By Ankika Biswas and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – The tech-heavy Nasdaq and the benchmark S&P 500 opened at record highs on Thursday as chip stocks rallied after Nvidia’s upbeat revenue forecast, but persistent worries about U.S. inflation kept market exuberance in check. The AI chip leader’s stock opened above the $1,000 mark for the…
LONDON (Reuters) -Tobacco companies still actively target young people via social media, sports and music festivals and new, flavoured products, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, accusing companies of trying to hook a new generation on nicotine. Amid ever-stricter regulation targeting cigarettes, big tobacco companies and new entrants have begun offering smoking alternatives…
By Sarah N. Lynch, David Shepardson and Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department and a group of 30 states and the District of Columbia Thursday sued to break up Live Nation, arguing the big concert promoter and its Ticketmaster unit illegally inflated concert ticket prices and hurt artists. “It is time to break…
By Anuja Bharat Mistry (Reuters) -TJ Maxx parent TJX Cos posted better-than-expected first-quarter results and raised its annual profit forecast on easing costs and strong demand for its affordable products, sending its shares up 6% on Wednesday. Lower prices compared to department stores and cooling inflation have allowed shoppers more room to shop outside just…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted American Express Co the right to “voluntary liquidate” its Russian business, according to a decree published on the official website. It is not specified in the decree how and when exactly the “liquidation” process will take place. The future of American Express in Russia has been…
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Walt Disney has struck a deal to sell its stake in Tata Play, valuing Indian conglomerate Tata Group’s satellite TV provider at about $1 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The stake sale news comes as the U.S.-based media giant looks to focus on its merger…
By Chris Prentice and Nupur Anand NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is expected as soon as Wednesday to announce a $100 million settlement with JPMorgan Chase & Co over trade reporting lapses, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The bank is expected to admit that it…
LONDON (Reuters) – Ether was set for its largest two-day gain in nearly two years on Tuesday amid speculation about the outcome of applications for U.S. spot exchange-traded funds that track the world’s second-biggest cryptocurrency, while bitcoin also approached a record high. Ether, which underpins the ethereum blockchain network, was 8% higher on the day…
(Reuters) – Amazon.com’s cloud services unit has paused orders of Nvidia’s most advanced “superchip” to wait for a more powerful new model, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The new model called Blackwell, the chip sector heavyweight’s new flagship AI processor, is expected to ship later this year, Nvidia said in March. Amazon Web Services,…
By Max A. Cherney SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft plans to announce several pieces of hardware and software related to consumer devices on Monday at an event at its Redmond, Washington, campus. The Windows maker is expected to reveal a new version of its Surface Pro tablet and Surface Laptop that feature Qualcomm chips based on…
