04:21 AM EDT, 06/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Rocket Lab USA ( RKLB ) said on Wednesday that it had completed the second of two Electron launches for NASA's Prefire climate change-focused mission, achieving two launches within 11 days. The Prefire and Ice mission lifted off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on June 5, deploying the second satellite into...

04:20 AM EDT, 06/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Nike ( NKE ) has laid off staff at its European headquarters in the Netherlands as part of a multi-year plan to cut $2 billion in costs, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The European headquarters, located in Hilversum near Amsterdam, employs over 2,000 people, according to the report. Nike (...

June 5 (Reuters) - NXP Semiconductors ( NXPI ) and TSMC-backed Vanguard International will form a joint venture to build a $7.8 billion semiconductor wafer manufacturing plant in Singapore to cater to the automotive, industrial, consumer and mobile markets. Vanguard will invest $2.4 billion for a 60% stake while NXP will invest $1.6 billion and hold 40% of the joint...

BERLIN, June 5 (Reuters) - Germany will buy 20 additional Eurofighter jets from Airbus, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday, as the NATO member spends more on defence in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Scholz, speaking at the opening of the ILA air show just outside Berlin, said he was strongly committed to maintaining and expanding arms...