By Andre Romani and Kylie Madry SAO PAULO (Reuters) – SoftBank-backed Brazilian online lender Inter & Co is hoping to replicate its home market success in the United States, where it is targeting visitors from Latin America’s largest country in two of Florida’s biggest cities, the firm’s chief executive said. Inter has quickly become one…
(Reuters) – Nvidia’s stock market value hit $3 trillion for the first time on Wednesday as the chipmaker benefited from a race between Wall Street’s heavyweights to dominate AI technology. Shares of the maker of specialized AI chips were last up 4.75%. Nvidia shares touched an intra-day record high of $1,219.93, giving it a market…
By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -Boeing’s new Starliner capsule flew its first crew of astronauts to space on Wednesday from Florida in a much-delayed test mission to the International Space Station, a milestone in the aerospace giant’s ambitions to step up its competition with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The CST-100 Starliner, with astronauts Barry…
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some of Tesla’s institutional shareholders are getting out, convinced that the electric carmaker’s days of dizzying growth are in the rear-view mirror. The company’s shares are down nearly 30% this year and have fallen by more than 50% since their 2021 high, wiping out some $600 billion in…
(Reuters) – A group of current and former employees at artificial intelligence (AI) companies, including Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Alphabet’s Google DeepMind on Tuesday raised concerns about risks posed by the emerging technology. An open letter by a group of 11 current and former employees of OpenAI and one current and another former employee with Google…
(Reuters) – GameStop is back in the limelight after a hiatus of three years with the return of social media influencer “Roaring Kitty” Keith Gill, a key figure in the Reddit-driven “meme stock” rally of 2021. Here is a timeline of the key developments for the struggling video game retailer: July 27, 2020- “Roaring Kitty”…
(Reuters) -Tesla will likely spend between $3 billion and $4 billion on its purchases of chip company Nvidia’s hardware this year, CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X on Tuesday. Musk also said that out of the $10 billion in artificial intelligence-related capital expenditure this year, around half would be internal spend. “For…
By Arasu Kannagi Basil and Sinéad Carew (Reuters) -A glitch at the New York Stock Exchange triggered massive swings in the shares of Berkshire Hathaway and Barrick Gold, and trading halts in dozens of other companies on Monday, before the bourse fixed the problem. NYSE, owned by Intercontinental Exchange, by late morning said on its…
By Arsheeya Bajwa TAIPEI (Reuters) – Advanced Micro Devices unveiled its latest artificial intelligence processors on Monday and detailed its plan to develop AI chips over the next two years in a bid to challenge industry leader Nvidia. At the Computex technology trade show in Taipei, AMD CEO Lisa Su introduced the MI325X accelerator, which…
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global hedge funds dumped equities last week, in a painful week for their portfolios as the U.S. main indexes fell and hit their long bets, Morgan Stanley said in a note. The bank described last week as “ultimately one of the more challenging we have seen in recent…
