‘Vote of confidence’: UK hails $37 billion of foreign investment

‘Vote of confidence’: UK hails $37 billion of foreign investment

FDI gathering held at 16th century palace Sunak hails investment, holds off on subsidy push Britain has slipped in FDI rankings HAMPTON COURT, England, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced 29.5 billion pounds ($36.8 billion) of private sector investment in Britain at a gathering of global executives on Monday aimed at catapulting … Read more

GM’s Cruise robo-taxi CEO resigns from company

GM’s Cruise robo-taxi CEO resigns from company

Kyle Vogt, chief technology officer, president & co-founder of Cruise, a Honda and General Motors self-driving car partnership, speaks on stage at the launch of the Cruise Origin autonomous vehicle in San Francisco, California, U.S. January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Nov 19 – The CEO of General Motors’ robot-taxi unit Cruise, … Read more

Musk’s xAI set to launch first AI model to select group

Musk’s xAI set to launch first AI model to select group

Tesla and SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk pauses during an in-conversation event with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Britain, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights Nov 3 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI will release its first AI model to a select group on Saturday, the billionaire … Read more

SPAC shell games will keep hiding the ball

SPAC shell games will keep hiding the ball

NEW YORK, Oct 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) – As blank-check deals go, it hardly could have been much worse than Better. The online mortgage lender led by Vishal Garg unveiled plans in May 2021 to go public at a nearly $8 billion valuation by way of a special-purpose acquisition company, exuberantly telling investors it expected to … Read more

Wall St Week Ahead US stock market’s powerhouses tested by soaring bond yields

Wall St Week Ahead US stock market’s powerhouses tested by soaring bond yields

The Wall Street sign is pictured at the New York Stock exchange (NYSE) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Surging bond yields are rattling U.S. stocks, and some investors worry the richly valued shares of … Read more

China and EU hold talks on AI, cross-border data flow amid renewed tensions

China and EU hold talks on AI, cross-border data flow amid renewed tensions

[1/5]European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova and Jorge Toledo, ambassador of the European Union to China, attend a press conference on the EU-China High-Level Digital Dialogue in Beijing, China September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo Acquire Licensing Rights BEIJING, Sept 18 (Reuters) – China and the European Union held talks on topics including artificial intelligence and … Read more

Musk says AI ‘referee’ needed after meeting with US lawmakers

Musk says AI ‘referee’ needed after meeting with US lawmakers

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – American technology leaders including Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk, Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) CEO Sundar Pichai met with lawmakers at Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a closed-door forum that focused on regulating artificial intelligence. Lawmakers are grappling with how to mitigate the dangers of the … Read more

For retail investors, jumping on Arm’s blockbuster IPO is a risky business

For retail investors, jumping on Arm’s blockbuster IPO is a risky business

Sept 11 (Reuters) – Retail traders getting their first bite at Arm Holdings’ highly anticipated public offering when the British chip designer begins trading this week should beware: individual investors often get burned when they jump on hot listings. Arm’s goal of raising around $5 billion in New York in what might be the biggest … Read more

S&P 500, Nasdaq fall as megacaps slide after producer prices data

S&P 500, Nasdaq fall as megacaps slide after producer prices data

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid//File Photo News Corp up as quarterly profit tops estimates US-listed China stocks fall as stimulus measures disappoint US consumer sentiment dips in August July annual PPI 0.8% vs estimates of 0.7% Indexes mixed … Read more

Flying taxi maker Archer settles Boeing Wisk lawsuits, shares jump

Flying taxi maker Archer settles Boeing Wisk lawsuits, shares jump

Flying taxi company Archer Aviation prepare for the debut of their all-electric aircraft from a facility in Hawthorne, California, U.S. June 8, 2021. Picture taken June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake Aug 10 (Reuters) – Air taxi maker Archer Aviation (ACHR.N) has reached an agreement with Boeing (BA.N) and its Wisk air taxi unit to settle … Read more