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Oracle is on pace for the best year since 1999. What led to the meteoric rise
Bets on artificial intelligence and the buildout of large language models have hoisted shares of a once ubiquitous megacap technology stock to its best year in a quarter century. Oracle has soared 75% this year, headed for its second-best year on record and best since 1999, when shares roughly quadrupled in price. ORCL YTD mountain […]
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CNBC’s Inside India newsletter: The causes and costs of India’s brain drain
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse and the big businesses behind its meteoric rise. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Four years ago, Keshav Raj graduated with a degree in computer science from the prestigious SRM Institute […]
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These economists say artificial intelligence can narrow U.S. deficits by improving health care
Can artificial intelligence be so transformative as to solve one of the U.S. economy’s biggest problems: its skyrocketing fiscal deficit? According to three economists at the Brookings Institution, the answer is yes — AI could prove a positive “critical shock” for the country’s fiscal health. A working paper released last month by the Center on […]
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OpenAI gets new $1.5 billion investment from SoftBank, allowing employees to sell shares in a tender offer
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during an event in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 9, 2023. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI is allowing employees to sell roughly $1.5 billion worth of shares in a new tender offer to SoftBank, CNBC has learned. The new financing will allow the Japanese […]
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Workday stock slips on light quarterly forecast
Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach walks to a morning session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 14, 2023. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Workday shares slipped as much as 8% in extended trading on Tuesday after the human resources and finance software maker issued a quarterly forecast that […]
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Google proposes fresh tweaks to search results in Europe
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google has proposed more changes to its search results in Europe after some smaller rivals complained about lower traffic to their sites resulting from previous tweaks by the Alphabet unit and as EU antitrust regulators consider levying charges against the company under new EU tech rules. Under the […]
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The auto industry is pulling back on its ‘capital junkie’ tendencies after unprecedented spending on EVs, self-driving
Electric vehicle start-up Lucid on Sept. 28, 2021 said production of its first cars for customers has started at its factory in in Casa Grande, Arizona. Lucid DETROIT — The auto industry has an addiction. It’s a “capital junkie” that’s been on a yearslong binge of unprecedented spending on all-electric and autonomous vehicles. And now, […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Small- and mid-caps outperformed last week
The New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What you need to know today Winning week […]
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