July 31 Reuters It39;s a high bar, but companies reporting secondquarter earnings in recent weeks have talked up artificial intelligence even more than in the previous quarter. SP 500 companies that led in discussion of AI during quarterly conference calls with analysts earlier this year have outdone themselves in their latest quarterly calls. Following Intel39;s report late […]

BEIJING, July 31 Reuters China, Niger39;s secondlargest foreign investor after former colonial power France, has in the past two decades ploughed billions of dollars into the landlocked West African nation, mainly for the exploration of oil and uranium. Since last week39;s coup, in which military leaders detained Niger39;s President Mohamed Bazoum and established a military […]

LONDON, July 31 Reuters Britain39;s antitrust regulator on Monday called for public responses on whether Microsoft39;s 69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard, maker of video game Call of Duty, should be cleared ahead of a final decision by Aug. 29. Microsoft says the deal, which the Competition and Markets Authority CMA blocked in April, should […]

LONDON, July 31 Reuters The world39;s largest stablecoin, Tether, said on Monday its assets rose 5.7 to 86.5 billion in the second quarter of 2023, while it made more than 1 billion operational profit, a 30 increase on the previous quarter. Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency which aim to keep a constant value and […]