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By Milana Vinn NEW YORK (Reuters) – A private equity consortium including Vista Equity Partners and Blackstone is in talks to acquire Smartsheet, a U.S. maker of workplace collaboration software with a market value of about $7 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. A deal could be signed in the coming weeks if the talks don’t fall apart, the sources said, requesting anonymity as the discussions are confidential. The terms being discussed … Read more…

By Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) – A shift to shorter settlement for U.S. securities transactions earlier this year had a greater-than-anticipated impact on market participants across the board, with Europe reporting the greatest hit, a Citigroup survey showed. The U.S. sped up its settlement cycle in May, requiring that equities, corporate and municipal bonds and other securities transactions settle one business day after the trade, instead of two, or T+1. The transition “was more … Read more…

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is preparing to block Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel, a source said on Wednesday. The move by Biden would deal a blow to the proposed $14.9 billion deal. The president has previously expressed concern over Nippon’s deal to buy the 122-year-old iconic U.S. steelmaker. U.S. Steel warned earlier on Wednesday that a failure to merge with Nippon Steel would put thousands of U.S. union jobs … Read more…

(Reuters) – Artificial intelligence could hurt oil prices over the next decade by boosting supply by potentially reducing costs via improved logistics and increasing the amount of profitably recoverable resources, Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The impact of AI on energy and metals has mostly focused on the demand side given the expected boost to power demand. Negative impact on oil prices could decrease incomes of producers like the members of Organization … Read more…

By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Shares of AI heavyweight Nvidia tumbled on Tuesday, with Wall Street’s chip index slumping 7% as investors softened their optimism about AI in a broad market sell-off following tepid economic data. Nvidia, viewed as Wall Street’s biggest winner in a race to dominate emerging AI technology, dropped over 8%, while the PHLX chip index was on track for its deepest one-day percentage drop in a month. With Tuesday’s decline, Nvidia’s … Read more…

By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. gasoline futures fell nearly 6% on Tuesday to their lowest since December 2021, as the end of the driving season weighed on demand for the motor fuel amid a sell-off in the broader oil market. Gasoline futures for October deliveries settled 5.5% lower at $1.98 per gallon, their biggest losses in a single session since July 2022. The motor fuel was the biggest decliner amid a broader … Read more…

(Reuters) – TikTok-owner ByteDance is tapping banks for a $9.5 billion loan that would be the biggest dollar-denominated corporate facility in Asia ex-Japan, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are the coordinators of the financing, which carries a tenor of three years and can be extended to up to five years, the sources, who did not want to be named because the discussions are confidential, said. … Read more…

BEIJING (Reuters) – Sales of U.S. automaker Tesla’s China-made electric vehicles grew 3% in August from a year earlier, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Monday. Deliveries of China-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles rose 17% from the previous month. Chinese rival BYD, with its Dynasty and Ocean series of EVs and plug-in hybrids, was again on a roll in August, with passenger vehicle sales up 35.3% year-on-year in August … Read more…

(Reuters) – Market values of major tech firms declined in August amid concerns over escalating artificial intelligence infrastructure costs and rising recession risks that would make the stocks particularly vulnerable during a market correction. Last month, Alphabet Inc’s lost 4.7% of its market value as a slowdown in YouTube’s advertising sales fuelled concerns about its earnings. A U.S. judge’s ruling that Google had violated antitrust laws and the emergence of new competition from OpenAI, which … Read more…