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By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives committee on China has asked the FBI and the intelligence community for a briefing on GenScript Biotechnology Co and three subsidiaries to determine if the Chinese Communist Party has influence over their operations. In a letter dated May 30 to the FBI and the U.S. office of the director of national intelligence, committee chair John Moolenaar and ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi said GenScript’s work with … Read more…

By Kanchana Chakravarty and Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) -Salesforce shares slumped about 18% on Thursday, after its lowest-ever quarterly revenue growth forecast raised fears that high interest rates and rival AI offerings were hampering demand at the cloud-based software firm. The company could lose more than $48 billion in market value if losses hold, as it also reported quarterly revenue that was below expectations for the first time since 2006. “Weak bookings in Q1 further test … Read more…

PARIS (Reuters) – Renault said it would link up with a Chinese engineering company to develop future Twingo cars priced below 20,000 euros ($21,676), as European automakers target smaller and cheaper electric vehicles to compete with Chinese peers. “Twingo’s development is moving forward quickly, as we plan to make the development in two years,” said a spokesperson for Renault’s Ampere electric vehicles division. “The development of the car will be done with a Chinese engineering … Read more…

By Carolina Mandl and Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) said on Wednesday the transition to faster trade settlement was going smoothly, with some early numbers and market participants pointing to a well-ordered transition so far. On Tuesday, U.S. trading of equities, corporate and municipal bonds and other securities moved to a one-day securities settlement cycle (T+1) from two days (T+2), to comply with a rule change adopted … Read more…

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Visa and Mastercard have agreed to pay $197 million to resolve a class action by millions of consumers accusing the financial payment companies of keeping cash access fees artificially high. The plaintiffs’ lawyers revealed the proposed accord on Wednesday in a filing in Washington, D.C., federal court. The settlement involves consumers who withdrew cash from bank-operated ATMs since 2007. Two other related class actions — one from consumers who used … Read more…

(Reuters) -The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) CEO Marcie Frost is planning to oppose Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package, CNBC reported on Wednesday. “We do not believe that the compensation is commensurate with the performance of the company,” Frost said in an interview to CNBC. Asked if the pension fund was “duped” when it supported the proposal in 2018, Frost said it had not been. “We used the information we had … Read more…