Press Digest: New York Times business news - September 3

The New York Times

03/09/2026 07:09

Sept 3 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
     
- U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs of up to 100% on certain drones and drone components came into force on Thursday, the latest step in its push to reduce reliance on Chinese drone technology and encourage domestic production.
     
- A U.S. federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Google GOOGL.O must make changes to address its advertising technology business to remedy antitrust issues rejecting an earlier Justice Department request that the company sell off parts of the business.
     
-  The U.S. Justice Department urged a Manhattan court to rule that OpenAI's use of New York Times NYT.N and other publishers' articles to train AI was legal, arguing that AI development is critical to national security and its benefits outweigh competitive harm.
     
- Chevron CVX.N said that it plans to more than double its oil production operations in Venezuela over the next five years to 600,000 barrels a day, expanding its footprint as the country's largest private producer.
     
     

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