Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Toyota estimates factory automation could cost $6.4 billion per year from 2028
TOKYO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor estimates it could cost 1 trillion yen ($6.4 billion) annually from 2028 to modernise its factories as the world's biggest carmaker accelerates automation and r...
Sep 18, 2026
US pharmacy chain Walgreens plans tech centre in India's Chennai, expected to create 250 jobs
Sept 18 (Reuters) - US-based pharmacy chain Walgreens plans to establish a new Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Chennai, the capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A pact with Walgreens ...
Sep 18, 2026
Exclusive-China Rare Earth Group in talks to buy MP Materials shareholder Shenghe Resources, sources say
Sept 18 (Reuters) - State-owned China Rare Earth Group is in talks to acquire Shenghe Resources, said two sources with knowledge of the matter, a move that would consolidate Beijing's control over the...
Sep 18, 2026
European shares tick lower on telecoms weakness, but poised for weekly gains
By Sudeshna Ghoshal Sept 18 (Reuters) - Europe's STOXX 600 slipped on Friday, led by losses in telecom stocks, but remained on track for modest weekly gains in a week marked by a retreat in oil prices...
Sep 18, 2026
Volkswagen to recall over 208,700 US vehicles over steering rack bolt defect, NHTSA says
Sept 18 (Reuters) - Volkswagen is recalling 208,724 vehicles in the US due to a faulty steering rack bolt that could break and cause a loss of steering control, the US National Highway Traffic Safety ...
Sep 18, 2026
BYD, CATL, Xiaomi executives may join Xi's US visit, sources say
By Laurie Chen BEIJING, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Washington and Beijing are finalising a group of Chinese business leaders to join President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to Washington, three sources familia...
Sep 18, 2026
One killed, four injured in Philippines school shooting, provincial governor says
MANILA, Sept 18 (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and four were injured in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Friday, a provincial governor said. The incident took pla...
Sep 18, 2026
Philippine teen kills two students, then himself in school shooting
By Nestor Corrales and Mikhail Flores MANILA, Sept 18 (Reuters) - A 16-year-old student shot dead at least two fellow students and then killed himself at a school in the southern Philippines on Friday...
Sep 18, 2026
BOJ Governor Ueda's comments at news conference
Sept 18 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a 31-year high on Friday and signalled its readiness to keep pushing up borrowing costs, joining other major central banks in fighting pe...
Sep 18, 2026
Russians vote in election that Putin sees as barometer of public support for his war in Ukraine
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Russians began voting on Friday in a three-day parliamentary election which President Vladimir Putin has said will show that millions of people back his ar...
Sep 18, 2026
