In order to settle the tens of thousands of lawsuits Johnson & Johnson is facing in North America, which allege that its baby powder and other talc-based products cause cancer, the company has offered to pay close to $9 billion. The healthcare behemoth declared it continued to view the allegations as “specious,” but hoped the…
Levi Strauss & Co. warned of a margin squeeze this year, sending its shares down 16% in morning trade as it would have to give higher discounts than anticipated while simultaneously coping with increasing costs. The business said its full-year gross margin would be down roughly 50 basis points from 57.5% a year earlier despite…
Constellation Brands Inc. provided full-year profit guidance beyond Wall Street expectations, aided by price increases intended to offset rising expenses and high demand for its premium beer brands. To protect its margins from the rising costs of packaging, raw materials, logistics, and labor, the company has been boosting the pricing of its beer, wine, and…
In an effort to reduce costs and better compete with United Parcel Service and Amazon, FedEx Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will combine its several delivery companies into a single organization. Almost a year after activist investor D.E. Shaw campaigned for reform and secured two additional board seats, FedEx revealed its decision to combine…
On Wednesday, Facebook-owned Meta released a dataset of image annotations that it claimed was the largest ever of its kind combined with an artificial intelligence model that can identify specific objects within an image. In a blog post, the company’s research division claimed that its Segment Anything Model, or SAM, could recognize things in pictures…
Google Cloud, a division of Alphabet, has accused Microsoft of using anti-competitive cloud computing strategies and criticized upcoming agreements with various European cloud vendors, claiming that these do not address more general issues with its license conditions. Google Cloud Vice President Amit Zavery told Reuters that the business has brought up the matter with antitrust…
According to BMW’s finance head on Friday, the company is avoiding mining investments in order to reduce battery prices and is instead relying on efficient design and recycling, putting it apart from certain rivals who have dug deep into the supply chain. “We don’t think it is right to invest in mines. We view it…
With Elon Musk stating he “forgot to mention,” Twitter has changed its mind about its plans to restrict appearance on its “for you” timeline to just paying users. The proposal was initially disclosed by the company’s owner on Tuesday, when he stated it would only display customers that have paid £8 per month for “Twitter…
For software companies hoping to profit from an anticipated $90 billion market for artificial intelligence, Microsoft-backed OpenAI is no longer the only option availble. More than a dozen startups and investors said they are incorporating rivals to industry leader OpenAI, casting doubt on expectations that Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI will dominate the young field. Their motivations…
According to chief executive Peter Foster, Kazakhstan’s flag carrier Air Astana is accelerating its growth ambitions to take advantage of a decline in air travel via Russia and the reopening of China. Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, many international airlines suspended service to that country. Moscow no longer serves as a hub for flights…
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