Rivian Automotive Inc ( RIVN ) shares are trading lower Wednesday afternoon, continuing to retreat from a recent 52-week high despite a streak of positive developments. Here’s what investors need to know. RIVN is taking a hit from negative sentiment. See the full story here. What To Know: Rivian shares are down about 18% over the past week. The pullback...

* Brazil's Lula set to meet key negotiators * COP30 host seeking early deal on contentious issues * Fresh negotiating texts still not released By Kate Abnett and Lisandra Paraguassu BELEM, Brazil, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Brazil's president was meeting with key negotiators at the COP30 summit on Wednesday as part of a drive to land an early deal on...

ZURICH (Reuters) -Novartis will expand its operations in North Carolina and build a manufacturing hub there as part of a planned $23 billion of U.S. infrastructure investment over the next five years, the Swiss pharmaceuticals company said on Wednesday. The expansion is projected to create 700 new positions at Novartis and more than 3,000 indirect jobs across the supply chain...

MOSCOW, Nov 19 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called for a national task force to coordinate Russia's work on homegrown generative artificial intelligence models, which he said were vital to preserving Russian sovereignty. Putin said large-language models have become a major instrument in spreading information and are capable of influencing the views of entire nations. He added that...