(Reuters) -First Solar ( FSLR ) beat expectations for third-quarter sales on Thursday, driven by robust demand for its products, sending its shares up more than 5% in extended trading. Solar-generated electricity is one of the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. energy industry, driven by strong demand from corporations and governments to adopt cleaner sources of power and combat climate...

(Reuters) -Washington's decision to delay a rule on export restrictions for Chinese companies, announced by China after Thursday's summit meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, could end up making the measure ineffective, former U.S. officials said. The one-year suspension of the so-called affiliates rule, which had sought to prevent sanctioned Chinese companies from using subsidiaries to bypass U.S. controls on...

SAO PAULO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau ( GGB ) on Thursday reported a 23.9% decline in its quarterly adjusted net profit when compared to a year earlier, as the company's booming business in North America was offset by negative results in its local market. Gerdau's ( GGB ) adjusted net profit fell to 1.09 billion reais ($201.71...

(Reuters) -U.S. government-sponsored mortgage enterprise Fannie Mae has cut more than 62 jobs across departments, including Information Technology, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte said on Thursday. We, like any business, must eliminate positions that are not core, or otherwise, to mortgages and new home sales. We have 7,000+ employees! Pulte said in a post on...