Walmart, Capital One settle lawsuit over credit card partnership

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart settled its lawsuit against Capital One over their credit card partnership, which had made Capital One the exclusive issuer of Walmart-branded consumer credit cards before ending last month. The case was dismissed on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla in Manhattan, after the companies resolved…

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OpenAI acquires database analytics firm Rockset

(Reuters) – Microsoft-backed OpenAI has acquired search and database analytics firm Rockset for an undisclosed sum, the ChatGPT maker said on Friday. A technology Rockset offers called vector search has benefited from increased adoption as more applications use artificial intelligence to power recommendation engines, voice assistants, chatbots and detect anomalies. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Rockset said…

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Honeywell to buy aerospace and defense firm CAES Systems for $1.9 billion

(Reuters) -Honeywell has agreed to buy aerospace and defense technology company CAES Systems for $1.9 billion from private equity firm Advent International, the company said on Thursday. The all-cash deal marks Honeywell’s second acquisition in recent months to strengthen its aerospace technologies unit, amidst a realignment of its business to focus on megatrends such as…

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Putin remarks about possible weapons for North Korea ‘incredibly concerning’-US

By Simon Lewis, Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Russia may supply weapons for North Korea after signing a defense pact with Pyongyang are “incredibly concerning,” U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said. Putin suggested after a visit to North Korea this week that such…

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