Are Oracle and Microsoft rivals or partners when it comes to artificial intelligence? Both, judging by their latest announcements. Oracle ’s recent earnings staked out its claim to be an AI winner as it reported strong demand for its cloud services. That has boosted its stock and helped it get an upgrade to Buy from … Read more
Another day brings yet another salvo in the artificial-intelligence wars. No sooner had Alphabet introduced an upgrade to its AI model than OpenAI struck back with a new video-generation tool and was reported to be taking aim at the search-engine market. Microsoft -backed OpenAI on Thursday made a buzzy public announcement of the launch of … Read more
Alphabet ’s disappointing earnings outlook spoilt the party for investors last week as other Big Tech players wheeled out the champagne. The Google parent is searching for levers to please investors and signing up a partner for its fiber-cable business could be one handy tool. Alphabet is looking for external investment for its GFiber business, … Read more
Published: Jan. 1, 2024 at 6:37 p.m. ET By P.R. Venkat Baidu has called off a $3.6 billion deal to buy JOYY’s video-based entertainment live-streaming business in China. As of the end of December, the closing conditions for the share purchase agreement had yet to be fully satisfied, Baidu said in a filing late Monday. … Read more
Updated Nov. 8, 2023 3:43 pm ET Amazon.com is turning to Prime members to bolster its healthcare business, an industry where the company has sought to expand for years. The tech giant on Wednesday revealed plans to offer its millions of Amazon Prime subscribers a low-cost annual membership to One Medical, the primary-care business Amazon … Read more
Apple, Tesla, and the Rest of the Big 7 Stocks Have Been Winners … Barron’s Source link
The business of the NBA continues to flourish. As more revenue flows into the NBA from ticket sales, TV contracts and merchandise, player salaries have spiked. The NBA has seen its revenue quadruple to $10 billion over the past 20 years, according to Statista, and during that time the average player salary jumped to $3.9 … Read more
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN second-quarter results and third-quarter forecast sales last week were a bet that more consumers would start buying more things, but Wall Street’s expectations for the third quarter overall have only grown dimmer. With most of the 500 companies that make up the S&P 500 Index SPX already through the … Read more
Apple and Amazon’s earnings were a tale of two tech companies. Apple is stuck in a sales slump and investors are starting to get nervous. The company’s sales have now fallen for three consecutive quarters, and it expects another decline in the current quarter. Amazon, on the other hand, impressed with strong profits and better-than-expected … Read more
DeSantis Says He Will Weigh U.S. Ban of TikTok if Elected President The Wall Street Journal Source link