RPT-BREAKINGVIEWS-Hurricane exposes Texan bigger-not-better ethos The authors are Reuters Breakingviews columnists. The opinions expressed are their own. By Lauren Silva Laughlin and Robert Cyran NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Roughly 1 million people in Texas’s second-largest city are without power after Hurricane Beryl landed nearby.

BREAKINGVIEWS-Hurricane exposes Texan bigger-not-better ethos The authors are Reuters Breakingviews columnists. The opinions expressed are their own. By Lauren Silva Laughlin and Robert Cyran NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Roughly 1 million people in Texas’s second-largest city are without power after Hurricane Beryl landed nearby. Utility CenterPoint Energy CNP.N has said electricity won’t be completely restored to Houston for days.

Global PC shipments rise in second quarter, Apple sees biggest jump, IDC says July 9 (Reuters) - Global shipments of personal computers rose by 3% in the second quarter, helped by demand for AI-capable devices, with Apple AAPL.O seeing the biggest growth among PC makers, preliminary data from research firm IDC showed on Tuesday. PC shipments reached 64.9 million units in the three months ended June, marking a second straight quarter of growth after two years of decline, the report said.

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UPDATE 2-Public policy favors $7 billion fee award in Musk pay case, Tesla shareholder's lawyer says Updates paragraphs 1, 4-5, 8-13 with arguments from Tesla and a shareholder's legal team By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware, July 8 (Reuters) - A record $7 billion in attorneys' fees for three firms that successfully challenged Elon Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay package provides an incentive for lawyers to hold corporate boards accountable, an attorney for a company shareholder told a Delaware judge