(Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to meet with senior executives from leading food companies like General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) on March 10, Politico reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.The idea of such a meeting was first seeded among industry players in February led by the Consumer Brands Association, ...
By Portia Crowe(Reuters) - Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) remains "fully engaged and committed to reaching a mutually beneficial resolution" with Mali to end a dispute over its assets there, its chief operating officer for Africa and the Middle East said in a memo seen by Reuters on Saturday.The Canadian miner and Malian government have been locked in a dispute since 2023 over the implementation of the ...
Investing.com -- It’s been 9 days since OpenAI launched a research preview of GPT-4.5, offering limited access to Pro subscribers. Since then, a rollout has begun to give Plus subscribers the ability to use it.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman initially branded the model as feeling like “talking to a thoughtful person.” But warned it wouldn’t outperform benchmarks, as it isn’t a reasoning model.The ...
Investing.com -- The risk of a fracture within the U.S.-led economic and geopolitical bloc has risen following recent policy shifts by the Trump administration, but the core alliance is likely to endure.The two key developments, the U.S. decision to pause military aid to Ukraine and the imposition of tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico alongside increased tariffs on China, prompts such ...