What buying Commerzbank would mean for UniCredit — and the banking sector
Key Points Last week, UniCredit announced it had taken a 9% stake in Commerzbank, confirming that half of this shareholding was acquired from the government. UniCredit continues to surprise markets with some stellar quarterly profit beats. It earned 8.6 billion euros last year (up 54% year-on-year), also pleasing investors via share buybacks and dividends. Analysts are hoping […]
Ray Dalio says the Fed faces a tough balancing act as the economy faces ‘enormous amount of debt’
Key Points As the U.S. Federal Reserve implemented its first interest rate cut since the early Covid pandemic, billionaire investor Ray Dalio flagged that the U.S. economy still faces an “enormous amount of debt.” “The challenge of the Federal Reserve is to keep interest rates high enough that they’re good for the creditor, while keeping […]
The Fed forecasts lowering rates by another half point before the year is out
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2024. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters The Federal Reserve projected lowering interest rates by another half point before the end of 2024, and the central bank […]
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Intuitive Machines, U.S. Steel, Victoria’s Secret and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Intuitive Machines — Shares soared 51% after the space exploration company secured a roughly $5 billion space network contract from NASA. United States Steel — The U.S. steel producer saw shares jump more than 2% after news that a U.S. security panel has reportedly granted Nippon […]
JPMorgan creates new role overseeing junior bankers as Wall Street wrestles with workload concerns
Key Points JPMorgan Chase created a new global role overseeing all junior bankers in an effort to better manage their workload after the death of a Bank of America associate in May forced Wall Street firms to examine how they treat their youngest employees. The firm named Ryland McClendon its global investment banking associate and […]
China would love a domestic Nvidia rival — but that’s proving quite the challenge
The flags of China and the USA are being displayed on a smartphone, with an NVIDIA chip visible in the background. Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chinese companies are ramping up efforts to produce a viable alternative to Nvidia’s chips that power artificial intelligence as Beijing continues its efforts to wean itself off American […]
Elon Musk’s X ‘declined to send an appropriate witness’ to Senate hearing on election threats
As the riots raged in the U.K., Elon Musk began making incendiary comments about the situation, including the statement: “Civil war is inevitable.” Musk is the owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as X. Aytug Can Sencar | Anadolu | Getty Images While top executives from Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft are headed […]
YouTube announces AI features from Google DeepMind for Shorts creators
Veo in Dream Screen YouTube YouTube on Wednesday announced artificial-intelligence features for creators on its Shorts platform that tap into Google‘s DeepMind video-generation model. The features, known as Veo, will allow creators to add AI-generated backgrounds to their videos as well as use written prompts to generate standalone, six-second video clips. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan […]
Amazon increases average pay for warehouse workers and adds free Prime membership perk
An Amazon warehouse Getty Images Amazon announced Wednesday it’s raising wages for its hourly warehouse workers, and adding a new employee perk that will give them a Prime subscription at no extra cost. Starting this month, Amazon’s average starting pay for front-line employees in the U.S. will be bumped to an average of more than […]
The iPhone 16 Pro Max has better battery life and great cameras, but Apple Intelligence hasn’t arrived
iPhone 16 Pro Apple Inc. Apple’s iPhone 16 family of phones will hit shelves on Friday. Ahead of their launch, I’ve spent the past five days been testing the high-end iPhone 16 Pro Max. It’s a great phone with cool updates like a dedicated camera button, and it charges faster over MagSafe than earlier Pro […]
