By Anuja Bharat Mistry (Reuters) -Michael Burry’s Scion Asset Management has doubled its stake in Estee Lauder, at a time when the beauty giant’s new CEO is steering the company through a transformation to overcome weak demand in key markets such as North America and China. The U.S. investor, whose bets against the U.S. housing…
(Reuters) -OpenAI plans to help develop a massive new data center in the United Arab Emirates that may eventually be one of the largest in the world, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The ChatGPT maker is expected to be one of the primary anchor tenants for a 5-gigawatt data center campus in Abu Dhabi, the…
By Patrick Wingrove and Maggie Fick (Reuters) -As Denmark’s Novo Nordisk shops for its next CEO to replace Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, it should look across the Atlantic for a leader deeply entrenched in the United States, by far its largest market, analysts told Reuters. Novo, which manufactures the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, said on Friday…
(Reuters) -UnitedHealth Group shares fell nearly 7% in premarket trading on Thursday, after the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating the company for potential Medicare fraud. The latest news adds to the health insurer’s litany of woes, including multiple government inquiries, a sudden change in top leadership and a…
ROME (Reuters) – Stellantis Chairman John Elkann on Thursday denied there was any truth to rumours that the company is in merger talks with fellow European automaker Renault. “We are not discussing any merger,” Elkann said at the FT Future of the Car Summit in London, speaking in a panel discussion with Renault CEO Luca…
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google said hackers responsible for paralyzing disruptions of UK retailers are turning their attention to similar companies in the United States. “US retailers should take note. These actors are aggressive, creative, and particularly effective at circumventing mature security programs,” John Hultquist, an analyst at Google’s cybersecurity arm, said in…
By Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Uber Technologies Inc and iFood, a Brazilian food delivery app, on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership in Brazil, where delivery and ride-hailing services have grown rapidly in recent years. Under the collaboration, iFood users will be able to book Uber rides directly from the iFood app, while Uber users…
(Reuters) -A number of U.S. technology firms on Tuesday announced artificial intelligence deals in the Middle East as U.S. President Donald Trump secured $600 billion in commitments from Saudi Arabia to U.S. companies during a tour of Gulf states. Among the biggest deals, Nvidia said it will sell hundreds of thousands of AI chips in…
By David Shepardson NEW YORK (Reuters) -United Airlines may not take delivery of the Boeing 737 MAX 10 until 2027 or 2028 because of uncertainty about when the plane will be approved for use, an executive for the carrier said Tuesday. Boeing has faced significant delays in getting the smaller MAX 7 certified, which must…
(Reuters) -Perplexity AI is in advanced talks to raise $500 million in a funding round that would value the startup at $14 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Venture capital firm Accel is set to lead the round, the report said. Perplexity did not immediately respond to…
