Jan 22 (Reuters) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would retain legal fees earned from litigation against drugmaker Merck ( MRK ) if he is confirmed as President Donald Trump's secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to a federal ethics disclosure made public on Wednesday. Kennedy, who ended his own presidential campaign last year to endorse...

* Benefits from AI surge ahead of rivals Samsung, Micron * Profit exceeds larger rival Samsung's forecast Q4 profit for first time-analysts * Consumer memory chip market to pick up in H2, SK Hynix ( HXSCF ) says (Add details about Samsung milestone in paragraph 3, HBM details in paragraphs 5, 8) By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, Jan...

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's SK Hynix on Thursday posted a record quarterly profit as the Nvidia supplier saw strong sales of advanced chips such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in generative artificial intelligence chipsets. The quarterly operating profit of 8.1 trillion won ($5.64 billion) from the world's second-biggest memory chipmaker exceeded its bigger rival Samsung Electronics' forecast December-quarter operating profit...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's rollback of electric vehicle targets may temporarily slow demand for lithium and other critical minerals, but is unlikely to hamper the mining industry amid surging global EV demand, analysts and industry leaders said. Trump on Tuesday revoked predecessor Joe Biden's 2021 executive order that sought to ensure half of all new vehicles sold in...