2025-09-09 22:57
LOS ANGELES, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Roughly 67 shipping containers fell from a berthed ship into the water at Southern California's Port of Long Beach on Tuesday morning, emergency responders at the nation's second-busiest seaport said. No injuries were reported and no other port operations were affected. Sign up here. The containers fell from the 837-foot (255 m) Portugal-flagged Mississippi while it was berthed at the Pier G container terminal. A smaller barge connected to the vessel was damaged by some of the fallen containers, according to Unified Command, which includes the U.S. Coast Guard, the Long Beach fire and police departments, the Port of Long Beach and the Army Corps of Engineers. The Mississippi arrived in Long Beach from China's Yantian port, according to LSEG data. Cargo operations at the terminal were temporarily suspended as crews worked to secure the containers, Port of Long Beach public information officer Art Marroquin said. The incident is being investigated, Marroquin added. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/dozens-containers-tumble-into-water-california-port-2025-09-09/
2025-09-09 22:47
SAO PAULO, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that environmental agency Ibama should be satisfied with the results of an emergency drill done by state-run oil firm Petrobras in the country's Foz do Amazonas basin. "Petrobras has already carried out the test. Ibama should be satisfied with the results of the research, and Ibama will now grant us the license to carry out the first experiment," Lula said in an interview with local news channel Rede Amazonica, speaking ahead of Ibama's official assessment. Sign up here. For Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the company is formally known, the drill is the final stage of an environmental licensing process it hopes will result in a permit to drill an exploratory oil and gas well in the region. Despite Lula's claims, Ibama's technical staff has yet to finish a report on the test and whether it was a success, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The report needs to be completed before the head of Ibama, Rodrigo Agostinho, makes a final decision to grant or deny the license. Ibama's staff had previously recommended that the body deny the license, but was overruled by Agostinho, who gave the go-ahead for the emergency drill. In a statement, Ibama said the results of the drill are still being analyzed. Once the analyses are complete, Ibama said it will prepare a technical report on whether Petrobras' proposed emergency plan is feasible. There is no deadline for this next step, the agency added, citing the drill's complexity and the amount of information involved. Petrobras did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Lula has long pressured Ibama to grant Petrobras a license to drill in the environmentally sensitive offshore region, which is considered the best prospect for the company to expand its oil and gas reserves. The oil industry believes there is significant potential for discovering large oil and gas reserves in the Foz do Amazonas basin, based on major discoveries in geologically similar regions in Suriname and Guyana. However, there is resistance from segments of society and within the government itself, due to the socio-environmental risks tied to exploration. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/brazil-environment-agency-should-be-satisfied-with-petrobras-test-key-offshore-2025-09-09/
2025-09-09 22:45
Scania, MAN, Volvo, Renault and DAF seen meeting 2025 emission targets EU rules require 15% cut in emissions by 2025 versus 2019 Daimler Truck, Iveco are lagging but can still comply STOCKHOLM, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Most European truckmakers are on track to meet the European Union's 2025 emissions targets, despite electric trucks making up only a small share of sales, a report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) showed on Wednesday. Heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) - which are almost entirely diesel-powered - account for a quarter of Europe's road transport emissions. Sign up here. Under EU rules, manufacturers must cut average CO2 emissions by 15% in 2025 compared to 2019 levels. Unlike carmakers, however, truckmakers can comply with the emission regulations by improving diesel efficiency and using regulatory flexibilities rather than selling large volumes of electric vehicles. Five of the seven largest EU truckmakers - DAF, Scania, MAN, Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks - are on course to meet the target without further improvements, the ICCT said. Daimler Truck and Iveco are lagging but could avoid penalties with modest changes. "After more than a decade of preparation, the regulation is working," Felipe Rodriquez, programme director at the ICCT, told Reuters. Scania, along with Volvo Trucks, met the 2025 target two years ago, largely by cutting emissions from internal combustion engine (ICE) trucks. Iveco would need to sell about 200 zero-emission trucks and make other changes to comply, which Rodriquez said was realistic. "If they get their act together, I think they will not have to pay any penalties in 2025," he said. Only 14,000 of the 360,000 trucks sold in Europe last year were zero-emission, compared to millions of cars. Rodriquez said an industry-wide ramp-up was necessary. "You're going to run out of options to continue tweaking the internal combustion engine, and the zero-emission trucks will have to come in greater volumes," he said. On Thursday, truck industry representatives meet three EU commissioners to discuss electrification. On Friday, car executives are due to meet Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to debate the 2035 phase-out of combustion-engine cars. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/diesel-tweaks-help-truckmakers-hit-eu-climate-targets-2025-09-09/
2025-09-09 22:11
BRUSSELS, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Hybrid cars release far more carbon dioxide than their official ratings indicate and should not qualify as low-emission vehicles to meet European Union targets, a report by transport research and campaign group T&E said on Wednesday. European auto executives are expected to air their complaints about EU CO2 emissions targets at a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday to discuss the EU sector's future. Sign up here. In a letter two weeks ago, the two main EU automobile associations said plug-in electric vehicles would play a vital role and urged Brussels not to tighten rules on them. T&E said data from the European Environmental Agency showed real-world emissions were more than 130 grams of CO2 per kilometre for PHEV models, equivalent to a mid-size petrol car and nearly five times the official values of less than 30. "Plug-in hybrids are being marketed as low-emission vehicles, but actually if you compare them to petrol cars in real-world performance, they're very, very similar," said T&E executive director William Todts. T&E said a main cause for the discrepancy between real-world and official ratings was an overly optimistic assessment of the share of vehicle operations powered only by electricity - known as the utility factor. The Commission plans to revise this in 2025/2026 and 2027/28, when T&E said the gap would narrow, although real-world emissions would still be 18% above official figures. T&E said the changes should persuade automakers to increase the range of batteries in hybrids to make them more electric. In 2024, while EU new electric vehicle sales dropped to a 13.6% market share, plug-in and other hybrids made up 38%, according to EU automaker association ACEA. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/hybrid-cars-are-not-low-emission-fix-meet-eu-co2-targets-says-campaign-group-2025-09-09/
2025-09-09 21:59
Sept 9 (Reuters) - Winklevoss twins-backed Gemini raised the proposed price range for its U.S. initial public offering on Tuesday and is now targeting a valuation of up to $3.08 billion in its listing, reflecting investor interest in crypto ventures. The cryptocurrency exchange aims to raise $433.3 million by selling 16.67 million shares priced between $24 and $26 each. This compares with its prior proposed range of $17 to $19 per share. Sign up here. The company has already lined up Nasdaq to buy $50 million in shares in a private placement at the time of its IPO, Reuters reported earlier on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. U.S. IPOs have resumed a long-awaited recovery as Fall kicks off, with jubilant equity markets and potentially lower interest rates helping cloud the residual tariffs uncertainty and sticky inflation. "Lower rates reduce funding costs and support equity valuations, which is positive for the IPO sentiment," said Kat Liu, vice president at IPO research firm IPOX. Crypto firms have stood out among new issuers as regulatory tailwinds, higher ETF flows and institutional adoption help bridge the gap between traditional finance and digital assets. Blockchain lender Figure Technologies also lifted its IPO price range, along with increasing the offering size, earlier on Tuesday, confirming a Reuters report. Gemini, which is expected to price its IPO on Thursday, will become the third publicly traded crypto exchange after Coinbase (COIN.O) , opens new tab — the first crypto exchange to join the S&P 500 — and Bullish , whose shares more than doubled in its NYSE debut last month. The company was founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who gained fame after settling a 2008 legal dispute with Meta's (META.O) , opens new tab Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Gemini expects to list on the Nasdaq under the "GEMI" ticker symbol. Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are the lead bookrunners on the deal. https://www.reuters.com/business/gemini-lifts-ipo-price-range-targets-3-billion-valuation-amid-crypto-boom-2025-09-09/
2025-09-09 21:35
Nebius soars on $17.4 billion deal with Microsoft UnitedHealth sees in-line top-rated Medicare plan memberships Albemarle slides on lithium supply easing concerns S&P 500 +0.27%, Nasdaq +0.37%, Dow +0.43% Sept 9 (Reuters) - Wall Street's three main indexes scored record high closes on Tuesday, while UnitedHealth rallied, and a downward payrolls revision supported expectations the Federal Reserve will soon cut interest rates to shore up economic growth. The S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones Industrial Average each ended with fresh all-time highs, extending a rally this year fueled by excitement about artificial intelligence and expectations of lower borrowing costs. Sign up here. The U.S. economy likely created 911,000 fewer jobs in the 12 months through March than previously estimated, the government said, suggesting that job growth was already stalling before President Donald Trump launched his global tariffs. Financial markets have priced in a 25 basis point cut at the Fed's policy meeting next week, and futures trading suggests a nearly 10% chance of a 50 basis point cut, according to CME's FedWatch tool. Recent nonfarm payroll data for July and August also pointed to weakening labor market conditions. "This does nothing to dissuade the Fed from moving 25 basis points," said Paul Nolte, a market strategist at Murphy & Sylvest in Chicago, about the payrolls revision. "We don't know month by month and won't for a few more months yet, but it points out that labor is weak." UnitedHealth (UNH.N) , opens new tab jumped after it said it expects enrollment in top-rated Medicare insurance plans to be in line with its expectations, which could mean bigger payments from the government to the health insurer. JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) , opens new tab rose 1.7% after a senior executive said investment banking revenue will grow in the low double digits for the third quarter and that markets revenue would grow in the high teens percentage for the third quarter. "That's all good news, signs of a good, thriving economy. M&A is coming back after Trump's Liberation Day put a screeching halt to that," said Jed Ellerbroek, a portfolio manager at Argent Capital, referring to U.S. tariffs announced in April. The S&P 500 climbed 0.27% to end the session at 6,512.61 points, surpassing its record last Thursday. The Nasdaq gained 0.37% to 21,879.49 points, its second consecutive record high close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.43% to 45,711.34 points, exceeding its previous record close on August 28. Eight of the 11 S&P 500 sector indexes rose, led by communication services (.SPLRCL) , opens new tab, up 1.64%, followed by a 0.71% gain in utilities (.SPLRCU) , opens new tab. Year to date, the S&P 500 has gained about 11%, while the Nasdaq is up 13%. Shares of Apple (AAPL.O) , opens new tab fell 1.5% after the company unveiled new iPhones that failed to excite investors. Broadcom (AVGO.O) , opens new tab dipped 2.6% after the world's second most valuable chipmaker gained in the five previous sessions. Investors will focus on a producer inflation report on Wednesday and consumer prices data on Thursday to gauge the impact of Trump's tariff policies, and whether a case could be made for more aggressive interest rate cuts. Nebius (NBIS.O) , opens new tab soared almost 50% after the AI infrastructure firm signed a $17.4 billion deal with Microsoft (MSFT.O) , opens new tab. Rival CoreWeave (CRWV.O) , opens new tab jumped 7%. Class B shares of Fox Corp fell 6.7% and News Corp dipped 4.5%. Rupert Murdoch and his children reached an agreement that will give the eldest son, Lachlan Murdoch, control over the media empire. Albemarle (ALB.N) , opens new tab plunged 11.5% due to easing supply concerns as Chinese battery company CATL is expected to resume production at a lithium mine. In extended trade, Oracle (ORCL.N) , opens new tab surged 12% following its quarterly report. Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones within the S&P 500 (.AD.SPX) , opens new tab by a 1.4-to-one ratio. The S&P 500 posted 19 new highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq recorded 100 new highs and 64 new lows. Volume on U.S. exchanges was relatively light, with 15.6 billion shares traded, compared to an average of 16.1 billion shares over the previous 20 sessions. https://www.reuters.com/business/wall-street-indexes-notch-record-high-closes-investors-bet-rate-cut-2025-09-09/
