 | | | | JERA, Japan's biggest power generator, has started preparation work to restart another aged power generation unit at its Anegasaki thermal power station, near Tokyo, to help the region avoid any power crunch during the peak winter demand season. | | | | | | China will step up support for automobile consumption and expects vehicle and auto-related consumption to increase by about 200 billion yuan in 2022, state media reported, citing a regular cabinet meeting on Wednesday. | | | | | | Bidders for Toshiba Corp are considering offering up to 7,000 yen ($51.41) per share to take the troubled Japanese conglomerate private, three people familiar with the situation told Reuters, valuing the deal at about $22 billion. | | | | | | Wall Street futures fell on Wednesday after a broad-based rally in the previous session, with investor focus squarely on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's congressional testimony to gauge the pace of future interest rate hikes. | | | | | | Ukraine's largest steelmaker has urged customers not to buy any products made at its plants in Mariupol because it fears they may have been stolen by Russian forces occupying the southern city. | | | | | | Lockheed Martin said on Wednesday it could deliver first F-35 fighter jets to Germany in 2026 and expects more orders for the aircraft in Europe as Greece and the Czech Republic have expressed significant interest. | | | | | | Carlsberg on Wednesday announced the departure of Chief Financial Officer Heine Dalsgaard, who had a leading role in a major cost-cutting programme to stem its losses in Russia. | | | | | | U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on Congress to pass a three-month suspension of the federal gasoline tax to help combat record pump prices, according to a senior administration official. | | | | | | Business associations for top U.S.-listed companies have pushed back against a landmark proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to make corporate America disclose a range of greenhouse gas emission figures. | | | | | | One by one, over the last week of May, Twitter Inc rang up some members of its incoming class of new hires who had recently graduated from college and revoked the job offers in 15-minute calls, according to some of the recipients. | | | | | |
