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Spain to send Patriot missiles, Leopard tanks to Ukraine in $1.23 billion package May 27, 2024 02:07AM

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain plans to send Patriot missiles and Leopard tanks to Ukraine as part of a 1.13 billion euro ($1.23 billion) weapon package announced last month, El Pais newspaper reported on Monday, citing unidentified sources close to the operation.

Spain will hand over a dozen crucial Patriot anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine and 19 second-hand German-made Leopard 2A4 tanks and other Spanish-made weapons, such as anti-drones gear and... (continue reading...)


France looks to elusive EU capital market to fix start-up funding May 27, 2024 02:04AM

By Martin Coulter and Leigh Thomas

PARIS (Reuters) - France is banking on a new push to integrate the European Union's fragmented capital markets to give them the scale needed to wean its flourishing startup sector off of dominant U.S. venture capital, ministers, CEOs and investors said.

A hodgepodge of local regulations and oversight has kept Europe's financial markets largely shaped by national borders, preventing the emergence of deep... (continue reading...)


Elon Musk's xAI raises $6 billion in fresh funding May 27, 2024 01:38AM

(Reuters) -Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has raised $6 billion in a Series B funding round backed by investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital among others, the company said in a blog post on Sunday.

The money will be used to take xAI's first products to market, build advanced infrastructure and accelerate research and development of future technologies, xAI said.

"There will be more to announce in the... (continue reading...)


UBS rules out external successor to Ermotti as CEO, FT reports May 27, 2024 01:15AM

(Reuters) - UBS has ruled out appointing an outsider as the successor to CEO Sergio Ermotti, and plans to choose from a shortlist of three internal candidates when he steps down in about three years, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

The Swiss bank could signal the identities of the potential successors as early as next year's annual meeting, the newspaper said, citing people with knowledge of the plans.

UBS did not immediately... (continue reading...)


UBS rules out external successor to Ermotti as CEO, FT reports May 27, 2024 01:15AM

(Reuters) - UBS has ruled out appointing an outsider as the successor to CEO Sergio Ermotti, and plans to choose from a shortlist of three internal candidates when he steps down in about three years, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

The Swiss bank could signal the identities of the potential successors as early as next year's annual meeting, the newspaper said, citing people with knowledge of the plans.

UBS did not immediately... (continue reading...)


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