June 24 (Reuters) - Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a UK-based provider of critical minerals pricing and data, said it had bought smaller peer Rho Motion in a deal that will make it one of the world's largest sources of market information for the electric vehicle supply chain. The transaction, which closed on Monday, is worth roughly $50 million, according a source...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced $100 million in new financing on Monday to increase the supply of affordable housing, as the Biden administration seeks to address high housing costs ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election. The measure is one of several moves by the Treasury to try to address a chronic housing shortage, which has...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The price Japanese companies charge each other for services rose 2.5% in May from a year earlier, data showed on Tuesday, a sign prospects of steady wage increases are prompting more companies to pass on higher labour costs. The year-on-year increase, however, slowed from the previous month's 2.7% gain, Bank of Japan (BOJ) data showed. An index...

June 24 (Reuters) - Apple ( AAPL ) has rejected overtures by Meta Platforms ( META ) to integrate the social networking company's AI chatbot into the iPhone months ago, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The companies are not in discussions for an AI partnership involving Meta's Llama chatbot and only held brief...