By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Intel’s upbeat revenue projections on Thursday masked a sore point for the embattled company: chips touted for artificial intelligence have not lived up to sales expectations. The chipmaker scrapped its recent forecast that in 2024 it would sell more than $500 million worth of Gaudi accelerator chips, so called because…
By Sourasis Bose (Reuters) -Canada’s Barrick Gold missed Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Thursday, weighed down by higher costs and lower production at its Nevada mines. Total gold output at Nevada Gold Mines fell to 385,000 ounces in the July-to-September quarter, compared with 401,000 ounces in the preceding three months, the company reported…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway extended their retreat from stocks in the third quarter, further slashing holdings in Apple and boosting cash to a record $325.2 billion. In its quarterly report on Saturday, Berkshire said it sold about 100 million, or 25%, of its Apple shares over the summer, ending with…
(Reuters) – Major brokerages including J.P.Morgan, Barclays and Goldman Sachs have forecast a 25-basis-point interest-rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve at its November 6-7 meeting. The central bank cut interest rates by an oversized 50 basis points at its Sept. 17-18 meeting. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the reduction was meant to show policymakers’…
By Jeff Mason ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/SEOUL/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is expected to introduce new 25% tariffs on Monday on all steel and aluminium imports into the U.S., on top of existing metals duties, in another major escalation of his shake-up of trade policy. As the risk mounts of a multi-front trade war,…
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced investment pledges to bolster France’s artificial intelligence sector totalling 109 billion euros ($112 billion)over the coming years. The financing, unveiled during the Paris AI summit, includes plans by Canadian investment firm Brookfield to invest 20 billion euros in AI projects in France and financing from…
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces stepped up bombardment across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and ordered more evacuations, creating a fresh wave of displacement from northern Gaza, to which Palestinians fear they will not be able to return. Palestinian health officials said at least 10 people had been killed and several others wounded…
(Reuters) – Emerson Electric said on Monday that its $265 per-share offer to acquire Aspen Technology was its “best and final” price. The announcement comes days after activist investor Elliott Management said it invested over $1.5 billion in Aspen, opposing the company’s decision to accept Emerson’s $7.2 billion tender offer. “Our break price is ~$202…
By Seher Dareen (Reuters) – Higher labor costs and sticky inflation could continue to weigh on gold miners’ profits going into 2025, analysts said, but soaring prices of the yellow metal should still boost free cash flow. Gold prices rose nearly 27% in 2024, the most since 2010, and have jumped to all-time highs this…
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – There is an urgent need for immediate humanitarian access to all civilians in need in Syria and a return to a U.N.-facilitated political process to end the bloodshed, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday. He urged “all those with influence to do their part for the long-suffering people” of…
