Toronto Stocks Hit Record High after US Rate Cut

Sept 19 Reuters Canada39;s main stock index climbed to a record high on Thursday, boosted by technology stocks, as investors cheered an outsized interestrate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Toronto Stock Exchange39;s SPTSX composite index was up 210.38 points, or 0.89, at 23,802.98. Investors world over reacted positively to the U.S. central bank39;s 50basispoint rate cut […]
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DCM Ventures to Exit Chinas Kuaishou via 479 mln Placement

HONG KONG, Sept 19 Reuters DCM Ventures is seeking to sell all its remaining shares in Chinese short video platform Kuaisohu Technology to raise up to 479 million, a term sheet seen by Reuters showed on Thursday. The Silicon Valleybased venture capital is offloading 91.66 million shares in Kuaishou with offer price ranging from HK40.28 to […]
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Amazon Adds Hatbot for its Sellers, Boosting Automation

Sept 19 Reuters Amazon.com announced on Thursday a new artificial intelligence application that it says will help its independent sellers with sales metrics, inventory maintenance and product advertising, among other things. The move is part of a broader Big Tech effort to employ the technology for greater automation. The software, dubbed Amelia, can provide instantaneous answers […]
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AMC, Regal, other US Chains Plan 2.2B in Theater Upgrades

LOS ANGELES, Sept 19 Reuters The largest theater chains including AMC Entertainment, Regal Cinemas and Cinemark will invest more than 2.2 billion over the next three years to upgrade theaters in the U.S. and Canada, an industry group announced on Thursday. Improvements will be made by the eight biggest theater chains in the region, representing over 21,000 […]
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