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Ukraine war, chip shortage hit Ford production

Ford is idling two European factories and losing supplies of a vehicle built by Volkswagen due to the semiconductor chip shortage and supply chain issues caused by the war in Ukraine.

PayPal, Venmo raise fees on cryptocurrency trades of up to $200

Effective Monday, cryptocurrency trades between $1 and $4.99 will incur a charge of 49 cents, while trades between $5 and $25 will be charged 99 cents, trades between $25 and $75 will be charged $1.99 and trades between $75 and $200 will be charged $2.49.

GM buys SoftBank's stake in its driverless car unit Cruise

General Motors Co. said it is buying out SoftBank Vision Fund L.P.'s stake in its Cruise division for $2.1 billion, roughly four years after the Japanese investment firm joined the car maker in betting on driverless-car technology.