 | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government may start scrutinizing informal partnerships between American and Chinese companies in the field of artificial intelligence, threatening practices that have long been considered garden variety development work for technology companies, sources familiar with the discussions said. | | | | | | (Reuters) - U.S. wireless carriers T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp are finalizing terms as they seek to sign a merger deal in the next three days, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. | | | | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank is expected to cut around 1,000 jobs or 10 percent of its workforce in the United States, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, as the German lender scales back its global investment banking ambitions. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed slightly higher on Friday as inflation worries and some struggling technology and energy stocks were offset by an advance in the consumer discretionary sector, led by Amazon. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's 20 percent hike in the cost of Prime membership should deliver more than $1 billion in extra revenue this year and cover any "rational" hike in United States Postal Service delivery fees, Wall Street analysts said on Friday. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawsuit against Southwest Airlines Co has been filed by a passenger who was flying on last week's flight 1380, in which an engine exploded and one person was killed. | | | | | | TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's stock market, the world's sixth largest, abruptly shut down on Friday after an outage but will resume trading Monday after "internal technical issues", the exchange operator said. | | | | | | HOUSTON (Reuters) - Weak refining margins hurt Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp's first-quarter profit, cutting into overall gains from rising oil prices. | | | | | | MONTREAL/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - New global packaging standards expected in late 2018 will allow lithium-ion batteries back into passenger plane cargo holds, pending design and regulatory approval, but some airlines say the new rule overlooks other safety concerns. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - WPP's digital boss Mark Read will get the chance to stake his claim to the top job at the world's biggest advertising company when he helps to present its first set of results without founder Martin Sorrell on Monday. | | | | | |
