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FILE PHOTO: A Chevrolet 2025 Equinox EV LT is displayed during media day at the 2025 Detroit Auto Show at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. January 10, 2025. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
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GM recalls over 2,000 Chevrolet Equinox electric vehicles

(Reuters) -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday that General Motors is recalling about 2,890 Chevrolet Equinox EV vehicles due to...

FILE PHOTO: A flag of Volkswagen's truck unit Traton SE is pictured at Frankfurt Stock Exchange during Traton's initial public offering (IPO) in Frankfurt, Germany, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo
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VW plans to sell 15% of Traton shares in H1

Germany's Volkswagen plans to sell 15% of its shares in truck unit Traton in the first half of this year.

FILE PHOTO: The Citigroup Inc (Citi) logo is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. Picture taken October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Citi raises average 2025 oil price forecasts, citing geopolitical risks

Citi on Wednesday raised its oil price outlook for 2025 due to geopolitical risks centred on Russia and Iran.

FILE PHOTO: Joe Kaeser, then CEO of German industrial conglomerate Siemens, February 3, 2021. Matthias Schrader/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Siemens Energy sees ‘massive tailwind’ from US power drive

Shares in Siemens Energy rose nearly 10% to a record high on Wednesday.

FILE PHOTO: Volkswagen ID. Buzz electric vehicles are lined up at the company's plant in Hanover, Germany, December 17, 2024. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
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Analysis: Volkswagen seeks new era in Germany with old methods

Volkswagen's cost-cutting deal in Germany relies heavily on the automaker's tradition of cooperation.

Lesotho King Letsie III says renewable energy could transform his country's economy (AFP)
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Lesotho’s king pitches green energy to Davos elites

King Letsie III of Lesotho urges global leaders in Davos to invest in his nation's green transition.

A view inside the Pilot Co. company's headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S., October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Harrison McClary/File Photo
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Exclusive: Warren Buffett’s Pilot Co shuts oil trading business, sources say

By Shariq Khan and Georgina McCartney NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Pilot Co is shuttering its international oil trading business, ending an...

FILE PHOTO: People work during the construction of the Nestor Kirchner gas pipeline in Macachin, La Pampa, Argentina April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Martin Cossarini/File Photo
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Argentina logs largest energy trade surplus in 18 years in win for Milei

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina logged its largest energy trade surplus in nearly two decades last year, the energy secretariat said on Tuesday,...

FILE PHOTO: The logo for Orsted can be seen on the jacket worn by an employee as he talks to journalists during a visit to the offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little/File Photo
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Trump’s anti-wind policy hits European companies

European wind shares fell on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump axed support for new offshore wind power on his first day in...

FILE PHOTO: An offshore oil rig is pictured off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, U.S., November 14, 2024.  REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Explainer: Can Trump overturn Biden’s offshore drilling ban?

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – President Donald Trump in an executive order on Monday revoked a ban imposed by former Democratic President Joe...

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