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Uber announces expansion of Waymo partnership to Austin and Atlanta
A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar electric vehicle sits parked at an EVgo charging station in Los Angeles, California, on May 15, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Uber announced Friday it is expanding its partnership with Alphabet’s Waymo to offer robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta beginning in early 2025. Uber […]
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Wells Fargo’s top picks in September include this tech giant and pharma leader
Wells Fargo highlighted a slate of stocks for September that are poised for major upside. CNBC Pro combed through the firm’s research for overweight-rated stocks that analysts believe have even more room to run. They include Uber Technologies, Microsoft, Burlington Stores, D.R. Horton and Eli Lilly. Burlington Stores “Momentum is building,” analyst Ike Boruchow said […]
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AI craze is distorting VC market, as tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon pour in billions of dollars
Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky speaks with Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei during AWS re:Invent 2023, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas in Las Vegas on Nov. 28, 2023. Noah Berger | Getty Images Almost three years into a largely dormant IPO cycle, venture capitalists are in […]
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Uber CEO says growth in South Korea promising despite underdog status
The Uber company logo is seen in the Falchi Building on June 26, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Uber Technologies’ CEO on Friday expressed commitment to the South Korean market, where it is an underdog to local tech group Kakao, and said the platform will attract more taxi drivers for growth. “The fact is that a […]
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Uber takes stake in SoftBank-backed self-driving tech startup Wayve
Wayve CEO and co-founder Alex Kendall. Wayve LONDON — Uber and British artificial intelligence startup Wayve announced a partnership Thursday that will see the two firms collaborate on autonomous driving technology. As part of the deal, Uber is also investing an undisclosed amount into Wayve for a minority stake, the companies said in a statement. […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Cava, Uber, Ross Stores, Workday and more
Customers arrive at a Cava restaurant in New York City on June 22, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Cava Group — The fast-casual restaurant brand saw shares climb nearly 6% in after-hours trading following a better-than-expected earnings report. Cava posted a profit of 17 cents per […]
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GM-owned Cruise will partner with Uber to offer driverless rides
A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday Aug. 10, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uber Technologies and General Motors’ Cruise have agreed to a multi-year partnership, under which the embattled autonomous vehicle company plans to offer driverless rides to Uber users as soon as next year. The […]
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Google IPO banker tracks two-decade journey from Silicon Valley upstart to $2 trillion
Twenty years ago, as Morgan Stanley banker Michael Grimes was helping lead the public offering for the young company behind the Google search engine, one of the most anticipated of the decade, he was among the first people offered a new email service. He had his pick of any identifier he wanted, so he asked […]
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Buy the dip in tech stocks including Nvidia amid market uncertainty, Bank of America says
There’s still plenty of top technology stocks to buy even as the market unease continues, according to Bank of America. The Wall Street bank named several companies that analysts believe sell at an attractive entry point. CNBC Pro combed through Bank of America research to find top buy-rated tech stocks. Those we found included Amazon, […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Kenvue, Caterpillar, Uber, CrowdStrike and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Kenvue — The maker of Band-Aid bandages rallied 14% after beating analysts’ estimates for its second quarter. Kenvue, which spun off from Johnson & Johnson last year, posted adjusted earnings of 32 cents per share, versus the 28 cents expected from analysts polled by FactSet. Revenue […]
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