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ROME—Elon Musk and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have formed one of 2023’s more unlikely trans-Atlantic alliances.Behind their budding friendship lie common interests in political issues such as immigration and demographics, as well as in tech-sector regulation and the risks associated with artificial intelligence.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 ROME—Elon Musk and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Melonihave formed one of 2023’s more unlikely…

Updated Dec. 9, 2023 12:16 am ETJeff Zucker ran NBC’s “Today” show as a young executive producer and was CNN’s boss for nearly a decade. Now, the television veteran is angling for a very different assignment: turn conservative British news publications into global brands. Zucker is heading an investment group that has become the top contender to buy the Telegraph and the Spectator, a newspaper and a magazine that are both more than 150 years old. Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

PARIS—A McDonald’s on a buzzy boulevard here offers a glimpse of what the future of serving fast food could look like. The burger giant doesn’t like what it sees.For those dining in, french fries are served in durable red containers, soda is dispensed into clear washable glasses and chicken nuggets come in hard plastic white bowls. When customers are finished eating, they are asked to drop the containers into a bin to be washed, dried and reused.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

Telefonica proposed a workforce restructuring plan that will affect 5,124 jobs in Spain as part of its reorganization.The Spanish telecommunications company on Monday told unions that it aims to implement a labor force adjustment plan by 2026, due to organizational, technical and production needs, a spokesperson from trade union UGT told Dow Jones Newswires.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Telefonicaproposed a workforce restructuring plan that will…

Updated Nov. 24, 2023 4:17 am ETNissan Motor is expanding its electric vehicles and battery manufacturing capacity in the U.K. with investments of up to 3.0 billion pounds ($2.39 billion) as the carmaker pushes to have an all-electric lineup in Europe.The Japanese company plans to add a third gigafactory and produce two additional models at its EV hub in Sunderland, it said Friday.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Updated Nov. 24, 2023 4:17 am ETNissan…

Updated Nov. 14, 2023 12:01 am ETListen to article(1 minute)LONDON—Shortly after taking the helm at the world’s largest spirits maker, Diageo CEO Debra Crew made a bold proclamation: She plans to take tequila global.Following a surge in popularity in the U.S., tequila is on track to become the country’s largest spirit this year, an extraordinary milestone for a drink once associated mainly with sugary margaritas and eye-watering shots. Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

Last month, Ubisoft opened registrations for the closed beta of its upcoming Assassin’s Creed mobile game ‘Codename Jade’. However, the gaming studio didn’t confirm the date of the event at that time. The company has updated its blog post to announce the closed beta test of the upcoming mobile title will be held between August 3 and August 11. Interested players can still sign up to request access to the Codename Jade closed beta from the game’s official website. The global closed beta will be available on both Android…

Electric vehicles will play a critical role in slashing transport-related emissions in the years ahead.Momentum behind the industry is building, with a number of big economies gearing up for the mass rollout of EVs and sales of electric cars hitting 6.6 million in 2021, a record, according to the International Energy Agency.Not all countries will move at the same pace in the planned transition to low and zero-emission mobility, and the shift away from cars powered by fossil fuels won't always be smooth.There are concerns,…

This image, from September 2021, shows a BMW iX5 Hydrogen in Munich, Germany.Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe BMW Group on Monday launched a pilot fleet of hydrogen vehicles, with the German automotive giant's CEO referring to hydrogen as "the missing piece in the jigsaw when it comes to emission-free mobility."The BMW iX5 Hydrogen, which uses fuel cells sourced from Toyota and has a top speed of more than 112 miles per hour, is being put together at a facility in Munich.The car stores hydrogen in two tanks…

With tiny EV, City Transformer takes aim at Europe's urban marketsIsraeli electric vehicle (EV) startup City Transformer aims to launch production of its small urban CT-2 model in Western Europe by the end of 2024 and will soon launch a Series B funding round to raise $50 million, the company said. Chief Executive Asaf Formoza told Reuters the company, which has so far raised $20 million, has selected a factory in Western Europe where it will have initial annual production of 15,000 vehicles, but cannot disclose its…