11:25 AM EDT, 09/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- SAP (SAP) and Microsoft-backed (MSFT) OpenAI will launch the OpenAI for Germany initiative to bring SAP's enterprise applications expertise and OpenAI's artificial intelligence technology to the public sector while ensuring data sovereignty and strict security compliance, the companies said Wednesday in a joint statement. Launching in 2026, OpenAI, SAP and Microsoft will integrate...

* California's strategy is to counter push to expand fossil fuels * Bonta says administration has 'head-in-the-sand' attitude to climate change (Updates throughout from Reuters interview with Bonta) By Valerie Volcovici and Sheila Dang Sept 24 (Reuters) - California Attorney General Rob Bonta said on Wednesday his state would continue to sue the Trump administration's aggressive deregulatory actions on environmental...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday that Jon Kroeper has been appointed deputy director of the agency's division of trading and markets effective Sept. 29, the SEC said in a statement. Kroeper previously worked at the the SEC from 1994-2000 and 2005-2007 as attorney, advisor and counselor to a commissioner and the chairman. He joined...

MILAN, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Italian energy group Eni and Seri Industrial have initiated operations for a project to produce stationary lithium batteries in southern Italy, the companies said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The project is part of Eni's plan to reduce its exposure to the petrochemical sector and increase its activities linked to energy transition. Under this...