By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s election campaign said on Sunday it has raised $200 million and signed up 170,000 new volunteers in the week since she became the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate. President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid on Sunday last week and endorsed Harris for the Nov. 5 vote against Republican former President Donald Trump. “In the week since we got started, @KamalaHarris has raised $200 million dollars. … Read more…

By David Lawder BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday that the global transition to a low-carbon economy requires $3 trillion in new capital each year through 2050, far above current annual financing, but that filling the gap is the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century. Yellen said in Belem, Brazil’s Amazon gateway city, that reaching net-zero emissions goals remained a top priority for the Biden-Harris administration and this … Read more…

By Rory Carroll and Karen Braun PARIS (Reuters) – Simone Biles experienced pain in her left calf on the first day of the women’s gymnastics competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday but the American never considered aborting any of her four apparatus routines, her coaches said.  Biles, a four-time Olympic gold medallist competing in her third Games, was seen limping at times during the qualifying competition and also as she walked past reporters after … Read more…

By Siddharth Cavale and Jeffrey Dastin NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart has plans to potentially spend $200 million on self-driving forklifts as part of broader efforts to automate more warehouse operations, according to three people familiar with the matter. The world’s largest retailer wants autonomous forklifts to move pallets of goods in its distribution centers, which replenish Walmart stores. It has intended to buy possibly hundreds from Fox Robotics and invested $25 million in the … Read more…

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – LinkedIn agreed to pay $6.625 million to settle a proposed class action accusing the Microsoft unit of overcharging advertisers by inflating how many people watched video ads on its platform. A preliminary settlement was filed late Thursday in San Jose, California federal court, and requires approval by U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen in San Jose, California. LinkedIn denied wrongdoing. It also agreed to use reasonable efforts for two years … Read more…