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FILE PHOTO: Billionaire activist-investor Carl Icahn gives an interview on FOX Business Network's Neil Cavuto show in New York, U.S. on February 11, 2014.  REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo/File Photo
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Icahn-owned oil refiner CVR bidding in Citgo share auction: sources

CVR is working with investment bankers at Wells Fargo to raise the financing for its bid. The company has the support of Icahn...

FILE PHOTO: A Toyota Logo is seen at a Toyota dealership in Zaventem, Belgium, November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
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Toyota’s Q2 US auto sales up 9% on SUV demand

The company, a unit of Japan's Toyota Motor Corp, sold 621,549 vehicles in the quarter, compared with 568,962 units a year earlier.

FILE PHOTO: The Honda logo is displayed at the 44th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
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Major Japanese insurers to offload $3.1 billion of Honda shares, sources say

The move comes as the unwinding of cross-shareholding practices accelerates.

FILE PHOTO: A person walks next to BYD Seal car in a BYD Auto company and Autotorino store in Milan, Italy, March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo
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China’s BYD posts 21% jump in quarterly EV sales, closes gap with Tesla

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s BYD posted a 21% rise in second-quarter electric vehicle sales, closing the gap with Tesla after handing back the world’s...

A recording light of a TV camera is flashing red as Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch addresses the annual results news conference in Munich, Germany, November 15, 2023.   REUTERS/Leo Simon/ File Photo
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Siemens Energy plans 10,000 hires for electricity grid unit, FT says

Siemens Energy plans to recruit more than 10,000 employees as it invests 1.2bn euros in its electricity grid business over the next six...

FILE PHOTO: Trafigura logo is seen in this illustration taken, April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Trafigura, Gunvor demand sparks jump in Brent oil benchmark

Trading houses Trafigura and Gunvor bought nine cargoes of crude that underpin the international Brent oil benchmark in the last week

FILE PHOTO: A boat lies on the partially dried-up bed of the Villa Victoria dam, which supplies water to Mexico's capital, as the Cutzamala System's stores have their lowest level in years due to a drought, in Villa Victoria, Mexico June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Paola Garcia/File Photo
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More finance, policy ambition demanded at London climate week

Countries need to dig deeper to provide the finance and set the policies needed to shift to a low-carbon economy, delegates heard this...

The Polestar 4 electric SUV is displayed at the New York International Auto Show Press Preview, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 27, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Polestar reports decline in 2023 revenue as EV maker grapples with slowing demand

EV-maker Polestar said on Friday, that its 2023 revenue fell about 3% and its losses widened as it grappled with slowing demand

FILE PHOTO: The Fisker logo is shown on the back of a Fisker Ocean electric SUV vehicle at one of the company’s sales, service ands delivery centers in Vista, California, U.S., May 22, 2024.   REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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EV firm Fisker to recall over 12,000 Ocean vehicles

EV firm Fisker is recalling 8,204 Ocean vehicles in the US due to exterior door handles sticking and failing to open, the NHTSA...

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the logo of Spanish oil major Repsol outside its headquarters in Madrid, Spain, December 26, 2023. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo
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Repsol in talks to merge UK North Sea operations with NEO, sources say

Spain's Repsol is in talks to merge its UK North Sea oil and gas business with private equity-backed NEO Energy, three industry sources...

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