(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee on Friday signaled he feels the U.S. central bank will likely end up cutting the policy rate by another quarter of a percentage point this year and a full percentage point further next year, as Fed policymakers projected in September . “I think we are…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s government efficiency panel wants “high IQ” employees and plans weekly livestreams, according to X posts about President-elect Donald Trump’s initiative to streamline the U.S. bureaucracy. Trump named Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla, and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the panel on Tuesday. Their mission is to…
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp’s results in the coming week could guide the U.S. stock market on its next path, as investors turn their focus to the technology sector and artificial intelligence trade after an election-fueled rally stalled. A nearly 800% run in shares of Nvidia over the past two years,…
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Ending the tax credit could have grave implications for an already stalling U.S. EV transition. And yet…
By Kenrick Cai SAN FRANCISCO – Alphabet’s Google on Thursday released a smartphone app for its artificial intelligence chatbot on Apple’s App Store that introduced the latest generation of its voice assistant to the popular mobile operating system. The new Gemini app will include Gemini Live, a voice-based feature that allows users to have natural conversations…
(Reuters) – Shares of Hims & Hers Health slumped 15% on Thursday after Amazon.com launched a rival service that offers upfront pricing for telehealth visits. Amazon said it is introducing low, upfront pricing for a clinical visit, treatment plan, and free medication delivery for Prime members for a range of common health, beauty and lifestyle…
(Reuters) – ByteDance-owned TikTok on Thursday announced the global availability of its generative AI video creation platform, Symphony Creative Studios, to all advertisers, as the short-video app looks to boost its ad business. Earlier this year at the TikTok World Product Summit, the social media platform unveiled a new creative content suite called ‘Symphony’ with…
LONDON (Reuters) – The euro has fallen to one-year lows, reviving talk the currency could hit the $1 mark. Donald Trump’s U.S. election win raises the prospect of a hike in tariffs that could deal a fresh blow to the euro zone economy. At around $1.06, the euro has slumped nearly 5% from more than…
(Reuters) – Top executives at many U.S. companies are preparing for the impact from President-elect Donald Trump fulfilling his campaign promise of raising tariffs, a move that could disrupt supply chains and worsen inflationary pressures. Here is the commentary from some C-suite executives, mostly in the run up to the elections: Company Commentary Tesla “…It…
(Reuters) – Amazon.com launched a low-cost ecommerce service called Amazon Haul for some customers in the United States giving them a selection of products at $20 or less, the online retailer said on Wednesday, as it looks to take on Chinese firms Shein and PDD Holdings’ Temu. In August, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said average…
