(Reuters) - Contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries ( GFS ) has appointed Tim Breen as its chief executive officer, the company said on Wednesday. Breen will succeed Thomas Caulfield who will transition to become the company's executive chairman, while Niels Anderskouv will be appointed President and Chief Operating Officer. The changes will go into effect in April this year. (Reporting by Zaheer...

* Gold mining CEOs say they won't invest in new mines * Mali's new tax, ownership seen as deterrent to new investors By Felix Njini CAPE TOWN, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A new mining law in Mali that raises taxes and seeks to hand over big stakes in assets to the state and local investors will need to be loosened...

08:46 AM EST, 02/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with response from Honda ( HMC ) in the sixth paragraph.) Honda Motor ( HMC ) and Nissan Motor's merger talks will end after the two Japanese automakers failed to agree on the terms of any deal, Nikkei Asia reported Wednesday. Nissan will withdraw its December memorandum of understanding on an intent...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators will decide by March 12 whether to clear U.S. chipmaker AMD's $4.9 billion bid for server maker ZT Systems, a European Commission filing showed on Wednesday. AMD announced the proposed acquisition in August last year which will strengthen its portfolio of artificial intelligence chips and hardware to better compete with Nvidia ( NVDA...