Feb 9 (Reuters) - Apollo Global Management is nearing a deal to lend about $3.4 billion to an investment vehicle that will purchase Nvidia chips and lease them to Elon Musk's xAI, the Information reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
SpaceX and xAI did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
By Courtney Rozen
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is trying to make it harder for fired federal employees to get their jobs back, according to a government plan released on Monday, by limiting their right to appeal their dismissal to an independent board.
The Office of Personnel Management, the federal government’s HR office, proposed ending the right of fired federal employees to dispute their dismissal before... (continue reading...)
MEXICO CITY, Feb 9 - Inflation in Mexico sped up in January, data from the national statistics agency showed Monday, supporting the central bank's decision last week to hold its interest rate as it sees inflation taking longer to reach the bank's target.
Consumer prices rose 3.79% in the year through January, above December's rate of 3.69% and slightly under the 3.82% forecast by analysts polled by Reuters.
The closely watched core... (continue reading...)
BRUSSELS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - NATO is expected to launch an Arctic Sentry mission in the coming days, five sources told Reuters, in a move to boost its role in the region and defuse tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump and European allies over Greenland.
A decision to launch could come as early as this week, when the alliance's defence ministers meet in Brussels, according to three European diplomats, a military official and a person... (continue reading...)
By Elizabeth Piper and Alistair Smout
LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a rallying cry to his staff on Monday, signalling he would not heed calls to step down after a second aide resigned over the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States.
Downing Street Communications chief, Tim Allan, said he was resigning to make way for a new team to support the British leader, a day... (continue reading...)
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