Following the Chinese online retailer’s announcement that it would expand its share repurchase programme and report fourth-quarter revenue above predictions, JD.com shares surged 12% in premarket trade in the United States. Aggressive price reductions helped stimulate demand from consumers facing an uncertain economy in the last three months of 2023, coinciding with the biggest annual…
Amazon lost an appeal against a decision that found that by focusing on British customers on its American website, it had violated UK trademarks. This decision could have a big impact on other online retailers. The London Court of Appeal determined in 2022 that the American tech giant had violated the trademarks. After an appeal…
According to Intel CEO Sandra Rivera, artificial intelligence presents a developing and potentially profitable possibility for the company’s recently independent programmable chip segment. The programmable chip division of Intel started working independently at the beginning of the year. On Thursday, the company revealed its future goals and adopted the moniker “Altera, an Intel company.” For…
Reckitt, the owner of Durex, is hoping that Chinese customers’ love of livestream shopping would translate to condom purchases, but in order to increase its share of the over $5 billion condom industry, the company will need to walk a “delicate line”. The excitement surrounding livestreaming, which has emerged as a key factor propelling the…
Five months after its release, major Chinese third-party retailers JD.com, TMall, and Pinduoduo are fighting for customers by slashing prices on Apple’s iPhone 15, even if sales of the American tech giant are slowing down in China. The most recent round of reductions follows similar large discounts from internet merchants in October. Discounts of up…
According to a key indicator the Federal Reserve analyses when deciding whether to decrease interest rates, U.S. inflation increased in January as predicted. As anticipated by the Dow Jones consensus forecasts, the personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and energy costs, grew by 2.8% from a year ago and by 0.4% for the…
China’s Baidu reported a 6% increase in revenue for the fourth quarter, attributed to growth in its advertising business and profits from its AI applications. According to LSEG statistics, the company generated sales of 34.95 billion yuan ($4.92 billion) for the three months ending in December, which was about in line with analysts’ average expectation…
Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) tool Gemini has got, to put it mildly, an absolute kicking online during the past several days. The cultural conflict between left- and right-leaning groups has thrown Gemini into a very big conflagration. In essence, Gemini is Google’s take on ChatGPT, the popular chatbot. It can produce images in response to…
Through a collaboration with Indian vaccine manufacturer Biological E, Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical plans to increase production of its dengue vaccine Qdenga, the firms announced on Tuesday. By 2030, governments in endemic countries will have access to these dosages for use in their national immunisation efforts. According to the firms, Biological E. will increase its production…
According to a top U.S. bank regulator, banks that collaborate with financial technology businesses to provide banking services ought to aggressively manage the risks connected to those partnerships. Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu has long voiced concerns regarding some regulatory vulnerabilities in the payments system, highlighting the regulators’ obligations to make sure banks…
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