuters) – Popular titles from Electronic Arts-owned “FIFA” to Activision Blizzard’s “Call of Duty” are propping up sales for U.S. videogame publishers in a turbulent economy, quelling concerns that a looming recession may impede growth. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc on Wednesday rounded off a strong March quarter for the sector that saw its three major players post net bookings growth of between 11% and […]

By Sakura Murakami and Jeff Mason HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Japan’s Fumio Kishida met for talks in the deeply symbolic city of Hiroshima on Thursday, aiming for closer cooperation in the face of an ascendant China and an unpredictable Russia they see as threatening the post-war order. The two met ahead of a three-day Group of Seven (G7) summit that starts on Friday in Hiroshima, […]

By Anna Tong Ramp, a developer of financial management software, said it plans to offer new artificial intelligence tools from Thursday, including a feature that can determine if a company is overpaying on its software contracts. The New York-based startup, which offers a corporate card platform used by over 15,000 businesses, has raised $1.4 billion from a slew of investors since it was founded in 2019. These include Microsoft Corp […]