Visa results beat estimates on resilient consumer spending

By Manya Saini and Pritam Biswas (Reuters) -Visa’s second-quarter results sailed past Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, as consumers shrugged off worries of a slowing economy to swipe cards on everything from travel to dining out, sending its shares up 2.7% after the bell. U.S. consumer spending has remained remarkably resilient despite higher-for-longer interest rates,…

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Coca-Cola signs $1.1 billion deal to use Microsoft cloud, AI services

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Microsoft said on Tuesday that Coca-Cola had signed a $1.1 billion five-year deal to use its cloud computing and artificial intelligence services. Under the agreement, Microsoft and Coca-Cola will “jointly experiment” with Azure OpenAI. That service uses technology from Microsoft-backed startup and ChatGPT creator OpenAI to let customers build chatbots…

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