Dell beats first-quarter revenue estimates as AI boom bolster server demand

(Reuters) -Dell Technologies beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Thursday, ending a streak of six-quarters of decline, but its results fail to impress investors, sending its shares down more than 13% in extended trading. A surge in demand for high-performance computing and large-scale data centers to support growing adoption of generative AI has…

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WeWork cleared to exit bankruptcy and slash $4 billion in debt

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved WeWork’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, allowing the shared office space provider to eliminate $4 billion in debt and hand the company’s equity over to a group of lenders and real estate technology company Yardi Systems. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Sherwood approved WeWork’s…

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Billionaire investor Ackman considering backing Trump in US election, source says

By Carolina Mandl (Reuters) -Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is considering endorsing Donald Trump as the former U.S. president seeks to return to the White House, a source familiar with the matter said. Ackman plans to announce which candidate he will endorse on the social media network X, the source said, confirming an earlier…

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Elon Musk could become policy adviser if Trump wins election, WSJ reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump is considering tapping billionaire Elon Musk as a policy adviser if the Republican presidential candidate reclaims the White House in November’s election, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the talks. The two have discussed ways for Musk, who runs the social media platform X as…

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Visa, Mastercard to pay $197 million to settle consumer ATM fee lawsuit

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Visa and Mastercard have agreed to pay $197 million to resolve a class action by millions of consumers accusing the financial payment companies of keeping cash access fees artificially high. The plaintiffs’ lawyers revealed the proposed accord on Wednesday in a filing in Washington, D.C., federal court. The settlement involves…

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Samsung encouraged to invest more in China, Premier Li Qiang says

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Qiang told Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Sunday that China welcomed further investment by the Korean conglomerate, state news agency Xinhua reported, as foreign businesses in the Chinese market struggle to navigate geopolitical uncertainties. The meeting in Seoul between China’s second highest-ranking official and the Korean executive took…

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